Several years ago I bought a Tronic charger from Lidl. After about 34 months
it packed up and Lidl sent me a new one - well done Lidl.
This second one went bang and emitted the smell of burning (elec)tronic bits
- as the was some metallic content in the sound I guess at an aluminium
capacitor. It also took out the 3A fuse.

I'm now looking for a decent charger, preferably one that gentle on good
NiMH cells and, if possible, give the capacity.
I considered this one, as it's had good reports:
http://www.batterylogic.co.uk/techno...line-BL700.asp
but there seems to be only one supplier and has only 12 months' warranty, so
reliability/price seems dubious.

Any recommendations please?
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On 04/04/19 08:18, PeterC wrote:
Several years ago I bought a Tronic charger from Lidl. After about 34 months
it packed up and Lidl sent me a new one - well done Lidl.
This second one went bang and emitted the smell of burning (elec)tronic bits
- as the was some metallic content in the sound I guess at an aluminium
capacitor. It also took out the 3A fuse.

I'm now looking for a decent charger, preferably one that gentle on good
NiMH cells and, if possible, give the capacity.
I considered this one, as it's had good reports:
http://www.batterylogic.co.uk/techno...line-BL700.asp
but there seems to be only one supplier and has only 12 months' warranty, so
reliability/price seems dubious.

Any recommendations please?

Take your choice...
https://www.7dayshop.com/universal-battery-chargers

Or if you definitely want only NiMH...
https://www.7dayshop.com/aa-aaa-battery-chargers

Read the reviews!

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Jeff

PeterC wrote:

I'm now looking for a decent charger, preferably one that gentle on good
NiMH cells and, if possible, give the capacity.

I have one of these

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OPUS-BT-C3100/254106623100

Pleased with it for NiMH AA/AAA and Li-ion 18650/26650s, it will do a
discharge/recharge cycle and measure voltage, capacity, internal
resistance etc.

Advert says NiCd also, but I don't remember it handling those.

On Thursday, 4 April 2019 08:18:57 UTC+1, PeterC wrote:
Several years ago I bought a Tronic charger from Lidl. After about 34 months
it packed up and Lidl sent me a new one - well done Lidl.
This second one went bang and emitted the smell of burning (elec)tronic bits
- as the was some metallic content in the sound I guess at an aluminium
capacitor. It also took out the 3A fuse.

I'm now looking for a decent charger, preferably one that gentle on good
NiMH cells and, if possible, give the capacity.
I considered this one, as it's had good reports:
http://www.batterylogic.co.uk/techno...line-BL700.asp
but there seems to be only one supplier and has only 12 months' warranty, so
reliability/price seems dubious.

Any recommendations please?

Replace the capacitor. May need a new mains diode/bridge too.


NT

PeterC wrote:
I'm now looking for a decent charger, preferably one that gentle on good
NiMH cells and, if possible, give the capacity.

http://www.lygte-info.dk/info/indexB...gers%20UK.html
is my go-to reference.

I've used the ISDT C4 which is pretty nice and easy to use:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-e5dUPsHw

and the Opus BT-C3100 which is not as shiny but still does the business and
is cheaper (also fits 4x 18650s not 2 as the C4 does):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCtgsIXSdYY

On both of these you can set the charge currents so as not to overcook small
batteries. They do all the cell analysis stuff you might want too.

Theo

On 04/04/2019 08:18, PeterC wrote:
Several years ago I bought a Tronic charger from Lidl. After about 34 months
it packed up and Lidl sent me a new one - well done Lidl.
This second one went bang and emitted the smell of burning (elec)tronic bits
- as the was some metallic content in the sound I guess at an aluminium
capacitor. It also took out the 3A fuse.

I'm now looking for a decent charger, preferably one that gentle on good
NiMH cells and, if possible, give the capacity.
I considered this one, as it's had good reports:
http://www.batterylogic.co.uk/techno...line-BL700.asp
but there seems to be only one supplier and has only 12 months' warranty, so
reliability/price seems dubious.

Any recommendations please?

I have one that looks identical to that but is branded 7dayshop

https://www.7dayshop.com/products/7d...display-ds-127

Had it for a couple of years, and seems to work well. Gives capacity,
adjustable charge/discharge current, cell voltage. Only does AA/AAA
cells and does not do lithium batteries but for what I need its good.



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On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 08:52:32 +0100, Jeff Layman wrote:

On 04/04/19 08:18, PeterC wrote:
Several years ago I bought a Tronic charger from Lidl. After about 34 months
it packed up and Lidl sent me a new one - well done Lidl.
This second one went bang and emitted the smell of burning (elec)tronic bits
- as the was some metallic content in the sound I guess at an aluminium
capacitor. It also took out the 3A fuse.

I'm now looking for a decent charger, preferably one that gentle on good
NiMH cells and, if possible, give the capacity.
I considered this one, as it's had good reports:
http://www.batterylogic.co.uk/techno...line-BL700.asp
but there seems to be only one supplier and has only 12 months' warranty, so
reliability/price seems dubious.

Any recommendations please?

Take your choice...
https://www.7dayshop.com/universal-battery-chargers

Or if you definitely want only NiMH...
https://www.7dayshop.com/aa-aaa-battery-chargers

Read the reviews!

Yes, I always read the reviews to see if there's any no-go point arising.
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The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

Thanks for all the links and feedback - plenty to go at there.
Now I have to choose one, um, er...


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whilst religions hold sway

"Theo" wrote in message
...
PeterC wrote:
I'm now looking for a decent charger, preferably one that gentle on good
NiMH cells and, if possible, give the capacity.

http://www.lygte-info.dk/info/indexB...gers%20UK.html
is my go-to reference.

I've used the ISDT C4 which is pretty nice and easy to use:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-e5dUPsHw

But has the massive downside that it doesn’t do protected 18650s.

and the Opus BT-C3100 which is not as shiny but still does the business
and
is cheaper (also fits 4x 18650s not 2 as the C4 does):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCtgsIXSdYY

But the UI is much worse than the C4.

On both of these you can set the charge currents so as not to overcook
small
batteries. They do all the cell analysis stuff you might want too.

On Fri, 5 Apr 2019 11:52:12 +1100, Jac Brown, better known as cantankerous
trolling senile geezer Rot Speed, wrote:


I've used the ISDT C4 which is pretty nice and easy to use:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6-e5dUPsHw

But

LOL

But

LOL

In auto-contradicting mode again, you pathological senile pest? LOL

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