1010

[bobbyboy1962]

hello gentlemen, just got my first cx2, have a trex , jr venture 30 and my blade cp resides at the bottom of a lake hehehe, my wife is still pissed at that. can i use my thunder power 1010 charger and 205 balancer to charge these batts, will have to change the charge jacks on the batteries, thanks in advance, Bob

[rappyrex14]

yes. im 3c charging my cx packs with the 205/1010 combo. excellent combo with excellent results!

[rabidguineapig]

Probably not a good idea to charge them at 3c, be VERY careful, there could be serious problems if you keep doing it too.

[carlo_the_wonder_frog]

Charge at 1C for the stock batteries, 3C is far too much, they were not designed for that. Other than that the 1010 charger should work just fine.

[LockMD]

May sound stupid, but I dont have that charger set up, what is 3c/1c?

I am using an Vision Peak Ultra charger with an Equinox balancer and charge at .8 amps.

[rabidguineapig]

THe C rating for a 800 mah pack would be .8 Amps, and for a 2100 it would be 2.1, so you divide by 100 and charge at that voltage, some chargers will automatically detect the C rating for the battery, you probably shouldn't charge over 1c unless the battery is rated for it, and even then it's still not a good idea. Thats the basic idea... and just for reference 3c would be 6.3 amps for a 2100 mah battery, 2c would be 4.2, etc...

[LockMD]

okay thanks for the clarification although I still dont understand. LOL

Its okay, you did confirm I should be charging my 800 mah batteries at .8 amps so this is good and what you call 1c. and a 2100 mah batt would be 2.1 amps. Thats the lingo I know and go by just the 1c/3c thing trough me off, still dont understand that but its okay I dont need to at this point I will just divide by 100 and charge at that amp rate. thanks for trying to explain it to me though, probably would understand if I had that charger or similar.

[carlo_the_wonder_frog]

All LiPo batteries ( And all batteries that I know of) are rated in mah ( Milli amp hours). this rating is just the total capacity of the battery. Basically stated a 2100 mah can sustain a 2.1 amp discharge for 1 hour before being completely depleted, a 1320 mah battery can sustain a 1.32 amp discharge. the mah rating is a number stating how much energy it can store, kind of like how a bottle of coke is 20 ounces of liquid and a can is 12 ounces. well the mah rating is kind of like those ounces, it signifies how much is in there. the higher the number the more actual energy is inside and the larger in size and weight it will be. Now lets talk about the "1C" rate of charging, it basically means at 1 times capacity so therefore if you wanted to know how many amps to charge a 1100 mah battery at. Its easy, just divde the mah rating by 100 and the answer will be how many amps to charge at. Note 1000mah = 1 amp. Therefor for a 1100 mah battery the correct charge amperage would be 1.1 amps ( 1100/100 =1.1). A 2C charge would be 2 x mah rating, therefore 1100 mah/ 100 x2= 2.2 so 2.2 amps to do a 2C charge on that 1100 mah battery. a 3C chartge would be....You guessed it ,3.3 amps.

Hope this helped!

[LockMD]

okay now that makes sense. I am charging at 1C 800 = .8 if I were to charge at 2C would = 1.6

well thanks for clearing that up, I feel smarter now. hehe