TURNIGY REAKTOR 2 X 300W FULL
TURNIGY REAKTOR 2 X 300W SERIES

This is pure genius! Those of you who already take this for granted, please excuse my enthusiasm, but not having balance boards to worry about is a great weight off the mind. There is a port for each type of battery from 2S to 6S right next to the main charge leads. At first I thought they’d forgotten them, lucky I have spares, I thought to myself.Ī few moments later, while snapping the photos, I realized that the balance board is included internally. Don’t expect one of those rather swish super multi plug adaptor things that they sell either, which would have been really nice (hint, hint, HK).Īfter assembling the included items on the table, and being someone used to external balance boards flopping around the place, my heart had initially dropped when I didn’t see any. Let me reiterate that no plugs were included. However, two sets of very cleanly soldered and tinned wires are included, one pair for each channel, with pre-installed gold plated banana plugs so you can solder whatever plug you prefer. What it really wants is a monster power station, like the Turnigy 1080W.Īlmost everything required is included, although the HobbyKing page for this says that there are “an array of charging wires and plugs, suitable for most of the batteries on the market today” I couldn’t find them, or space in the box for them for that matter. A 700W power supply would be a safe minimum. To charge 2 6S 5000mAh packs in less than half an hour, something this charger is just about capable of, you’d need to feed it at least 25A at 24V or equivalent distribution of around 600W. At home when I do my batch charging, which requires far more juice (maybe I want to discharge, then storage charge my 4 6S packs at 12A), I don’t have a power source that can do that. While in the field I wouldn’t have to charge more than one pack at a time and could therefore use a field power source, such as my car’s battery, even for 6S at 20A if I have a big car. And that’s the only kicker with this charger it needs ridiculous amounts of power to do what it does. In many applications, you could cycle a small number of batteries all day using this charger, easily charging batteries faster than you can discharge them, provided you have a suitable power source. To think that charge times have now come down to close to run times and for this little money is really something, and testament to how far battery and charger technologies have come.

TURNIGY REAKTOR 2 X 300W FULL

To take it to the full extreme, you could theoretically charge 5000mAh 2S to 3S (maybe 4S at a stretch) packs in pairs with an average charge time for each battery from flat to full of 8-10 minutes (charging pairs in 15-20 minutes), which is mind-blowing. Pretty comprehensive, with the usual caveat that these types of chargers have you can’t max it out on both channels, 2 6S packs charging at 20A would be 1000W!! Don’t be disheartened though, the performance is still awesome. Turnigy Reaktor 2 x 300W 20A balance charger

Pb battery cell count: 1~12series (2~24V)

TURNIGY REAKTOR 2 X 300W SERIES

NiCd/NiMH battery cell count: 1~17 series Lithium (LiPo/Lilo/Life) battery cell count: 1~6 series (In non-balance mode, Life cell count can be expanded to 8S)

Maximum external discharge power capacity: /20A Maximum regenerative discharge power capacity: 300W Maximum charge power capacity: voltage >18V (Per Channel) It’s certainly not the cheapest item in the Turnigy lineup, but the specs are outrageous, and it is effectively TWO monster chargers in one.Ĭharging current range: channel 1/2 0.05~20.0Aĭischarging current range: channel 1/2 0.05~20.0A Not just any charger though, this is a Titan of a charger, a dual battery, 300W/20A per channel monster. Turnigy is HobbyKing’s best-selling electric power brand, encompassing the Nanotech battery sub-brand and the well-known Trackstar motors and ESCs among other electric power related offerings. Today we’re taking a look at one of their lipo chargers.

Turnigy reaktor 2 x 300w