Charging 8-cell+ batteries
 

Hey there. I have this charger:
http://www.duratrax.com/caraccys/dtxp4005.html

Awesome charger, by the way,

which says it can charge 1-8 cell batteries. My friend has a 9 cell battery (10.8V) and I was wondering if my charger could charge it properly. Now, I've already tried and it DOES charge it. I just don't know if it's doing it properly. Can someone shed some light on this?

It will charge it - it will just never reach maximum capacity.

So it will charge to the right voltage, just not to the max mAh?

Well... the voltage supplied is a function of how much current there is to allow that much voltage to be pushed through...

Even a "dead" 9.6v pack will read around 9.6v. A fully charged 9.6v could peak or even exceed 12v.

It won't charge.

This charger is made with a built-in voltage monitor and it will return an error about 10 secs after the start of the charge cycle.

Strange, because it didn't.

just wondering, does bb bastard's smart charger, will his charger charge a 10.8 or a 12v??