taj

hello
i just did a brushless conversion to jammin x2crt, got castle creations mamba monster 2200 1515. i have duratrax ice charger and what to know if i need to get another charger or if im good. i have one turnigy 4s 5000 20c 4cell 14.8 and one thunder power 4s 5000 40c 4 cell 14.8

taj

need some help i dont know if i have wrong charger or if it is good enough. does a balancer charger better than what i have.

JoeMaxx

The Ice charger is not safe to charge newer battery packs.   I have one and will not suggest it for the new battery packs because it does not have a balancer plug adapter.  While I still use it to charge my NiMH and Nicad battery packs it was never really designed to charge the newer LiPO battery packs.

I would look at newer battery chargers and I have a Dynamite Passport Ultra that I would suggest you do not purchase.  After about 6 months of use I cannot change the battery type and it only allows me to change the charge rate on the current settings for my LiPo 5000 40c battery packs. 

I am also starting to look for a new charger.  You will need a balance charger to safely charge LiPo Battery packs.   At the moment I am looking into purchaseing a Duratrax Onyx 245 http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXAZZS&P=ML

Or a Triton http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXVRS6&P=ML

I would also suggest a charge bag http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...BAG+&search=Go

Just my opinion on this

taj

thank you i just wasnt sure and could not find anything saying so

Zrock

Also stay away from the ev-peak  line of chargers. They cannot properly charge a nimh so i hate to see what it will do with a lipo... Hitech chargers aregood as well

trax de max

Look into getting a balancer for your ice charger.
The onyx 245 only goes upto 3s, Not a good buy if you have 4s.
The triton goes upto 6s but under AC power charging the 4s will max out at 2.9A This will take about 2hours to charge each 4s 5000mah lipo.
The triton with DC supply will charge at 3.5A giving about 1hour 20min.

Having these options I'd go with a balancer for the ICE charger.

taj

any balancer

trax de max

i haven't used an external balancer but these two seem popular.
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[link=http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_info.php/cPath/1574_1293/products_id/23940/n/Great-Planes-Electrifly-Equinox-Lipo-Cell-Balancer]Click[/link] But i think there is also another adaptor that goes with this.
There might be other ones available, but most, if not all lipo chargers now come with an integrated balancer.

taj

ended up getting ElectriFly Equinox LiPo Cell Balancer 1-5 Cells balancer, hoping it is good. might still get another lipo charger/balancer

taj

Great Planes ElectriFly Equinox 2S/5S High Power Leads GPMM3163 do i need this with balancer.

trax de max

the high power leads allow to charge upto 6A i think normal leads is upto 3A maybe less, I'm not too sure.
You just nead the correct cell count lead for the battery.
There will be people who has used the balance before who can see you right. Guver will have lots more knowledge of this than me, or the old time flyers would of used this before integrated balancers was common.

taj

for the balancer i had to get 4 and 5s adapters. the balancer comes with 2 and 3s adapters