I know a lot of people on here talk specifically about the DC6 charger/balancer. Has anyone used the BCA6 for this? If so, are there any pros or cons that were noticed when using the B6AC? The biggest benefit I see is that the B6AC has four channels. Other than that, the user manuals look identical. In fact, to me it seems like the same person wrote the manuals.
There is no difference except for the 4 channels making it 4x quicker. The only problem is the requirement for a high current supply. If charging at 5 amps on each channel you need a 20 amp supply. Using 2 BCA6's you can rebalance a complete battery in 7 days, but this the requires 2x 20 amp or 1x 40 amp supply unless you stagger the charge/discharge cycles. John (Britprius)
It looks like the B6AC has the AC to DC power supply built-in (on the Amazon version), and uses a standard wall outlet. How would you adjust the amperage on this type of unit? I saw using the DC6 you have to setup a separate power supply (computer ATX, 12v battery, etc...), but I thought the built-in on this B6AC would be an additional benefit so you didn't have to mess with the power input.
From my experience the B6AC and the DC6 can be used with the chargers own power supply, but this is limited to a maximum of 6 amps. If using 4 channels the current output of each channel would be 1.5 amps. This will work but the charging times will be extended accordingly, 5 amps per channel being a more realistic level of charge. I may be wrong on this having only used ten DC6 chargers at one time, but from reading the Amazon adds they state maximum 6 amps. John (Britprius)
