Tower Hobbies Charger

[mless]

Does anybody know if the Tower Hobbies AC/DC LCD charger charge 8.4v batteries? I looked in the instructions and it doesnt say anything about what voltage it can charge.

[Charlie-III]

Want to give us a link to the charger??

I have to believe the specs (middle of the page) will state what battery chemistry & cell count it will handle.

[benoj]

if it this charger (only one i found with lcd) then it can do 1.2v to 9.6v nicd/nimh
TowerHobbies.com | TOWP0170 Tower Hobbies AC/DC Digital Peak Charger w/LCD

[R/CMaxximus5.0]

Originally Posted by mless

Does anybody know if the Tower Hobbies AC/DC LCD charger charge 8.4v batteries? I looked in the instructions and it doesnt say anything about what voltage it can charge.

yes. It is a re-badged Duratrax Pirhana charger.

[mless]

Ok thanks guys. Just curious, where'd you find it out at? I still cant find it...

[racerfred]

For the money I would get something that can do more than ni cd and ni mh. Hobby partz has some chargers that do most rc batteries to date.

[benoj]

Originally Posted by mless

Ok thanks guys. Just curious, where'd you find it out at? I still cant find it...

it was easy. i typed in towerhobbies lcd charger in the seach on thier website, once it came up i clicked on it and the scrolled down to the description and it says on the first couple lines charges 1-8cell nicd/nimh. that simple or if you need to see it click on the link to it in my first post

[mless]

Originally Posted by benoj

it was easy. i typed in towerhobbies lcd charger in the seach on thier website, once it came up i clicked on it and the scrolled down to the description and it says on the first couple lines charges 1-8cell nicd/nimh. that simple or if you need to see it click on the link to it in my first post

Well I found that but it still doesnt say anything about voltage.

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by mless

Well I found that but it still doesnt say anything about voltage.

NiCD & NiMH are considered "1.2 VPC" (VPC = volts per cell). So, an 8 cell NiMH = 9.6VDC. That is about a 3S LiPO pack. But the charger is NOT setup for charging LiPO's, so you have a fire just waiting to happen.

[mless]

K, thanks for explaning that to me. The reason I asked is because Im getting into airsoft and just wondered if my charger could charge the 8.4v nimh pack.