Hey All
I really hate having to stand in 100 degree heat and fly around in circles breaking -in batteries so I decided to see what I had laying around in the shop to build a stand that would allow me to monitor the discharge current and at the same time keep the batteries cool during the process. The stand consists of a board, BVM 5" Fan assembly with CC 110 HV esc mounted in fan pod, Watt meter for battery monitor, 930 mah lipo & Duralite switch/regulator for Rx power, Hangar 9 meter to monitor Rx power, and an old 14 MZ RX that I never use. I just completed breaking-in two complete 10S F3A Unlimitted packs in one afternoon session. That's a total of 10 cycles dischared at 25 amps for a total of 2500 mah per cycle. There is so much cooling air that the batteries never get over ambient temp. It works great and really makes the process more accurate and much quicker! I programmed a seperate model in my Tx to set up the radio to provide 25 amps at full throttle and used left slider as a idle trim to slowly reduce power and keep motor cool. Only negative is the noise requiring ear plugs. If anyone has any questions I will try and answer them.
Dick