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Oct 09 2008
Charge All of Your Batteries with One 10C Technologies Charger Print E-mail
Written by Zach Peil   
Thursday, 09 October 2008

Everyone loves Rechargeable batteries.  Without the crude shackle that is the power cord, you can take your tools wherever you want them to go!  There's just one problem: every manufacturer has their own interpretation of what a rechargeable battery should be.  For tool enthusiasts, that means dealing with a mess of different battery chargers to keep everything up and running.

Luckily, 10C Technologies has the solution.  Their 10C PRO and 10C CREW battery chargers are designed to accept batteries from many popular tool brands with special adapters that slip right into their charge ports.  But that's not where the story ends; these chargers are also capable of recharging a battery in just fifteen minutes and reviving batteries that would otherwise be considered dead.  Pretty cool, eh?

Interested?  Click Read More for more info.

The 10C PRO is a single-port charger, while the 10C CREW features a whopping four charging ports.  Both are capable of charging batteries of a variety of voltages (including 10.8V, 12V, 18V, etc.) and chemistries (think Ni-CD, Li-Ion and Ni-MH).  Don't worry about adjusting any settings--both chargers automatically detect the voltage and chemistry of each battery, so all you have to do is pop one in and walk away.  Even extreme temperatures are no match for these 10C chargers; if it's hot or cold, you batteries will still get charged.

Both chargers will recondition your batteries to extend their lifespans, and they're even capable of "reviving" many batteries that are considered dead.  On top of that, they will check out your batteries every time they're charged to determine if they've gone bad and tell you if your batteries are charging too hot or too cold.

Currently, adapters are available for the following brands of tools: DeWalt, Milwaukee, Ridgid, Ryobi, Makita, Hitachi, Bosch, Hilti, and Panasonic.  I'd say that's a pretty good selection of some of the most popular tool brands out there.

Yes, you can avoid the issue of multiple chargers altogether by buying tools from only one brand.  But where's the fun in that?  There are so many cool tools out there from so many different brands that you'll end up missing out if you dedicate yourself to one manufacturer.  That's what makes these chargers great; you can buy what you want to buy and charge it all in one place.

Go check out both 10C Technologies chargers and their various adapters at ToolKing.com.

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Dave
October 10, 2008
69.226.212.128
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Very risky idea. How can this charger handle any battery type and charge them in 15 minutes? That is 3-4 TIMES as fast as the original mfg's spec's for most batteries. Now, to do that, the charger would have to supply 3-4 times the voltage, 3-4 times the amps and 3-4 times the current, compared to the mfg's charging system.
Think about that a moment.....

Now think about this:
What is one of the things generated as the result of any mechanical/electrical operation?

Heat.
So, 3-4 times all of the necessary parts to charge a battery will produce a whole lot of heat, which degrades batteries (I am hoping an electrician is here to tell how much heat).
I cannot believe any tool company would endorse this, and with computerized battery checking, this would void any warranty, once it was discovered how much current the battery took.
The only situation where this might be of use is if you had a whole pile of Ni-Cad batteries and did not have a multi-tap outlet available.

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Ben
October 10, 2008
63.254.249.50
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10C claims they use a unique technology to accelerate the charge time. I can't find any patent information on their technology, so who knows..

I don't think any tool companies have actually endorsed this product. It'd definitely be interesting to check a battery charged on this device with a manufacturer-provided battery analyzer.

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Dmitry
October 12, 2008
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Dave, first of all charging voltage is always 2-5 volts above the battery nominal voltage and not 3-4 TIMES. Second, current and "amps" is the same thing. Third, NiCd do degrade at high current charges but the damage given the battery shelf life is minimal. RC enthusiasts charge batteries in "fast" mode all the time. I charged Phillips 1100 Mah AA batteries using my car battery - 5 minutes. They heat up to 60C but work fine after cooling down. I got probably 300 cycles out of them, and had I charged them using 10-hour charge they would have lasted 600 cycles.

And lastly, battery connector shape is patented and highly protected. It's a matter of time before Bosch or Black&Decker or somebody else rapes this company in court for patent violations. Also, using their charger voids your battery warranty.

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