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| Electric Flight Discuss Electric Flight in Canada |
Topic Review (Newest First)
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| 05-09-2011 10:29 PM | ||
| Real Gambler |
Re: Lipo Charger Help Needed Quote:
A 1 amp 20C battery can provide up to 20amps peak A 1 amp 25C would provide 25amps peak A 1 amp 30C would provide 30amps peak All those batteries can provide 1 amp for one hour. If you use them on a higher load, they will provide more current, but for less time. Let say you use those batteries on a motor that would draw 10amps, they would all work, but only last 6 minutes (you draw 10 times more current, you deplete it 10 times faster). Now, let say you want to use a motor that draw 22amps, then you could not use the first battery, but you could use the other two (though for a very short time!) The other interesting C rating to watch on a battery is the charge rate. Until recently, you could only charge a battery at a 1C rate. That mean, you could only charge a 1amp battery at a maximum of 1amp. Recent batteries have a higher C rating for charging, so basically, you will find a new spec on them. They will say something like: They can be charged at 5C. So you could charge those 1 amp battery by setting your charger for a 5amp charge. This effectively cut the charging time a lot (you guess it, 5 times faster, though, in reality, there's other factors, but it's close enough!) |
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| 05-09-2011 09:45 PM | ||
| pzrwest |
Re: Lipo Charger Help Needed What does the 20C, 25C, and 30C stand for? I understand the 2S, 3S etc stands for the number of cells. Thank you in advance... Haold |
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| 05-08-2011 06:59 PM | ||
| pzrwest |
Re: Lipo Charger Help Needed I stand corrected I have ordered the wrong Lipo I should have ordered a 1300mah 3c Lipo. But is too late to cancel now so someday I'll have something that can use this Lipo. I'm used to old school nicads and nmh batteries |
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| 05-08-2011 11:45 AM | ||
| Real Gambler |
Re: Lipo Charger Help Needed Quote:
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| 05-08-2011 10:49 AM | ||
| paladin |
Re: Lipo Charger Help Needed oops 11.1V is a 3 cell lipo. The only thing to look out for with these cheaper chargers is that the voltage to the batteries is in fact what the readout is telling you. Use a voltage meter to confirm it's 12.60V when charged and not more. |
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| 05-08-2011 10:44 AM | ||
| Real Gambler |
Re: Lipo Charger Help Needed Quote:
Price is really low, it's a clone from a more expensive charger (they are usually almost as good as the more expensive originals) , but sadly, there's only two reviews for it so far so hard to say. From the review, power cord seem to be European. It does work on 120V but may be hard to find the N.A. power cord for it since it's not the usual PC power cord. It does also work with a external D.C. source (car battery), which is good. Both reviews mention the fact that it does come with Dean (T plug) connector and it's not shown in the picture.... Your 2S battery probably has the red JST plug (that one is shown in the picture, so that's good... At least if that's the type of connector you have on your battery!). If the battery you have ordered doesn't have a connector, don't forget to order some as well... Hobby King is a good place to order them. Discharge rate is not high, but for now, this is not something you should worry about (it's good to have a high discharge rate for those time where you go flying with tons of batteries, and may come back with a few fully charged ones, and want to put them in storage mode) For a cheap charger, it would probably do the trick. Would definively be good if some review would confirm if it does balance well, but that's not the case. With no decent reviews, it's a bit of a lottery, but for this price, it's a lottery with good odds!!! 
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| 05-08-2011 10:38 AM | ||
| Xanadu |
Re: Lipo Charger Help Needed Seems okay, I have an Accucell 6 and love it, but it requires a 12v power supply. I did notice that it does not come with all the common adapters for the batterys, the xt60 one is missing. |
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| 05-08-2011 09:49 AM | ||
| pzrwest |
Lipo Charger Help Needed Being a noob to electric flight and Lipo batteries, I have no idea what charger to get and even how to charge a Lipo battery. I have ordered a 11.1v 2 cell Lipo for my Hobbyzone SC and looking for an inexpensive easy to use charger that uses 120volts. I have been looking at this one from HobbyKing.com http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=15437 what are your opinions? Thank you in advance..... Harold |
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