Lipo Battery Monitors

[helihathnofury]

Does anyone know if there is anywhere in the UK where one might acquire one of these nice little gadgets for indication of decaying lipo power. Courtesy of Mika, there is a French site [?] and a Dutch one too, but postage seems extreme for a gismo costing about £5!!!!
Mike

[another_finn]

51p is extreme? ;)

Anyway, I think Muppetman found the best price so far... and it's a UK site.
http://www.modelmaniacsonline.co.uk/products.php?ProductID=3903&CatID=107&SubCatID=110

[helihathnofury]

The french site were going to charge around $13 for postage to UK!!!!!!

[another_finn]

LOL!

Now I know why I have never ordered anything online from France...

[helihathnofury]

Is the one Muppetman found Ok for our purposes, Mika?

[another_finn]

That's what I use on all of my helicopters. I have no idea what they're on about with the NiCD/NiMH controller :bs though.

[helihathnofury]

On the strength of that, Mika, I have ordered on, total £ 5.30 inc post. Nice little bit of kit, methinks. Easy to fit?

[another_finn]

Easy enough - all you need to do is cut off a tiny piece of insulation from each of the ESC battery wires and connect the wires from this unit with a spot of solder. Heatshrink would be nice, but it kinda requires the battery connector to be removed first.

[DierWolf]

Actually i wish more stuff i could get from france.... reason being our island is divided in half dutch half french so postage from France to the french side is quite cheap.... but yeah then you have to deal with Euro so it still offsets it.

[helihathnofury]

.. no actually Wolfie, the Euro is no prob, we have to deal with the French, LOL

[DierWolf]

Amm i live right next to them... I avoid the french side of the island at all costs.... a lil snobby if you ask me.

[Ber60]

Actually i wish more stuff i could get from france.... reason being our island is divided in half dutch half french so postage from France to the french side is quite cheap.... but yeah then you have to deal with Euro so it still offsets it.

Hey Dier do you speak any dutch ?

[helihathnofury]

.........only double, and that's after a few rums too!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

:smokin:

[Ber60]

51p is extreme? ;)

Anyway, I think Muppetman found the best price so far... and it's a UK site.
http://www.modelmaniacsonline.co.uk/products.php?ProductID=3903&CatID=107&SubCatID=110

I would prefer the beeping ones and still find 9 volt on the low side ,sorry guy's

[another_finn]

Yeah, it sounds kinda bad - but these things trigger way before the Eky 9V LVC does, and seem to leave the LiPo approximately 80% discharged. It's still early warning compared to not having one.

[Ber60]

This is what I use for the moment
http://www.rc711.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=683

[another_finn]

I have one of those too... But how do you read the voltage in flight? :shock:

Remember we're interested in voltage under load. If you land to check, your voltage will be much higher than what you really have up in the air.

[Ber60]

I know but I stop flying at 10 volt