how long to charge my lipo at .8 amps
05-28-2013, 08:25 PM
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how long to charge my lipo at .8 amps
I hhave a lipo, zippy 5000mah 2c 3s and its been on the charger for atleast 3 hr, how much longer will it have to charge? sorry my phone is being crappy its 20c, ots time for bed cpuld o kust inplug it and resume tomorrow?
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05-28-2013, 08:58 PM
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RE: how long to charge my lipo at .8 amps
At .8 amps its going to take 6 hours or more. You should charge it at 5.0 amps to make it take an hour. One amp per 1000 mah of battery capacity. Doesn't matter if it 2s 3s 4s and so on. So a 2500mah pack can be charged at 2.5 amps. 3300 mah at 3.3 amps, get my drift? Some packs can charge at higher than 1 c usually tells you on the label. Nano packs can charge up to 8 c and higher. so the c charge rating lets you know what amps you can charge at. So at 2c charge rating on a 5000 mah pack it can charge at 10 amps.
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RE: how long to charge my lipo at .8 amps
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At .8 amps its going to take 6 hours or more. You should charge it at 5.0 amps to make it take an hour. One amp per 1000 mah of battery capacity.Doesn'tmatter if it 2s 3s 4s and so on. So a 2500mahpack can be charged at 2.5 amps. 3300 mah at 3.3 amps, get my drift? Some packs can charge at higher than 1 c usually tells you on the label. Nano packs can charge up to 8 c and higher. so the c charge rating lets you know what amps you can charge at. So at 2c charge rating on a 5000 mah pack it can charge at 10 amps.
At .8 amps its going to take 6 hours or more. You should charge it at 5.0 amps to make it take an hour. One amp per 1000 mah of battery capacity.Doesn'tmatter if it 2s 3s 4s and so on. So a 2500mahpack can be charged at 2.5 amps. 3300 mah at 3.3 amps, get my drift? Some packs can charge at higher than 1 c usually tells you on the label. Nano packs can charge up to 8 c and higher. so the c charge rating lets you know what amps you can charge at. So at 2c charge rating on a 5000 mah pack it can charge at 10 amps.
only issue now is it looks like I gotta invest in a better charger XD this wont cut it XD
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05-28-2013, 10:11 PM
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RE: how long to charge my lipo at .8 amps
Don't confuse discharge rate C with charge rate C. I'm sure zippy's are 1C charge rate. So at 5A it should take an hour, give or take a few minutes for balancing or what the voltage was when first started.
