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Originally Posted by eq1
Although the superbrain does the basic job, I found it a little wanting. Some of the quirks make it less than optimal. For example, you program it to do multiple cycles with a 20 minute rest between discharge/charge, with no trickle. You don't need a rest period after the last charge - but if you want to see your data for all the cycles, you have to wait that 20 minutes. There's no "no trickle" setting... The fact that you can't stop the charger, pause it, maybe change a setting, or something like that, is plain dumb. The whole data readout stuff is just wonky...
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They are by no means the best unit out there and their user interface is getting long in the tooth,
but:
1. They support up to 24 cells. Gen2 cars have 12-cell sticks and many chargers can't handle more than 10
2. They come with their own power supply
3. They are amazingly durable. I have a box full of blown Duratrax ICE/Team CheckPoint TC1030 chargers that didn't last a week and some Superbrains that have been running non-stop for almost four years. In fact, the abuse we give them is such that we had to add cooling fans to supplement the internal fan and hardwire the battery wires because the plugs eventually melt or char.
4. They require far less steps switching from one stick to the next than other testers.
BTW, you can retrieve the results of the last 8 operations afterward. Go to the voltage screen and press down (or is it up?)