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Old 06-23-2004 | 02:57 PM
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Hello guys.
im using a Robbe Power Peak Ultimate to charge my Li-Po APACHE 1200 Mah 11.1V pack from www.anyrc.com
anyway i set the smart charger to 1.2A charge - no go, it charges only at 0.2A, same when i set it to 1A and 0.8A, it starts to climb (up to about 0.3A) and then goes back down to charge at 0.2A ot 0.17A.
any idea why ? this is a new charger, the new model had the Li charge function.
thanks.
Old 06-24-2004 | 10:16 AM
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Could it be that the cells are already charged? If so then the charger will be in the constant voltage rather than constant current phase so it'll probably use a low current to maintain the voltage at 4.2V per cell. For a 11.1V cell the magic voltage is 12.6V. If the pack is already close to that voltage it won't matter what charge current you set you'll only ever see it at a low value like 0.1..0.3A

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Old 06-24-2004 | 12:08 PM
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Yep, that was it !
i just put the pack into charging again, this time its charging at 11.87V \ 0.81A - its still not 1C of the pack though... []

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