On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 05:01:51 +0000, GlennS wrote:


I'd like to get a MAHA charger, for general around-the-house
use. I use AA's and AAA's for my DX-399 (3 AA's), Radio Shack
handheld CB (8 AA's), Radio Shack pocket AM/FM radio (2 AAA's), two
Mag lights (2 AA's and 1 AAA), Everready Headband light (3 AAA's),
Portable CD player (2 AA's), and Franklin Electronic Bible (4 AAA's)
all of which are used almost daily. I've been reading the Thomas
Distributing website, but I'm not sure which charger would best fit my
needs. I don't have any rechargable batteries, and would buy them
with the charger. Would the C204W, the C204F, or the C401FS be best
for the above uses?

http://www.thomas-distributing.com

Thanks in advance. And please excuse the on-topic post during
an election year.


I have the 401FS and it's great. You can't go wrong with it or the C204F
really. Get the 401FS, it charges each cell individually which is a plus
because some devices only use 3 batteries. Thomas Dist. is excellent by
the way!

Tom

Tom Randy wrote:

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 05:01:51 +0000, GlennS wrote:


I'd like to get a MAHA charger, for general around-the-house
use. I use AA's and AAA's for my DX-399 (3 AA's), Radio Shack
handheld CB (8 AA's), Radio Shack pocket AM/FM radio (2 AAA's), two
Mag lights (2 AA's and 1 AAA), Everready Headband light (3 AAA's),
Portable CD player (2 AA's), and Franklin Electronic Bible (4 AAA's)
all of which are used almost daily. I've been reading the Thomas
Distributing website, but I'm not sure which charger would best fit my
needs. I don't have any rechargable batteries, and would buy them
with the charger. Would the C204W, the C204F, or the C401FS be best
for the above uses?

http://www.thomas-distributing.com

Thanks in advance. And please excuse the on-topic post during
an election year.

I have the 401FS and it's great. You can't go wrong with it or the C204F
really. Get the 401FS, it charges each cell individually which is a plus
because some devices only use 3 batteries. Thomas Dist. is excellent by
the way!

Tom

I second the 401FS. The individual charging and slow recharge rate option
are the killers.

With parallel charging, a dirty contact will leave you with uncharged cells,
and series charging won't charge the cells equally.

That said, some of the older chargers are useful occasionally; the CCrane
QuickCharger has a handy digital meter, that's useful to diagnose what's
going on when things are not going perfectly, and sometimes will start to charge
a cell that other chargers refuse to charge, thinking it's dead when it's only
thorougly discharged. It's a parallel charger though, and often leaves you
with uncharged cells.

Get a bottle of DeoxIT brush-on to clean up contacts in the chargers and batteries
when they complain, too.

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showd...number=341-215

Small bottle but it lasts a long time.
--
Ron Hardin


On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk.