Is this a decent charger?

[yeroc1982]

This is the charger i have and have been using in for the past while now. Its the Dynamite Prophet Plus peak prediction.


http://h1071118.hobbyshopnow.com/products/description.asp?prod=DYN4036

Wondering how well it works, or if i made a mistake buying it. I dont really know much about batteries and chargers.

 

[Kfarron1]

I'd say its a good charger, I got the prophet sport, it works well both in the house and on the car battery...

 

[slowngreen]

Their a pretty popular charger. If you only plan on doing nimh/nicd then its a pretty good buy.

 

[MR4X4KING]

I have one that i have used for awhile NOW and still have IT

i think i have at least 3 or 4 different prophet chargers all work well
i use THEM for alot of the batteries i use for the kids up to 2500 mah

then i use my superbrain 989 for everything else except lipos i have a charger/balancer for those

 

[yeroc1982]

Right on, thanks guys!

 

[olds97_lss]

It's not bad, but I like a charger that charges less than 1A for my 2/3A packs and AA cells. It was my first charger though and worked fine for over a year. I picked up a MRC 959 off a guy for $25 and have used it as my primary for many years now. It goes down to .5A. I also have a duratrax piranha digital charger that I use when I'm in a hurry and have to charge more than one thing at a time.

 

[yeroc1982]

Yeah that's the thing with this charger, it only goes down to 1amp. I was wondering because I bought a new 2+2+1 hump for my truggy and don't want to ruin it.

 

[olds97_lss]

It won't ruin it. Typically, people charge based on the capacity.

If it's a NiMH 1400mah pack, 1.4A is the max safe charge rate. I just like to charge mine at a lower rate, especially since I have a lot of AA's that I charge. I don't think they can take as much current while charging like the fatter 2/3A and sub-c cells.

 

[yeroc1982]

It won't ruin it. Typically, people charge based on the capacity.

If it's a NiMH 1400mah pack, 1.4A is the max safe charge rate. I just like to charge mine at a lower rate, especially since I have a lot of AA's that I charge. I don't think they can take as much current while charging like the fatter 2/3A and sub-c cells.

It's a Stickman pack, 2500mah. The lowest setting on the charger is 1amp