RE: How to Setup A123 Pack with Charge & Arming Switch Capabilities?
Joe,
Thanks for the info. Would it be possible to post some photos of your setup when you get the time? Sounds simple enough. But it always helps seeing something to make sure I'm understanding it properly.
You say you don't need to use the charge port on the battery pack. But isn't balance charging just as important with LiFe cells as it is with LiPo cells? If so, and even if it's only needed once and awhile, the guy I'm doing the conversion for doesn't EVER want to take the plane apart (unless absolutely necessary). So if it is recommended that the battery pack be balanced at some point during it's life, I'd still have to make the balance connector accessible from the outside of the airframe.
To achieve the charge times I'd like with my battery pack I'll need to charge at 6.9A or more (2300mAh at 3C).
Mark