Hereās a topic worth discussing. Weāve covered the light, weāve covered the batteries, what about a good charger that has 4 slots and can do 1A each (4A total).
I was looking for one that can do 4 x 26650 at 1A each. I know xtar has a dragon plus that can do it, but itās $90. There are the 4 and 8 bay Gyrfalcons that can do it at $30 and $55, but they are kind of tricky to use. Thatās all I could find. Any other suggestions?
A $15 imax B6 will charge at up to 5A and works great, although the cell holder to go with it costs another $3 or so. Still less then $20 for a charger capable of charging them at 1.25A each if budget is the goal.
Otherwise I am not aware of any pre-made chargers that would work for cheap.
It is the most common and most used hobby charger ever if I had to guess. It is just not setup with a cell holder, so you would have to get that separately.
Cheap, good, easy. Pick 2.
This is cheap and good but takes a bit more work to use. If you want it good and easy you will have to pay for that convenience.
On the plus side it can charge almost anything, I have used it to charge cell phone batteries, car batteries, Drill battery packs and UPS backup batteries among other things.
That thread is talking about balance charging the cells, this is not needed if you charge them in parallel and parallel is much faster then balance charging in series.
Simply get a cell holder that is wired in parallel, hook it up and set the current and let it run. No need to bother with anything else. I charge 14 cells at a time like this and they come out perfectly balanced everytime.
You can find them on ebay or aliexpress pre-wired or bare. I just got bares ones and wired them up myself but if you canāt solder then you can get the pre-wired ones. The wires are usually a bit thin though.
Yep, that will do it. Wire those leads together in parallel and connect it to the B6 and boom, you have a charger capable of 5A charging and if you reflash the firmware, a ton of advanced options and high precision.