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Newtsche

Member For 5 Years
Can’t find it anywhere in UK few places in US still have it stocked though if that’s where you are?
Yes, US. I've not had any luck finding the All-44 here though the All-88 is available. Thanks in advance to any links for the All-44.
 

DudeMan

Member For 2 Years
sad to report my Zanflare C4 is acting up. i've had it since december.
slot 2 has started to flash like you've inserted a cell. it happens at random.
xpiXRhc.gif

i've since stopped using that slot. i was testing a couple of sony laptop salvaged cells that had decent voltage. (2.49v) one was in slot 1, the other in slot 3. when slot 2 did it's blinky thing, it reset slot 1 to charging.

video of the problem. three times in one and a half minutes. (no that one cell is not torn, it's tape)
https://www94.zippyshare.com/v/fR300hfJ/file.html

it appears i now have a 2 slot charger/tester. really bummed.

aside from reading 10% high on capacity tests (which i can calculate for)
i really liked the charger. it hasn't gotten much use. perhaps testing four 35E cells at once did something?
mostly just charging my two flashlight cells. 25R S2+, and 30Q C8+.
been charging in my Pico mod 30Q cell with a magnetic cord, and a fan.

i might just send my C4 to bigclive
qUawIHj.png
to have him 'take it to bits'. i think my next charger is going to be a benchtop power supply.
i'm getting into making electronic projects anyway. that will allow me to charge them to whatever voltage i want, like 4.05v.
 

Carambrda

Platinum Contributor
ECF Refugee
Member For 5 Years
sad to report my Zanflare C4 is acting up. i've had it since december.
slot 2 has started to flash like you've inserted a cell. it happens at random.
xpiXRhc.gif

i've since stopped using that slot. i was testing a couple of sony laptop salvaged cells that had decent voltage. (2.49v) one was in slot 1, the other in slot 3. when slot 2 did it's blinky thing, it reset slot 1 to charging.

video of the problem. three times in one and a half minutes. (no that one cell is not torn, it's tape)
https://www94.zippyshare.com/v/fR300hfJ/file.html

it appears i now have a 2 slot charger/tester. really bummed.

aside from reading 10% high on capacity tests (which i can calculate for)
i really liked the charger. it hasn't gotten much use. perhaps testing four 35E cells at once did something?
mostly just charging my two flashlight cells. 25R S2+, and 30Q C8+.
been charging in my Pico mod 30Q cell with a magnetic cord, and a fan.

i might just send my C4 to bigclive
qUawIHj.png
to have him 'take it to bits'. i think my next charger is going to be a benchtop power supply.
i'm getting into making electronic projects anyway. that will allow me to charge them to whatever voltage i want, like 4.05v.
Maybe if you could build a charger that does everything the SkyRC MC3000 does and improve the UI by making it less cryptic/McGuyver-ish and by implementing its handy full-blown Bluetooth feature set into the USB interface as well (that is, with a working PC software application that will allow the user to program the slots in such a way that the programs are saved into the memory of the slots...) there'd be a market for it. Right now the very limited feature set of the PC software is what makes the USB interface of this charger pretty moot, it just lacks any ability to save your settings permanently. Despite this major shortcoming, even after all those years it is still the best charger. It is an expensive product, geared all toward the experienced battery enthusiasts, which I am not─even though I did spend an awful lot of my time learning every little thing I could from Mooch about batteries. Being able to set the voltage cut-off was the main reason I finally caved and bought this charger a few months ago. That plus the fact the latest firmware and Android app have matured enough so all the major wrinkles have been ironed out by now.
 

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