I was thinking about paying a little bit more and having the extra protection of eBay. - I don’t like the idea that Ali doesn’t take PayPal, and am hesitant to send my card number to them.
These guys don’t understand English, so no telling what is meant by the word “Seconds” in their header. - I asked them on eBay questions, but no answer from them yet. - It is the weekend, so no big deal.
In another of their ads for the 300 they claim to actually be the Factory:
“Is the charger factory, we need to email agent or wholesale customers can contact us: liitokala@126.com.”
Any thoughts on this, or where the Safest place to buy one might be, even though I might have to pay a bit more?
Does anyone have a pdf or link to the manual for this charger? Mine arrived without one from an eBay seller and all I can get out of it when I turn it on is the usb sign. Appears to be a bad AC adapter. Works great in my truck with the DC adapter.
Also, how does a charger maintain 1 amp per slot on 4 slots with an AC adapter that has a max output of 2A?
With the eBay-Seller poster+chuckhov linked it is possible to use “Best Offer” and get a price almost at the AE level. I’ve bought mine for $25. And there is the Car plug included. At AE it is not shown, maybe there is a cheaper version with only the mains adapter?
And reg. the missing manual: scroll down at the eBay text and you will find a complete description!
$25 is a good price with the car plug (if you need it) and the plus of paypal
but i will add that after more then 5 years on Ali E. i have never had a problem with their dispute system (just as fair IMO as eBay
sadly i have had to use them at both places for the same type of crap
but so far the Lii-500 if one of the better items and the Sanyo NCR18650BF cells are real (at least the 12 i got)
i did find 1 of my my old AA Rayovac 4.0 NiMH that i (bought in 2009) 4 pack for $4 at Frys) will not stop charging in the in the Lii-500 but the cell still performs (i only charge AA at 300mAh and the Default is 500mAh) so i need to do some more checking
i still want to know if and how much the cells will discharge if left in the charger after they are done
and i do not think there is a restart charge feature if the voltage drops below say 3.9v while sitting in the charger like the XTAR VC4 (sometimes $25 at BG / and ~$28 at eBay)
The Opus is to expensive and it seems like there is a new revision coming out all the time to fix bugs. If the Opus comes out with its next revision and its regular price drops to below $30, I’ll consider buying one.
update 3rd week in HOW TO SET ALL BANKS TO THE SAME SETTING AT ONCE
if you have all cells in the charger UNPLUG the power and plug it back in THEN within a second SET 1 bank to the feature and current you want the rest will be set to the same setting IF ITS DONE WITHIN A SECOND OR SO