Some quirks, 19 Feb 2010

I bought this as a replacement for a “one hour fast-charger” that I think hasn’t been properly charging my batteries.

It works, but it seems to have some oddities, unless my unit is slightly faulty. I checked all my recharagable batteries (mainly AAs) to see if they all worked OK. I went through them all discharging and charging and then discharging (in a torch or two). I found that when I took the batteries out of a torch that had been left on all night the charger would sometimes reject them (flashing red light), apparently it didn’t like any cells that had very low residual voltages (less than a 100mV or so). Usually, by leaving the battery in for a while and trying again the prioblem was overcome, but a bit of a pain. But when it charges it seems to work. Some batteries I thought might be duff seemed actually to be fine, but because of the lower voltage produced by these cells (1.25 approx) one of my digital cameras reported them as flat (which for it they were) but they still worked fine in other devices.

Also, a part charged, warm, battery can be rejected if removed and reinserted, seems to need to cool down.

And I was surprised how long a just-charged (unused) battery would appear to need charging if it were reinserted in the charger.

But it is nice to have a charger that you can put in odd combinations of numbers and cell sizes.

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The charger that could…, 7 Dec 2009

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M. Knight – See all my reviews

  

Duracell charger:

Pros:

- Good size and weight to it. It does not feel cheaply made even though it is plastic. Hinged lid with an oval gap in it to avoid overheating. Seperate plug which makes it easy to place charger. Main batteries are held in place by sprung loaded compartments

- Individual lights for each battery. Each battery is assigned an led charging light so makes charging indvidual batteries a plus

- Charges individual batteries

- Charger avoids overcharging cells

- 110 – 240v ac can be used overseas

Possible Cons:

There are no major flaws that i am aware of as it does everything i need it to (only used AA and AAA in the charger)…

- Obviously not a quick charger, will take about 4 to 6 hours for most batteries. So if you do not need batteries fast it is not a con. Just stock up on some rechargables and keep them ready in the charger, duracell supremes are cheap on marketplace, so stock up.

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Comes with a 2 pin plug !, 25 Mar 2010

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Mr. Paul Billingham “paul55112″ (UK) – See all my reviews

  

Am a bit annoyed that the product description mentions nothing of the fact that it comes with a 2 pin euro plug despite being despatched from the UK.

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