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Balance charger..... - 7/16/2008 10:57:47 AM   
legine


 

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Status: offline 		Hey guys im trying to charge my 11.1v 2200mah lipo with the Esky balancer charger, ive got a decent charger but i know its good to balance charge your batteries every now and then. Its says on the charger it has a 0.8A output, so does this mean it should charge for roughly 2 1/2 -2 3/4 hours??
It says in the charger instructions: CAUTION: CHARGE SHOULD NOT EXCEED 120 MINUTES in big red writing so thats kind of worrying me.

Thanks, Daniel
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RE: Balance charger..... - 7/17/2008 1:54:43 AM   
Matt Kirsch



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Status: offline 		Your math is spot on.

It won't hurt the battery to take longer than 2 hours to charge. The warning on the charger may be intended for charging batteries at 1C, or it may be an issue of duty cycle; the charger needs to cool down after 2 hours of continuous running.

What you may want to do is use your main charger to boost your packs up to about 3/4 charge (about 30 minutes, but not important to get it perfect) and then finish it off on your esky charger.

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RE: Balance charger..... - 7/17/2008 6:50:12 AM   
legine


 

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Status: offline 		ok thanks

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RE: Balance charger..... - 7/18/2008 8:56:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		Slow charging at the end of the charge cycle is the best way to go.

For example, you don't continue running a water tap at full bore when you want to fill up a glass with water without spilling a drop. You want to slow down the water flow as the glass gets full so you won't spill any water.

Your esky charger might do that for you already.

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RE: Balance charger..... - 7/19/2008 1:52:32 AM   
legine


 

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Status: offline 		my proper charger does that, it goes down slowly in 0.01A incriments until it reaches full charge.......
I dont know whether the Esky charger does that.

Thanks, Daniel

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