My 100B (the one without power bank function) actually does not overcharge cells like the 100 does. I wonder if itās the power bank circuitry thatās to blame somehow. Maybe this S1 will not overcharge because it has no power bank function?
The display features indicators for lithium chemistries: this is termination voltage adjustment. There's no charging parameter or algorithm ambiguity for Ni-MH thence no need for an indicator.
The powerbank function may be a bit tricky with the rail and contact resistances getting in the way.
Sure it looks nice, but whatās the use of it?
I just put my cells in a charger and thatās it. Iām not going to watch the numbers on the charger for several hours.
What I would like is time remaining until 100%
The maximum cut-off voltage of each charging rail can be directly read over it when the charger is in CV mode, which is easily caused on purpose by attaching some high resistance in series with a cell like alligator clamps with magnets. Actual maximum resting voltage will be somewhat below this value depending on termination current and rail to cell total resistance.
Wondering myself how this one goes about itās business, would like some quality chargers for those occasions I give away a light.
My MAHA dedicated NiMH chargers have two charging rates for NiMH cells, standard and soft charge. Standard charge rate is 2000mA, one has 100mA soft charge while the other is 300mA, both are 8 bay chargers. The other day I was getting ready for a wedding, charging cells for my flash unitsā¦ I had 5 of the 8 bay chargers going full out. These 2 MAHAās and 2 Enova Li-Ion/NiMH with another Gyrfalcon also loaded. After the cells were done, I took my 2 sets of premium cells for two flash units and conditioned them in the MAHA chargers.
So my primary cells were charged, charged again, discharged, then charged again. I took 868 photoās on my 1st set of 4 and my wife took 1025 photoās also on her first set of 4ā¦ neither of us got into the second set. Thatās some serious work from the Pro level NiMH LSD cells! (FWIW, we didnāt change the camera battery either)
To have a small single bay charger that works well, easily used anywhereā¦ from a battery bank or solar panel or the car or whateverā¦ this could come in quite handy.