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soane 17-02-2011 08:16 PM

Using Overlander charger and lipo
 
I bought an Overlander Sport 3900 2S 7.4v 25c lipo and RC-6S Balance Charger from Dave at TOP and I'm a little confused on the charging procedure. On the battery it says not to exceed 2C when charging but I thought it should be more like 3 amps? Also, when do I know when it has finished charging?


Robbiejuk 17-02-2011 08:25 PM

What it means is do not exceed double the charge rate. The BRCA recommends that Lipos should be charged at 1C or under so for example if you have a 5300mah battery you should charge it at 5.3 amps.

4800mah = 4.8 amps
4000mah = 4.0 amps
3600mah = 3.6 amps
etc,etc.

So check out what your mah is on your cells and charge accordingly.

soane 17-02-2011 08:52 PM

Ah, I see, so a 3900mah lipo gets charged at 3.9amps or lower? But how do I know when the battery is full?

rondoolaa 17-02-2011 08:58 PM

the charger should automaticly stop charging, just make sure you charge at the correct mah and voltage and set output to lipo

soane 17-02-2011 09:28 PM

I think I've got it, I don't have a 12v supply in the house so I'll try it tomorrow. The instructions that come with the charger are a little confusing, the ones on the website are a lot better. When it mentions voltage level, I assume it means 7.4v divided by 2s is 3.6v?


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