Hota d6 pro vs. gensacearespammers Imars d300

[JHudson]

Which is faster… if I were to charge 2, 3s 5000 mah batteries the d300 should be able to do it at 2c but not the Hota, that would be about a 126 watt load that the d300 could handle at 10 amps but not the Hota, it would be limited to about 7-8 amps because of it’s 200 total watts. But… the Hota has a better balance current of 1.6 amps vs the d300’s of 1.2 amps.

So in the long run is the .4 amp higher balance current of the Hota enough of a difference to make up for the 100 overall higher wattage of the d300 in the overall charge time. I know how out of balance your batteries are will always play a part just thinking in general terms.

 

[332_RC]

I'm not sure. @Greywolf74 @WickedFog

 

[WickedFog]

For what you want to do, I'd step up to the Hota S6. It'll do that just fine, and has a 1.6A balance current. Or run the D6 on DC.

 

[RustyUs]

Sounds like my past journeys when I looked to upgrade charger(s). When throwing 2C charge rates into the mix, that really dwindles down the AC charger selection.

 

[Greywolf74]

Which is faster… if I were to charge 2, 3s 5000 mah batteries the d300 should be able to do it at 2c but not the Hota, that would be about a 126 watt load that the d300 could handle at 10 amps but not the Hota, it would be limited to about 7-8 amps because of it’s 200 total watts. But… the Hota has a better balance current of 1.6 amps vs the d300’s of 1.2 amps.

So in the long run is the .4 amp higher balance current of the Hota enough of a difference to make up for the 100 overall higher wattage of the d300 in the overall charge time. I know how out of balance your batteries are will always play a part just thinking in general terms.

The specs are very similar between the 2 chargers, but if I did the math correctly (and I may not have*) the HOTA D6 Pro is still going to edge out the D300 on AC power and will win hands down on the DC side doing 2C charges on 3S lipos assuming the lipos are identical. So the takeaway here is, if you do balance charging, then balance current is more important than raw power output. I mean raw power can make a difference if there's a sufficient amount of difference, but even in this example an extra 100W output the D300 has on AC is not enough to overcome the 400mA balance current advantage of the D600 Pro.



* I say I might not have done the math correctly, and that is because there are certain assumptions that have to be made when trying to do the math. If you just do the math on the known variables and make all unknown variables the same between the two chargers, then what I said above is accurate. At least as accurate as a guess-timate can be.