Can you charge an odd numbers of batteries with this charger ( i.e. 1 battery only or 3 batteries)? Or does it only charge in an even pair (i.e. 2/4)?
1801776
The BCG34HLD has 4 independent charging channels. That means you can charge any number of cells bwteen 1 and 4. You can even charge a mix of AA and AAA cells. The indicator light only goes off when ALL cells are fully charged.
1801777
Any combination works. I have tried charging single, 2 and even 3 cells at a time. No such restrictions as you mentioned. Bought this product in August 2011 and still works but usage is not really much for me.
1801778
Any combination works. I have tried charging single, 2 and even 3 cells at a time. No such restrictions as you mentioned.Bought this product in August 2011 and still works but usage is not really much for me.
1801779
You can only charge in even pairs, but they don't have to be evenly drained/charged.
1638038
Yes, this will make the charger think that multiple batteries are one big battery. The charger will peak all the batteries and stop. Works great for 1S lipos. I would not recommend it for 2S and above however because you cannot balance charge each.
1289721
No, only two can be charged because of the diameter of the battery. TrustFire (China) makes a charger that will fit them correctly (TR-006 for example). With the NiteCore charger, you either have to cock the 26650 battery slightly sideways or insert a 1/16"/1mm thick piece of copper between the positive end of the battery and the charger in order to make proper contact for charging. The NiteCore may be a better charger but they dropped the ball on the design of the charger. They could have added 1/8" width to each plastic charging slot and made it more universal.
757397
The charger can charge either AA or AAA sizes and either in a pair or all 4.I ordered mine with 4 AA, this was my need.. But if I recall you may be able to order either, confirm this... I have since ordered additional batteries just for extra.. The charger itself is good, and charges in typical time - its not a quick or fast charger.. But good for overnight. It comes with other plugs for different countries although I dont forsee a need in my future, but hey... I gave more info than requested in hopes it answers any other or others questions...
1889035
I just called Deltran (the company that makes these) and they said it is not intended to charge more than one battery because the charging circuit will only detect the charge condition of the first battery it is connected to, and so any other battery connected in parallel may not get fully charged.
1782982
Yes, you can charge only 1 battery at a time. I do this often. I find that this charger works very well and I like it.
1341004
The battery charger will charge one or two batteries at a time. Charge two and then charge the third one by itself. I store the batteries in the flashlight. These batteries have a reputation of holding their charge a long time, something like 70% of charge after a year stored unused. Just use a little care with these powerful batteries, never put them in backwards in the charger or flashlight, never put two fully charged batteries and one dead battery in the flashlight.
1935314
The unit will charge any combination of one to eight AA and/or AAA NiMH batteries, regardless of mAH rating. Mix and match - the charger doesn't know and doesn't care.
907074
Probably not, if it is a 3 pin connector the charger you are supposed to use probably is monitoring the temperature of the batteries while charging. If you are good with electronics you can probably get this to work by wiring in a connector, but it may decrease the life of the batteries and not charge them correctly.
129336
Yes it charges c, d, and 9 v. 4 c or d at a time. Its a great cheap charger. I only use rechargeable batteries though. I have no experience charging regular batteries.
793595
No, This charger seem to have enough brains to know how to charge the batteries of all three types. No to your second question. I don't think you would want to charge the batteries any slower. It's slow enough. I charged about 110 batteries so far . Only one would not charge. Great charger. Alan Doucette
1030311
Yes I got 4 batteries with the charger. The batteries are excellent and take MANY charges! The charger is as cheap as they come! I had to scotch tape mine so it would not fall apart. Then the springs that hold the batteries during the charge...they had to be stretched in order to hold the batteries so they wouldn't fall out of the charger while charging...but so far...the charger and batteries are working great!!!!
1461798
Any charger as far as I know that says it charges NiMH Batteries. I have used about 4 different charges for them and other rechargeable batteries and if the specified NiMH all was good! Anybody that does not use rechargeable batteries now a days is crazy! One thing to look at is the mah rating for the battery, for triple A batteries I use 1000mah or above and double A batteries about 2600mah or higher.
1157690
I use the 1 to 5 for charging hi-capacity batteries with no problems. It takes longer than charging just one, but that is to be expected. I'm not aware of any alternatives.
1866699
Yes, you can charge multiple size batteries at the same time. Think of this charger as 4 individual chargers in one.
1051499
Yes - Connect the batteries to the charger in parallel. [The plus (+) from both batteries will land on the load + terminal. The negative (-) from both batteries will land on the output load minus terminal.]This is a very common configuration. You can put as many batteries together as you like in this pattern.Doug Wingfield
1782983
Because two batteries charge at close to the same rate, and are not identical in their depletion, the charger stops charging the first battery that's full, charging only the one battery that's left. Sounds like it should be able to do only one.