DX7 balance

[pxr5]

The normal wall chargers just keep going at 70mA and don't switch off, but 70mA is not enough to bother a 1500 mAh pack you could leave it on forever and it would do no harm.
I just use this normal charger for my tx. It doesn't matter that it takes ages to charge the pack from empty, becuase the pack is never empty and leaving it on overnight is plenty to keep it topped up.

So you could get the cheapest charger off that page http://www.component-shop.co.uk/html..._control1.html, and you can set it to between 50 and 300mA, but at 300mA you should take care not to leave it on too long. 300mA would charge 1500mAh in 7 hours from empty. These chargers are plug top (plug straight into uk 3 pin socket) and you set the charge rate and the number of nicad/nimh cells with little dials on the front so you can charge tx or rx packs butnotboth at the same time.

If you got one of the auto switching ones then you can leave them plugged in and after the battery is full it will switch to a trickle. It detects the battery voltage rising and when it stops rising (delta peak) it switches to the trickle. So whatever state the battery is in it will charge it full and then switch to a trickle.
The trickle is important becuase the latest more environmentally friendly cells can be prone to early deltapeak switching, so the trickle for the rest of the night makes sure they are actually full in the end.

As the prices go up down the page the chargers are capable of higher charge rates but are otherwise the similar.

Most of us use field chargers with 12 power input. I have a caravan cooler 12v power supply to power mine when at home. My charger is one of these:
http://www.alshobbies.com//shop/sear...+X-Peak+3+Plus

This will charge all types of battery lipo, lead acid, nicad and nimh and you can set the current. it will discharge them also, and cycle them several times if you want. It also tells you how many mAh it has put in, so you can give your pack a health check.
I can charge my tx, rx pack, and even my battery drill that I use as a starter with this.
I charger like this is a good investment at under 50 quid.

thanks for all that info, before i saw this id bought this, i hope it will be ok. i suppose im looking at around 15 hours per charge which is ok.

if i hadnt got the cellpro the other week i would have gone for that.

[richieclarkie]

Wi all dis talk of bling I think 'm gonna get mine Chromed plated - my hole DX7

on da charga fin i now ave bough a 2700ma tx pack and it goes all day long and i leave it on a 70ma wall charga until i use it next or check it every few ours. da pack neva gets spunky so it's no problem

cool!!!! init

[pxr5]

got the DX7 today man its complex. to go from an esky to this is a bit of a giant leap. its a lovely bit of kit i have to say.

[wazzer]

or if you fly electrics like me

I just made an adapter for my DX7 pack to be charged of my BC6 as it has peak charging facilities also made one for my mates FF9

Or just leave it over night on the JR charger i bought with it

never takes long to be topped up

My DX7 pack lasts much much longer than my mates FF9 pack and he has the larger pack up grade as well.

ben