EBL 908 Super Quick Charger & EBL High Capacity Cs/Ds Review

[@todderbert]

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[@andyd.1793]

I got a smaller, white ebl aa and aaa charger a few months back, and I love it. I was very impressed with the quality and how well it charges. I plan on getting a model that will charge c and d cells, too. Thanks for the awesome video as always!

[@baneverything5580]

Mine charges AAs at 1000 mAh too. I`m gonna keep charging them in an Energizer slow charger that I have. I might try charging them in it but if they get warm I`ll take them out. D cells don`t get hot and take a long time to charge. Rechargeable batteries are the best invention ever for radio listeners. I always feel weird when I`m using alkaline batteries. I can feel the money going down the drain and the waste of throwing away toxic batteries.

[@baneverything5580]

I have the silver EBL LCD Smart Super Quick Universal Charger that came with 4 D batteries. It was $40.00. Seems to work great.

[@Bruce_W]

Great review! I got this charger about a month ago and it performs well. You mention twice that you don’t recommend for AA and AAA but I have been charging my AA eneloops with no problem. In fact, they get less hot with this charger than with the Panasonic charger they came with.

[@todderbert]

Very strange indeed. The eneloop charger is a decent one that charges at 300mAh on AAs and 150mAh for AAAs. This one saying 1.0A only had me concerned. Some have mentioned no problems with smaller batteries on this Quick Charger. I have options and use my Litto Kala Li-500 for my smaller cells. I can adjust from 1.0A, .700mA, .500mA, and .300mA .

[@mickeybrumfield764]

When using my 2-USB iQuick Charger from EBL with AA EBL batteries charging 2 batteries at a time at about 1800ma the batteries get extremely hot. It doesn't seem to effect the batteries much though cause have been doing this for about 3 years 2 or 3 times a week, its like they take a licking and just keep on ticking. Guess this is a characteristic of the EBL batteries. They seem to be quite resilient.

[@EfficientTrout]

I love charger review video. Would love to see more of this. 👍

[@todderbert]

More are planned, I just picked up one and am using it to see how well it works.

[@baneverything5580]

@@todderbert I have an EBL universal charger like this that has a port for a round plug on the side that uses 12 volt DC. I`ve never used this and have only used the AC cord that comes with it. Question...will it harm the charger or batteries to use the 12-18 volt output on my 30 watt solar panel? I have a Rockpals power station that I can use that has a 110 AC plug that I could use to charge all my NIMH batteries off grid with my EBL charger but have no idea if connecting the solar panel directly to the charger is safe. Will the charger regulate the voltage and current coming into it and only accept exactly what it needs? There are no instructions anywhere about this mysterious DC port nor is the polarity mentioned. The DC cable that comes with solar panels fits the charger so one would assume the port is designed for off grid solar panel charging? I have another universal charger exactly like the EBL that I got tricked into buying on Amazon because in the picture it showed a USB cable so I bought it thinking I could use it with the USB ports on my panels. I guess I can experiment with it but you know a lot about electronics so I was hoping you might know about this.

[@highdesert50]

Was the battery you were trying to recall is the IKEA LADDA?

[@todderbert]

That might be it.

[@ssclassof2000]

I have a charger like this. Charging AAA and AA seems to be very quick, but it really doesn't do a good job. I noticed that the charge does not hold up. I went back to using my LaCrosse Slow charger.

[@todderbert]

Hmm, works well on the Cs and Ds I have, I may try other chargers in the future. The cell temps are a bit concerning.

[@keithjohnson3883]

I don't know if I would trust it trying to push one amp into a AA or AAA battery!. Pulse charging or not. Seems to me if anything at the best diminish the life of the battery, worst case scenario is an explosion!!

[@SangiTariq]

Lovely

[@landonmiller6943]

I have four rechargeable EBL D cells rated at 10,000 mAh. When I've put this claim to the test in a smart charger, at most they came in at 7,500 mAh, and that's not taking into account charging inefficiency. I'd guess in actuality they're around 7000 mAh max.

[@todderbert]

Did you run them through at least ten cycles? My actual radio testing puts them around 9500.

[@landonmiller6943]

​@@todderbert They've been through a few cycles by now (I use them to power an LED bedside lamp since a mains powered LED lamp I bought emitted more RF noise than light making radio reception impossible). Last estimate put them around 7500 mAh, essentially no different from when they arrived. In contrast, four Amazon brand rechargeable NiMH C cells rated at 5000 mAh indicated around 5500 mAh on my smart charger right out of the box and have maintained that capacity ever since. Interestingly, I only purchased EBL D cells since there was a long waiting period for the Amazon brand equivalent to be in stock. I now see Amazon brand C and D cells are no longer available. How did you determine the capacity of the EBL D cells?

[@todderbert]

@@landonmiller6943 I ran them through a test on my ICF-19. Sony rates the radio at 400+ Hours on Standard Alkalines, I was able to get 246 Hours on these EBLs. It was a lot of logging for sure. Did it twice to be sure.

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[@jeffking291]

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