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Old 06-17-2009 | 08:49 AM
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Default RE: Power source for field charging?

ORIGINAL: crazyronny

My flying field as no electricity available, so I would like to know the best power source to use for my charger to charge my LiPo.

I know that I can use my car battery but how much charge I can do before draining it without needing to start the car to recharge the battery, if my bigger Lipo pack is 10000mah 5S (18.5V) ?

Or can I use some deep discharge marine type battery as a power source? Or something else?

Thanks
Perhaps a combination of solar recharging and some deep cycle lead acid cells might be the solution. You probably wouldn't need many batteries to serve the needs of the club, and they would have plenty of time to recharge via solar panels between flying sessions. The same thing could be accomplished using a small wind turbine to recharge the deep-cycle cells.

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