Universal Li-Ion charger

And some others, including Shekor, here:

http://www.kansai-event.com/kinomayoi/chg/Li_CHG_Wp2.html

Thanks guys, seems that I have a choice - buying a low current charger to charge 10440s and 16340s or trading for a Shekor.

Question is if the charging current of 400mA is not too big for a 10440 (seems to be 400mA from the graph in the Shekor thread).

EDIT:

OK, read the thread till the end and it seems that 400mA is not that bad for 10440.

Also read the japanese description of Sekor charger and it seems it's possible to limit the current by swapping a resistor... I will check when it arrives :)

in our website there also have some universal li-lon charger

TrustFire TR001 Lithium Battery Charger for 10440 14500 17670 18500 18650 a little cheaper than DX

TrustFire TR002 Lithium Battery Charger for 10440 14500 17670 18500 18650

Universal US Home AC Charger for 18650/16340 Battery

Cool let us know how you like it.......would be nice to get another charger to add to my stable.

http://budgetlightforum.cz.cc/node/13

Yeah that's the one I noticed but wasn't sure if it was the right thing as they are testing the 1 cell version not the two cell version. They do comment on the 2 cell version and if I understand the automatic translation correctly I think they are saying it may have a different charging profile from the 1 cell version. More importantly perhaps while I've seen several reports the 2 cell HXY does charge with CC/CV so it appears they did at one time, from reports on DX, CPF and even possibly the Japanese site (they say something about the charging current of the 2009 HXY being different although don't comment on the profile, that's the 1 cell version of course), it appears recent batches have been more dubious testings suggests they don't use CC/CV and some don't even appear to terminate properly.

Haven't yet seen any shots of the internals which may provide a clue why. One explaination would be they changed design to skimp on the quality or perhaps they are using some cheaper ICs which are poorly made but since HXY actually have a website, I wonder whether some of the recent batches are clones and not even made by HXY. Of course it could even be poor build quality or some other design changes leading to resistance and other such problems like with the Shekor which stop it charging properly even though the components are capable and you could correct it manually. At least it doesn't seem to die at 220-240V like some of the other ones though.

So yeah after a brief flirtation with the HXY I'm back with the Shekor I think. As I remarked in CPF if I understand the Japanese site correctly if you correct for the spring resistance defect it has a decent CC/CV profile (well at least the one they tested did).

Shiningbeam is an authorized dealer of the HXY.......he buys direct which is good so you already know that your not getting a copy. Just as long as you dont run your cells completely dry you should be good, with lithium unprotected you should not drain them to the point where the the light shuts off, bad for the cell.

Yeah but SB is in the US so it's expensive (for me) due to shipping. And I haven't really seen enough evidence either way that the recent HXYs on DX and other places are crap because they are copies so the SB ones may show the flaws of the recent DX etc HXY as well

Yes your right about that though, cosidering i dont have one from DX so i really cant compare. If you really want CC/CV then you might want to look at a Pila or hobby charger. The chargers that i have, i have been pleased with- i guess when i encounter a problem then i will just pull out my Duratrax charger and just start using that.

What kind of Duratrax charger do you have?

I have this one buddy...... http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXTCK1&P=ML too big for my charging station though.

Nice to have an RC racing background, know what you want and get. This charger does not need a PS like all the others that are out there so it makes it simple to use when it comes to charging packs.

I just watched the video and it's a pretty cool charger for nimh and nicad's.

Yes it is man......what i like about it i can charge a pack at 1.5-2amps and my batt pack just gets warm, unlike the superbrain which misses termination a lot, still not a bad charger since its old just like me. lol

Well old just means that they are made better and tougher than these newer ones.

Nope, old is old...lol.

I'm not that desperate for CC/CV that I'm willing to pay for the Pila or a hobby charger but would prefer something close. Since some of the HXY were evidentally CC/CV I got interested for a while but based on my research it doesn't sound promising I'll get one which does do CC/CV so I'll probably just stick with the Shekor which seems to be close, particularly if you do the spring mod (well these ones could change too but the reports are from fairly recent batches and from KD ones so it looks more promising, what happens with next years batch probably won't matter to me). Hopefully I don't regret the 9 hours or so wait ;-)

Of course knowing my luck a few days after mine has shipped whatever I end up getting I'll read a report that the WF-188 is a super charger which does CC/CV for li-ion and LiFePO4 and with an excellent NiMH charging profile as well :-P

Anyway your hobby charger isn't old, it's a 'senior citizen'

Now that was a good one......yes your right about the chargers....i kind of like the 188, and for the price you might want to get one as well.

I don't know if I was the only one but I was thinking the WF-188 does NiMH like some others because it mentions AA. Looking more closely it clearly does not, no mention of 1.2V or NiMH or anything. I guess by AA they mean 10450 and by D they mean 32600. Ooops :-P

Some better pictures here which actually show the switches properly http://www.szwholesale.com/ultrafire-rapid-charger-32v37v-lithium-batteries-wf188-p-3715.html (I could only make out one switch in the KD pictures)

Hi anduril

Why don't you try the ultrafire WF-188, only cost $17.92 or $15.05 does all batteries

AA,CR123A,16340,18500,18650,25500,32600 D type,etc.

http://www.qualitychinagoods.com/ultrafire-rapid-charger-32v37v-lithium-batteries-wf188-p-1710.html

http://www.kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=10638

By AA there referring to 14500's and similar size cells, in the description it says that it cannot charge 18650's flattops i wonder why because when you look a the chargers postive side it seems to protrude.

Thanks to everyone for posting all the information and links.

Just about to step up to Li-Ions and buy some 18650s, 14500s and 16340s, will probably go for the Trustfire Flames just now and maybe AWs later.
Have also just split an old laptop battery and found 9 17670s.
My 2 top charger choices are the Shekor and Ultrafire WF-188, leaning to the latter due to features and shorter 18650 charge time if I understand correctly.
I might just wait a bit to see if someone posts a review of the WF-188 and to give time for more stores to stock it so the price stabilises.

Cheers,

Gary