Multiple battery chargers

[Joe Duxbury]

There are many commercially available battery chargers that will charge individual batteries of various sizes, but are there any that will charge made-up packs of AA batteries? I have packs of 5 x AAs, which will need a charger with an output of more than 6V, and with the capability of connecting to the terminals with crocodile clips.

 

[Steve Clark]

Assuming they are nimh cells, this is a standard thing for remote controlled cars etc. There are lots of online retailers selling chargers that work for 4-8cells.

The terminology works like this :

5S1P = 5 cells in series, just one string of cells. Which would be a 5x1.2v = 6v pack.

10S2P = 10 cells in series with another parallel string of 10 cells. A 12v pack

 

[first-ade]

I would have suggested something like the IMAX B6, but it appears to have been discontinued. It looks like the B6 AC neo is the next evolution, but as Steve says, there are many in the RC world that will easily charge everything and do balanced charging of multiple cells.