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EZ-Peak NiCad / NiMH Charger with Traxxas Connector

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EZ-Peak NiCad / NiMH Charger with Traxxas Connector

(20 customer reviews)

SKU:

TRAP2930

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WARNING:

CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

The EZ-Peak is equally at home on the bench with AC power, or in the field with a DC power source. A Traxxas High- Current Connector is installed for use with Traxxas Power Cell battery packs and other NiCd and NiMH packs with Traxxas connectors (an adapter (#3062) is sold separately for use with Molex/Tamiya-style connectors.

List Price:	$47.99
Our Price:	$32.99
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Product Details

Product Length:	6.9 inches
Product Width:	5.6 inches
Product Height:	2.2 inches
Product Weight:	1.5 pounds
Package Length:	7.0 inches
Package Width:	5.7 inches
Package Height:	2.1 inches
Package Weight:	1.05 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 20 reviews

Features

Easy plug-and-charge operation
No setup or programming required
Charges 6 to 8-cell NiCad and NiMH sub-C battery packs
4-amp output
Shipping weight: 2 pounds

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 4.0

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20 of 22 found the following review helpful:

ez-peak makes charging easy... but buyer beware Apr 06, 2011 By B. Chan
no more waiting 8 hours for your trickle charger to run, this EZ-Peak really does make it easy.

I'm using it with the stock 7-cell 3000mah NiMH Traxxas now provides on their Slash. Some sites caution against charging your batteries at higher Amps, so I was a little worried about using a 4A charger on the 3A battery. However, the charger switched to trickle-mode to avoid overcharging, so it makes charging a no-brainer. Also, because you're pumping 4A into a 3000mah, you're at full charge at around the 45 minute mark. The battery was just slightly warm to touch when the green light came on to indicate it's ready.

So far so good and I'm glad I got this.

two notes:
1) Don't charge your LiPo batteries with this, as the EZ-Peak does not have the electronics to measure safe charging of the more finicky LiPo
2) I've read other forum posts that says this is not for batteries for your 1:16 scale or smaller cars. Those tend to be in the 1500mah to 2000mah range and pumping 4A into them will wear out your battery quickly (or even cause them to fail catastrophically) For those, look for the 2A charger.

Update 6/1/2011:

I originally gave this product a solid 5 stars. However, I must now come back and revise my review down to a 0, if they had a 0. since they don't, it's a 1-star.

After using the product off and on for 2 months (used to charge my battery 5 times at most) the unit refused to turn on. The light that's supposed to blink red is now dark.

I contacted customer service and they said, since it's past 30 days, I have to pay $15 + $5 shipping + whatever shipping to ship the unit back to them in Texas, to get it looked at. That's $20+ to get them to look at a $40 item that was used for less than 2 months.

To say I'm very very disappointed would be an understatement.

If this is how they treat their customers, then I'd say steer clear of Traxxis. While the car and charger were great when it ran, if it breaks down for any reason, you're left high-and-dry.

The reason for a 1-star? If the product doesn't work after 2 months, it's no better than a lump of coal. A product that doesn't work really doesn't deserve anything more, especially when their so-called 'lifetime' warranty is only good before the item is 'dead'.

12 of 12 found the following review helpful:

Great charger for my Traxxas Bandit Sep 26, 2010 By Tech Guy
8 hours charge time for the standard charger versus 1 hour for the EZ Peak?
It's a no-brainer.

Always make sure your batteries are cool before charging and your car's motor has cooled down before making another run.

The charger also comes with another charging line ending in alligator clips. Just wrap them in electical tape (or cut off the wires) to prevent shorting.
That line line is what appears to be the power cord in the photo here- the power cord is included, but not plugged in for shipping.

Plug the unit in, wait for the red light to appear, and then connect the battery- otherwise it won't charge. If you get a green light (meaning done charging) just retry the sequence. Once fully charged it drops power to contiously trickle charge, preventing over charging.

A solid unit that'll keep you racing :)

11 of 12 found the following review helpful:

Good but finicky Jun 24, 2010 By Matthew P. Wolfe
When I first got this thing I don't know why exactly but it was really finicky. Sometimes it would charge sometimes it wouldn't. You have to make sure the lights are blinking red when you plug the battery in. Even then though sometimes it refuses to charge my son's battery, however it seems much better now than when I first got it.. It does charge his battery very fast though (maybe an hour or so compared to 6-8 hours with the original charger).
Anyways, it does work but sometimes it will think your battery is already charged when it is completely dead. You need to unplug the whole unit and plug it back in after waiting a few seconds, then make sure the lights are flashing red, and plug the battery in to the unit. Never plug the battery into the unit until after its connected to the outlet and blinking red. I think part of the original difficulty I had was I plugged the battery in first and it took awhile to reset the thing. Read the directions and it should work good for you.

7 of 7 found the following review helpful:

Must buy............. Feb 17, 2011 By Steven
This is a must have. It takes only 30 min to charger the battery compared to the charger that came with my Traxxas Slash that takes 8 hours to charge a battery......YOU HAVE TO OWN THIS

5 of 5 found the following review helpful:

Solid battery charger Sep 12, 2010 By J. Vail "jtv va beach"
The battery charger that was included with the Traxxas car we bought was very slow and took about eight hours to reach a full charge. We needed a fast charger to reduce the amount of time the car remained out of service. This one works great. The lights tell you the status of the charge session, it automatically stops when the battery is fully charged and it has both an AC and DC option for power. Bottom line, it works as described.

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