ORIGINAL: gunfighterII
Missleman,
I too am a journeyman electrician and I think I'm going to have to take issue with you.
Not being an expert in the field of DC charging and batteries, I have a simple question for you.
I have a Triton 2 charger running on a converted computer power supply with an input of 12.3 volts, the Triton is rated to charge 5s Lipo to a cutoff of 21 volts, how is this possible?
I don't know the circuitry of the Triton charger so I would have to guess.
If it is series charging the lipo I want to say it is using an amplification circuit consisting of diodes and transisters.( although alot has changed over the years with printed circuits)
You probably remember DC amplification circuits from your apprentice classes.
Balance charging charges each cell individually in parallel so no amplification is needed