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Anyone have advice or has one for sale I’ll buy.
I have the Prodigy 610. It's not worth buying.
Easy fix
That S6 looks nice too. At 400W instead of 200W of the D6 Pro, it's a pretty good option if you plan to charge multiple, really big batteries. But the D6 Pro also supports power distribution, so supposedly, both channels can be used to charge a single battery, giving you 400W x 1. I have never had a need for anywhere near that much power, so I'm not sure how you set that up. Plus I like the wireless phone charger on the D6, so if I were buying another charger today, I may still lean towards the D6 Pro. But that S6 is a beast on AC.
Almost all chargers come with a temp sensor port (or at least all the chargers I've ever bought did) you just have to buy a generic 3 wire sensor to plug in to the port like one of THESE.
Unfortunately the Hota D6 does not.
Everybody's charging practices are different. I've been doing 2C charge rates for many, many years now. After work, I come home; open the garage doors; pull my chargers out, and start charging. Having a pack ready to go in 20~30 minutes means a lot more "happy place" RCing time for me before the sun goes down. 2C charge rates for larger 6 cell packs... I need at least 328 watts to get things done. The Hota D6/D6 Pro will only do 325w x2 on 24v DC power supply... I only have a 12v power supply at the moment
. This is why I got a separate Hota H6 Pro for my 6S packs.
Yeah, we see it on this forum all the time where people opt for the little 100A or less chargers and pay $60+ for them. The D6 is about the best I have seen that I recommend for a beginning charger at $120 or less. And going to a DC supply gives you even more headroom, so that is what I like about it.Everybody's charging practices are different. I've been doing 2C charge rates for many, many years now. After work, I come home; open the garage doors; pull my chargers out, and start charging. Having a pack ready to go in 20~30 minutes means a lot more "happy place" RCing time for me before the sun goes down. 2C charge rates for larger 6 cell packs... I need at least 328 watts to get things done. The Hota D6/D6 Pro will only do 325w x2 on 24v DC power supply... I only have a 12v power supply at the moment
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For me, I can't wait an hour, or more, for a pack to finish up balancing on 1C charge rates. I only do 1C charge rates for the first couple of rounds on new batteries. I have not seen a drastic drop in the life span of my packs since going to a 2C charge rate.
Again, a person's wants; needs, and safety practices while charging may/will vary. I just hate it when I see people make the mistake I made when I first started out with LiPo packs. My first chargers were from eBay auctions. I paid $15 or less each one, and eventually had three of them. 80w eachThey served me well for many years of 2S charging. As I learned more and more about LiPo batteries; having friends/family come over; moving to 1.5C charging rates, and diving into 3S platforms... I began needing more power.
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The old school four-button type chargers are still out there with minimum updates to them. Even some of the new Protek, and Reedy chargers are rebranded models that I still consider old school. Nowadays, the new breed of chargers on the market have so much more to offer than a fancy "race proven brand" name on something. Diggin' deep into specs/features and a person may find things like, high charge current; internal resistance reading; balance current; external/regenerative discharging; and bright/colorful screen menu readout to fancy one's choice of perfect charger.
