Hey. Yes it is, this is what appealed to me as with it being dual channel, with a touch screen and capable of higher than usual DC input voltages all making it very attractive at this price point. Good to hear your other ToolkitRC chargers are working well for you, I have been following their products, but this is my first item from them. Ian Contessa
Hey Buddy. I can't see any details yet about current reduction below a specific voltage as we see on other chargers, but can assume there will be less power available from say a 12 volt DC source Vs a 24 volt one. Effectively you'd be governed by the overall chargers limits of 800 watts per channel and 60 amps overall current draw for the charger itself. Using a calculator as I still cannot work this out in my head, 800 watts with a 24 volts input equals 33.3 amps per channel, but then 2 x 33 amps is above the overall limit. So then you'd be back to 30 amps max per channel (60 amps charger total) on 24 volts and then need to allow for efficiency losses. 24 volts input and 30 amps yields 720 watts of charging power Going up slightly to a 30 volts DC input increases the charging power to 900 watts at 30 amps. I think it is safe to say that you can extract the full charging capability of this charger from a 24 volts (or above) input from your DC power supply. Ian Contessa
Interesting charger. I have sen it in aliexpress.
Already using other 2 models toolkit charger, and are my favourite chargers till now. Work very well
Hey. Yes it is, this is what appealed to me as with it being dual channel, with a touch screen and capable of higher than usual DC input voltages all making it very attractive at this price point.
Good to hear your other ToolkitRC chargers are working well for you, I have been following their products, but this is my first item from them.
Ian Contessa
YAY
Thanks buddy. It is a nice little charger so far, it's charged a 6s 5000mah LiPo beside me and is not storage discharging it to. Ian
If the input voltage is only 24v, how much will the charge rate be reduced? Still get 500 watt/20amp on a 6s per channel?
Hey Buddy.
I can't see any details yet about current reduction below a specific voltage as we see on other chargers, but can assume there will be less power available from say a 12 volt DC source Vs a 24 volt one.
Effectively you'd be governed by the overall chargers limits of 800 watts per channel and 60 amps overall current draw for the charger itself. Using a calculator as I still cannot work this out in my head, 800 watts with a 24 volts input equals 33.3 amps per channel, but then 2 x 33 amps is above the overall limit. So then you'd be back to 30 amps max per channel (60 amps charger total) on 24 volts and then need to allow for efficiency losses.
24 volts input and 30 amps yields 720 watts of charging power
Going up slightly to a 30 volts DC input increases the charging power to 900 watts at 30 amps.
I think it is safe to say that you can extract the full charging capability of this charger from a 24 volts (or above) input from your DC power supply.
Ian Contessa