Fast Battery Charger / Conditioner

Vince Cunningham · Aug 27, 2001

Just got an "Ansmann Digi Cam Power Set". This is a fast (circa 1 hour) charger with a discharge setting, plus 4 1800 mah batteries. It seems to work very well and will make living with a D7 and NMiHs much easier. It is compact and also comes with a set of plugs for just about every power socket in the world - so no problems travelling. Cost £35 from Digital Depot (www.digitaldepot.co.uk).--Vince Cunningham

Joo · Aug 27, 2001

Is this a different charger than the Ansmann Powerline 4? If so, what are the differences?

Joo

Vince Cunningham said:
Just got an "Ansmann Digi Cam Power Set". This is a fast (circa 1
hour) charger with a discharge setting, plus 4 1800 mah batteries.
It seems to work very well and will make living with a D7 and NMiHs
much easier. It is compact and also comes with a set of plugs for
just about every power socket in the world - so no problems
travelling. Cost £35 from Digital Depot (www.digitaldepot.co.uk).
--
Vince Cunningham

Vince Cunningham · Aug 27, 2001

It is a Powerline 4 - the pack is marked differently!

Joo said:
Is this a different charger than the Ansmann Powerline 4? If so,
what are the differences?

Giovanni · Aug 27, 2001

Then it take 3,6 hours to charge a 1800 mAH batteries not 1 hours as you stated.

This time is the time calculated with the formula suggested in the Ansmann site (www.ansmann.de) that means :

NiMH capacity [mAh] / 700 mA 1.4 = 3.6

700 mA is the power of Powerline 4 on AA connectors
1.4 is the efficiency charge factor

Vince Cunningham said:
Joo said:

Is this a different charger than the Ansmann Powerline 4? If so,
what are the differences?

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Alan Rolfe · Aug 27, 2001

Vince

What's the input voltage range, please? I'll looking for something that will work both in the UK and the States.

Alan

Vince Cunningham said:
Just got an "Ansmann Digi Cam Power Set". This is a fast (circa 1
hour) charger with a discharge setting, plus 4 1800 mah batteries.

Leo Terminello · Aug 27, 2001

The only way to go. I bought 2 sets of 1800's, I had 2 sets of 1500's. The Ansmann fixed them all. http://www.nexusamerica.com has them in the colonies.
Leo Terminello

Vince Cunningham · Aug 28, 2001

Alan Rolfe said:
What's the input voltage range, please? I'll looking for something
that will work both in the UK and the States.

90-260v. It also has UK, USA, Mainland Europe and Oz plugs. I'm really pleased as in the past I've had seperate UK and USA chargers.

hatem tawfik · Aug 28, 2001

Vince

I cant find it on this UK wesite, please provide a link within the site for the charger

Pabletto · Aug 28, 2001

Vince Cunningham said:
Joo said:

Is this a different charger than the Ansmann Powerline 4? If so,
what are the differences?

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So is it exacly the same thing? Is one an improvement of the other? You said it takes shorter to charge (I know this was answered, but I don't think I could understand what the difference actually was). So it can't be the same! Is one better then the other?

Pabletto

Pabletto · Aug 28, 2001

Vince Cunningham said:
Just got an "Ansmann Digi Cam Power Set". This is a fast (circa 1
hour) charger with a discharge setting....

Is the discharge setting is the same as the conditioning setting?
(stupid question?)

Pabletto

henri56123 · Aug 28, 2001

I have read somewhere that this new model has addional plugs while the Powerline 4 has only one type for example US, or European or so.

Pabletto said:
Vince Cunningham said:

Joo said:

Is this a different charger than the Ansmann Powerline 4? If so,
what are the differences?

Click to expand...

Click to expand...

So is it exacly the same thing? Is one an improvement of the other?
You said it takes shorter to charge (I know this was answered, but
I don't think I could understand what the difference actually was).
So it can't be the same! Is one better then the other?

Pabletto

hatem tawfik · Aug 28, 2001

I still cant find it

Norm2002 · Aug 29, 2001

http://www.ansmann.de/eansmann.html

Unfortunately, they do not have separate page links.

Digi Cam Power-Set Part # 5507133 for UK and 5307133 for US.

Powerline 4 Part # 5507083 for UK and 5307082 for US.

I think the only difference is that the Power-Set comes with 4x 1800 batteries.

I'm not sure if they both have all the plugs but the one I just bought in the UK (Power-Set) did have. I don't have it with me so I cannot check the part # on the package.

Regards

Norm

hatem tawfik said:
I still cant find it

hatem tawfik · Aug 29, 2001

Thank you very much

Norm said:
Unfortunately, they do not have separate page links.

Digi Cam Power-Set Part # 5507133 for UK and 5307133 for US.

Powerline 4 Part # 5507083 for UK and 5307082 for US.

I think the only difference is that the Power-Set comes with 4x
1800 batteries.

I'm not sure if they both have all the plugs but the one I just
bought in the UK (Power-Set) did have. I don't have it with me so I
cannot check the part # on the package.

Regards

Norm

hatem tawfik said:

I still cant find it

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Pabletto · Aug 29, 2001

henri said:
I have read somewhere that this new model has addional plugs while
the Powerline 4 has only one type for example US, or European or
so.

Henri, I got that right. What I need to know is if there is any actual difference at at electronics of the charger internally. There should be since it takes noe hour only to fully charge a battery. Don't you think this might be too much for a battery to withstand? I think it's like "baking" the battery!

Pabletto

Pabletto · Aug 29, 2001

I hada look at the Ansmann website and there is a huuuuge range of Powerline fast chargers. Does anyone know what the actual difference is between them all?

Some for example have can only charge 9V batteries. However, Powerline 4, Powerline 5 and Powerline 6 can all charge NiMH AA batteries.
And what is the bloody difference with the Digi Cam Power-Set?

Pabletto

Leo Terminello · Aug 29, 2001

Email Woody at nexusamerica, he will fill you in.
Leo Terminello

henri56123 · Aug 29, 2001

Hello Pabletto: I looked it up on the Ansmann site: I think both chargers are the same: the seundary current is for both 4x1.45V = 700mah/200mah
Henri

Pabletto said:
henri said:

I have read somewhere that this new model has addional plugs while
the Powerline 4 has only one type for example US, or European or
so.

Click to expand...

Henri, I got that right. What I need to know is if there is any
actual difference at at electronics of the charger internally.
There should be since it takes noe hour only to fully charge a
battery. Don't you think this might be too much for a battery to
withstand? I think it's like "baking" the battery!

Pabletto

henri56123 · Aug 29, 2001

Hello Pabletto: looking at the Ansmann site, I beleive that the DigiCam Power set is the Ansmann Powerline 4 + additional plugs; the output for both is 4x12,45V=700mah/200mah

Now, the powerline 5 and 6 are "bigger" version that cccan charge AA and bigger batteries
Henri

Pabletto said:
I hada look at the Ansmann website and there is a huuuuge range of
Powerline fast chargers. Does anyone know what the actual
difference is between them all?
Some for example have can only charge 9V batteries. However,
Powerline 4, Powerline 5 and Powerline 6 can all charge NiMH AA
batteries.
And what is the bloody difference with the Digi Cam Power-Set?

Pabletto

Pabletto · Aug 30, 2001

henri said:
Hello Pabletto: looking at the Ansmann site, I beleive that the
DigiCam Power set is the Ansmann Powerline 4 + additional plugs;
the output for both is 4x12,45V=700mah/200mah
Now, the powerline 5 and 6 are "bigger" version that cccan charge
AA and bigger batteries
Henri

Hmmmm, seems pretty logical! I had not noticed that and you seem to be right. Thanks Henri! That was really helpfull.

By the way, I e-mailed Ansmann in Germany and asked where I could find the Ansmann chargers in the UK. They gave me contact information of their Managing Director of ANSMANN UK Limited in Essex, but they said he is on holiday this week so I'll contact him next week. If anyone needs any info, let me know.

Pabletto

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