Accu-Cycle Elite

[luv2flyguy]

Has anyone out there used an Accu-Cycle Elite charger on their Li-Ions (Fromeco or TBM) to charge them. The charger is made to charge up to 3 cells of this kind of batteries, I'm wanting to change over to these batteries and if I don't need to buy another charger I can save a few bucks and apply the cost of a new charger on something else.

[Flying freak]

i have charged lipos with my accucycle the only thing you msut remeber is that there is no balancer and im not sure is li-ions.

[luv2flyguy]

I'm really puzzled about all this new technology Only thing that I have used in the past was Nicads and Nimh's. The manual explains it and says it's pretty much plug and play for the Li-ions with the Elite. I just don't want anything to be exploding or catching on fire, would rather buy another charger than to have that happen!

[plaster93]

I use the elite for my fromeco all the time no problems. Just input the battery type,volts and mah and it will automatically set the rate for you. Its a no brainer.

[Robby368]

Yep, I use the elite to charge everything including nimh, nicd, and lipos. Haven't messed with lions yet, but it'll work with them too.

[Mark Davis]

It'll work fine on all battery chemistries we use... I've used mine on Li-poly, Li-ion and Nimh without issues...

If you buy Fromeco, remember they only recommend charging a 1 amp regardless of pack size... After selecting voltage & millamps, the Accu-Cycle will attempt to set peek charge voltage itself... Just reset it to 1 amp for Fromeco...

[Cobra1]

Your accu-cycle will work great. Pick the lithium option and set the voltage at 3.6v/cell for li-ion. The 3.7 option is for the li-poly cells.

[knighttwister]

will the accucycle work with A123?

[JoeAirPort]

	Quote: Originally Posted by knighttwister
	will the accucycle work with A123?

NOPE !!!

[Pale Rider]

You can get an adapter so it will work with the A123's

[Mark Davis]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Cobra1
	Your accu-cycle will work great. Pick the lithium option and set the voltage at 3.6v/cell for li-ion. The 3.7 option is for the li-poly cells.

3.6v???

[luv2flyguy]

Yeah, 3.7 I thought it should be set at 7.4 volts the voltage of the pack. Correct me if I'm wrong I don't want to destroy my new batteries!

[Shoe]

We were charging (2) 4800 Li-ons at the same time with our Accu-Cycle at the setting that the Accu-Cycle decided was correct after punching in the battery type, etc. After a few minutes the charger caught on fire and the 2 batteries puffed up. After that happened we bought the Fromeco Reliacharger for their Li-ons and have had no further issues. What I needed to do with the Accu Cycle was adjust the charge rate down to about 1 amp, rather than let it decide.

[JoeAirPort]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Pale Rider
	You can get an adapter so it will work with the A123's

Really? I wonder how? Don't you have to monitor each cell? Also the charger only does 2 amps so the time would be slower than the max A123 charge rate. But I would like to know this. That's why I didn't buy those cells from you now, I'd have to buy a new charger. Wasn't ready for all that.

[Pale Rider]

	Quote: Originally Posted by JoeAirPort
	Really? I wonder how? Don't you have to monitor each cell? Also the charger only does 2 amps so the time would be slower than the max A123 charge rate. But I would like to know this. That's why I didn't buy those cells from you now, I'd have to buy a new charger. Wasn't ready for all that.

Yea--with the Elite you are limited to 2A--the Cellpro4S is a 4A charge

the adapter adjusts the cutoff voltage for the A123's--if you use the Elite setting it cuts off too high.

Here is the adapter http://www.slkelectronics.com/lipodapter/index.htm but it does not balance..I guess you can hook a blinky in somewhere to keep the cells balanced..