Good day to all. The recent discussion on battery charges has prompted this question: does anyone know of an easily or readily available (in Canada) NiMh charger suitable for charging 1 or 2 pairs of series-connected 1450 mAHr cells? I'm at the tail end of finishing up a project which uses 2 series-connected prismatic 1450 mAHr cells permanently mounted inside the project enclosure. Two battery connections are brought out for charging the pair of cells. I need to charge 1 or more of these units at the same time: a charger that supports simultaneous charging of independent pairs of cells is preferred. I've been trying off-the-shelf chargers from the local superstores (Walmart, London Drugs, Staples, etc) without much luck. There are some truly awful chargers out there, people! My results so far: Energiser CHDC7: 2 sets of series-connected cells (4 cells total). Appears to be a decent charger but does not like the cells I'm trying to charge: the charger goes into error mode shortly after connecting the pair of 1450 mAHr cells. Energiser CHCAR1: 2 sets of series-connected cells (4 cells total). Funky arrangement where the 2nd set of cells is automatically connected in series with the 1st set if the charger detects that 4 cells are inserted. Not ideal for my application because it requires that the a single pair of cells be located into the first channel and I can't count on the customer to do that. NEXcell NC-50FC: 4 individual cells. Not suitable for my purposes. I think its the nicest charger I've seen, though. 4 separate smps supplies: one for each channel. Two blinking bi-color LEDs are a pain to read - way too many messages on only 2 LEDs. Also has a discharge circuit (followed by automatic recharge) for conditioning balky NiCad cells. Sanyo NC-MQH01U: 4 individual cells. Not suitable for my purposes. Also not very consumer-friendly - one has to pay attention to where the cells are inserted because cell location changes charger functionality. Rayovac PS16: 4 individual cells. Not suitable for my purposes. Another one of those funky switched-cell chargers: they have FETs controlling the individual cells and appear to multiplex a single charger circuit between all 4 positions. Might actually be a decent charger - I plan to look at them further once this project is out of the way. Ultralast V-99B: truly awful charger - timed charge only. Didn't look any further. Any thoughts? dwayne -- Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, AB, CANADA (780) 489-3199 voice (780) 487-6397 fax www.trinity-electronics.com Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist