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Lipo charging
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You only EVER charge Lipos via the small white balance charge lead, never via the Deans / Tamiya type lead that you use to connect the Lipo to the gun. Your charger should then cut out once the Lipo is fully charged. Also, NEVER let the Lipo drop below 6V (3V per cell) otherwise you are likely to damage it and it will not easily recover. Always disconnect a Lipo from the gun after each game, to make sure there is no small current drain within the gun's circuitry, as that can drain the battery as well.
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I've always been told and even seen loads of videos of people using both the balance connector and plugging in the main connector as well.
My quad copter came with it's own charger which was only via the balance board, took about 8 hours or so to charge for about 10 minutes flight. eventually got the adapters to plug the other connector into my smart charger and it now charges in no time at all.
My quad copter came with it's own charger which was only via the balance board, took about 8 hours or so to charge for about 10 minutes flight. eventually got the adapters to plug the other connector into my smart charger and it now charges in no time at all.
Where is your balance lead in the photo? Whether the juice goes through the tamiya or not, you need to balance the cells using this lead else one cell will grow unstable over time and goose the battery, or worse.
The charger should have a socket which accepts the balance plug, as its impossible to balance the battery using just two wires, the third wire on the balancer sits between the cells so the charger can measure the voltage of each cell
The charger should have a socket which accepts the balance plug, as its impossible to balance the battery using just two wires, the third wire on the balancer sits between the cells so the charger can measure the voltage of each cell
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Mr Monkey Nuts
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Have you actually read the instructions that come with the charger?
http://www.pololu.com/file/download/iMAXB6ACmanual.pdf?file_id=0J525
http://www.pololu.com/file/download/iMAXB6ACmanual.pdf?file_id=0J525
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No, at least not for the Lipo. Just plug the small white lead with three wires going into it into the equivalent sized socket in the right side of the charger (see the instructions on the link supplied by Mr Monkey Nuts - it shows you where the sockets are). My Lipo charger, a dirt cheap one from Componentshop, charges my 2400mAh Lipos in about 25 mins from about 7V initial charge, so anything much longer should not be necessary, or your charger isn't working properly. You definitely don't need to plug in the main lead as well.
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finding that very hard to comprehend in the instruction manual for balenced charge it says in need the out put plugged into the charger as well as the balance sockets
n1ckh
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That other charger lead you have is to charge your battery from a 12v car battery
If you dont have a lead with a Tamiya connector at on end and a mini Tamiya connector at the other end ? Then yes you need that adapter lead
To charge your battery
1 - program setting, you can set your MAH rating here and the charger will cut off at that point (mag is on the battery)
2 - battery type, choose lipo and choose 7.4v
3 - choose balance charge, always balance
4 - charging rate, I charge my lipos at half there MAH
rating so a 1600 MAH lipo will be charged at 0.8a
5 - push and hold the start button until you here a beep, this will say 'checking' or something like it so you press the start button again and it will start charging
If you dont have a lead with a Tamiya connector at on end and a mini Tamiya connector at the other end ? Then yes you need that adapter lead
To charge your battery
1 - program setting, you can set your MAH rating here and the charger will cut off at that point (mag is on the battery)
2 - battery type, choose lipo and choose 7.4v
3 - choose balance charge, always balance
4 - charging rate, I charge my lipos at half there MAH
rating so a 1600 MAH lipo will be charged at 0.8a
5 - push and hold the start button until you here a beep, this will say 'checking' or something like it so you press the start button again and it will start charging
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