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Title: LaCrosse BC 900 recharger
Post by: Chuck on October 03, 2005, 08:41:44 PM

Anybody using this to recharge MiMH or NiCD AA's?

http://www.thomas-distributing.com/articlelive/articles/8/1/La-Crosse-BC-900-Advanced-Battery-Charge

I'm looking for options for powering the PMD 671. It can use 8 AA's, so I'm thinking about powering it with rechargeables.

Title: Re: LaCrosse BC 900 recharger
Post by: phr on October 09, 2005, 06:35:46 AM

Yeah, I have one of those, it's a real good charger, it can condition your packs by discharging/recharging repeatedly, its lcd display shows how much charge each cell took, etc.  Of course to charge 8 cells you probably want two of them.

Title: Re: LaCrosse BC 900 recharger
Post by: RDunn on October 09, 2005, 12:08:47 PM

Quote from: Chuck on October 03, 2005, 08:41:44 PM

Anybody using this to recharge MiMH or NiCD AA's?

http://www.thomas-distributing.com/articlelive/articles/8/1/La-Crosse-BC-900-Advanced-Battery-Charge

I'm looking for options for powering the PMD 671. It can use 8 AA's, so I'm thinking about powering it with rechargeables.

I'm using one along with some 2500mh PowerEx NiMH batteries to power my 671.  Works great, I just wish it would charge 8 batteries at a time.  Most everyone I spoke with a rechargeable batteries highly suggested the LaCrosse BC900 and I haven't been disappointed.  I would suggest picking up an extra battery holder from Marantz though so you can just replace the packs in the field for those marathon recording sessions.

Title: Re: LaCrosse BC 900 recharger
Post by: Chuck on October 09, 2005, 12:49:07 PM

Quote from: RDunn on October 09, 2005, 12:08:47 PM

Quote from: Chuck on October 03, 2005, 08:41:44 PM

Anybody using this to recharge MiMH or NiCD AA's?

http://www.thomas-distributing.com/articlelive/articles/8/1/La-Crosse-BC-900-Advanced-Battery-Charge

I'm looking for options for powering the PMD 671. It can use 8 AA's, so I'm thinking about powering it with rechargeables.

I'm using one along with some 2500mh PowerEx NiMH batteries to power my 671.  Works great, I just wish it would charge 8 batteries at a time.  Most everyone I spoke with a rechargeable batteries highly suggested the LaCrosse BC900 and I haven't been disappointed.  I would suggest picking up an extra battery holder from Marantz though so you can just replace the packs in the field for those marathon recording sessions.

Thanks for the advice guys. +T's

Title: Re: LaCrosse BC 900 recharger
Post by: Chuck on October 27, 2005, 08:19:24 PM

I just got my LaCrosse BC 900 today from Thomas Distrubuting. I got 8 PowerEx 2500mAh AA NiMH, 8 iPower 2300mAhNiMH AA , 4 LaCrosse 2000aHa AA NiMH and 4 700mAh AAA NiMH. The last 8 were free with the charger.

Anyway, This thing is cool. It gives individual stats for each battery, including capacity. The charger lets you refresh old batteries and has a discharge function as well as various different charge rates for each individual battery.

I'm going to cycle the new batteries through discharge and charge a few times to get the best performance out of them before I use them.

Now I know I'm a geek, drooling over this cool battery charger!

Title: Re: LaCrosse BC 900 recharger
Post by: bagtagsell on October 28, 2005, 12:09:51 AM

I guess I am too, b/c I was drooling over that charger.  I'm a sucker for an lcd screen.   ;D