Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-19 Thread Jim Laurel
Bill: The Triton is a great charger for the money. There are a few dumb things about the software, such as the way it erases the total mAh put into a NiMh cell after it goes into top-off mode, but by and large it is a very good unit. And again, you can't beat the price. I use it for all

Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-19 Thread Bill Johns
On May 18, 2005, at 11:25 PM, MANY PEOPLE wrote: The Triton is a great charger for the money. Thanks all. It sure looked like it would do everything I wanted. You collectively confirmed my suspicions. My Triton is on order. Bill --- Never judge a day by the weather. Bill Johns Colton, WA

Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-19 Thread Jon Stone
Jim, The Triton is a great charger for the money. There are a few dumb things about the software, such as the way it erases the total mAh put into a NiMh cell after it goes into top-off mode, but by and large it is a very good unit. And again, you can't beat the price. You can press the

Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-19 Thread Jim Laurel
Jon, Thanks for the tip on seeing total mAh! That helps. Yes, I set the timer, which goes up to 960 minutes (or thereabouts), which translates into 16 hours - perfect cutoff for formation charges. The downsides to using the Triton for this are: 1) You have to remember to reset the delta peak,

Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-19 Thread Jim Laurel
Laurel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 12:46 PM To: Jon Stone Cc: soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger Jon, Thanks for the tip on seeing total mAh! That helps. Yes, I set the timer, which goes up to 960 minutes (or thereabouts), which translates

RE: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-19 Thread Cameron
PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:30 PM To: Cameron Cc: rcse Subject: Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger Cameron, Formation charges are required for preparing new NiMh packs. You simply charge the pack at a current level equal to 1/10th of the pack capacity for around 12-16 hours

Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-19 Thread Jim Laurel
until the NiMH battery peak had been reached and then it switched to C/20 indefinitely. Thank you for the info. Cameron -Original Message- From: Jim Laurel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:30 PM To: Cameron Cc: rcse Subject: Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger Cameron

RE: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-19 Thread lomcovak
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 1:30 PM To: Cameron Cc: rcse Subject: Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger Cameron, Formation charges are required for preparing new NiMh packs. You simply charge the pack at a current level equal to 1/10th of the pack capacity

[RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-18 Thread Bill Johns
Greetings!Anyone have any experience with the GreatPlanes Triton charger?  Any comments pro on con are most welcome.Thanks,Bill ---Never judge a day by the weather.Bill JohnsColton, WA

Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-18 Thread Doug McLaren
On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 01:27:21PM -0700, Bill Johns wrote: |Anyone have any experience with the GreatPlanes Triton charger? Any |comments pro on con are most welcome. It's a great charger for the money. I have two. It'll pretty much charge anything you throw at it. It'll also

Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-18 Thread D Hauch
To: Soaring - Yahoo Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 1:27 PM Subject: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger Greetings! Anyone have any experience with the GreatPlanes Triton charger? Any comments pro on con are most welcome. Thanks, Bill --- Never judge a day

Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-18 Thread miamimike
I like my Triton too, but in addition to the things that Doug McLaren listed, I'd like to add: (1) I don't like the banana plug connections for your charging adaptors. If you happen to unplug those from the charger before disconnecting your battery from the other end of the adaptor, you run the

RE: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger (Schulze)

2005-05-18 Thread Cameron
://www.schulze-elektronik-gmbh.de/isl8-e.htm http://www.schulze-elektronik-gmbh.de/eco-e.htm Regards, Cameron Ninham From: Bill Johns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:27 PM To: Soaring - Yahoo Subject: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger Greetings

Re: [RCSE] GreatPlanes Triton charger

2005-05-18 Thread Erica and or Rob
On Wed, 18 May 2005, Bill Johns wrote: Anyone have any experience with the GreatPlanes Triton charger? Any comments pro on con are most welcome. Hey now, Been using one for a coupla years now more or less, and so far so good. I charge nicads. nimhs. lipos, reciever packs, power packs,