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I am new to electric helis and some things are hard to understand. I want to know what kind of charger i need. I want to be able to charge 3s1p and 6s1p batterys. Do i have to have a charger that charges 6 cell or is it ok with any kind of LiPo charger?
Is this charger good for my purpose (zoom in on the object and it says charges 1-3 cell)
ChasHeliCop
01-19-2008, 05:26 PM
No, you need one that specifically says 6 cells. Plus, you want enough amps to handle charging at 1C rate at least. For instance, if your 6 cell pack is 5000 mAh, you want to get at least a 5 AMP charger.
charlieh
01-20-2008, 05:12 AM
Is this charger good for my purpose
No. It's only charge up to 3 cells also is a small charger that take you forever to charge high capacity cells.
I want to be able to charge 3s1p and 6s1p batterys. Do i have to have a charger that charges 6 cell or is it ok with any kind of LiPo charger?
You better get a 6 cell charger. Depends on how you use the 6 cells, if you prepare to use high capacity 6 cell battery like 6S1P 5000mAH, you have to go for high capacity charger like the e-Station BC8 (150W), TP1010 + 210 (220W) , cell-pro 10S or hyperion 601; unfortunate these are expensive chargers.
If you do use 6 cells buy not more than 2000mAH, you can use the 50W one like e-station BC6 or a more reasonable priced IMAX B6 . modelflying (http://www.modelflying.co.uk/forum/forummessages/mps/UTN/1982/URN/12/dt/4/srchdte/0/cp/1/v/6/sp/) and quantifly (http://blog.quantifly.com/?p=2) both have a very scientific review on the IMAX B6.