Chargers are harder than I thought

Turns out to charge the special batteries, you need specialised chargers. What's even weirder is, unlike our phone chargers, they do not plug straight into the wall, so for some, you have to buy an AC-DC power supply to go with it. This hobby just keeps getting more and more expensive.

Here are things that I have found out:

• Parallel charging boards do not have protection and are pretty dangerous. (source)

• According to Mads Tech, there are chargers that offer both AC and DC input, however, the ones that offer both typically have the AC side fail very quickly. Looks like I will be going after a DC one. (source)

• Mads Tech recommends building a high quality power supply from a server power supply rather than going for the power supply that charger brands sell. Apparently server power supplies are just going to be much more reliable and durable in the long run. Can also get a laptop power supply instead, which are going to be significantly better. He says you can just cut the plug off the end and then put an XT60 with the right polarity. (source)

• Mads Tech says Toolkit RC sucks, very unreliable. His Turnigy was one of the best apparently. his ISDT was apparently also very good.

I am probably going to go with the ISDT P10 because it got good reviews. I think I also have to get a battery discharger but I will deal with that another day. ADDITIONALLY, it seems like these things can blow up while charging too....

Todo List:

• Build or find a fireproof charging bay

• Find appropriate AC-DC converter to use with the charger

• Find a discharger