Shaquille
April 25, 2013, 1:05am
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Wilson:
Does the fan mitigate the heat sufficiently? Don’t know. I see from the top picture that you can see all the way through this charger. Some designer planned ahead while knowing that too much heat was not good. I would think you would want to operate this charger standing as in the second picture. That will give the best air flow. It seems to have feet on the bottom, but sitting on the feet blunts the air flow. It’s good to hear that the charger refused to charge “old” batteries. Hopefully it has circuitry to discriminate bad cells and prevent forcing those amps into a resistant cell. My Eneloops are attracted to a magnet, indicating a steel shell. And electricity wants to take the path of least resistance. So, an old cell with internal resistance could possibly force those amps down the shell and onto the button, if not for some protective circuitry. That may be speculation.
yes the fan spins at top speed .The fan starts as soon as the battery is placed and goes off when battries are removed .even when battries are charged fan keep goin. The air circulation is a bit noisy too.kind of like a cpu fan
yes its does have little "legs" so the bottom is raised about 5mm off the ground .
Air flow is upwards .
