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Old 08-04-2015, 03:19 AM
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Can someone describe a suitable battery configuration to use with the CB200 and standard voltage servos.

After reading the posts warning about not using voltage regulators between the battery and the CB200, due to the fact that the CB200 logic will drain just one battery all the way before switching given the small tolerances in regulator outputs, and not continually balancing between both sources, it seems that the CB200 is best suited to a dual, direct, un-regulated battery feed.

That works if you are using unregulated NiMh, but if using the newer chemistry batteries Li-Ion/ Li-Po or Li-Fe (A123), these need regulators if you are running standard 6V compatible servos.

I guess you could use a DSM10 dual redundant battery switch and 2 regulators into just one of the CB200 inputs but that seems to be adding complexity.

Thanks

Paul