Spektrum Smart battery question
#2

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Depends.
Gen1 Smart packs have a balance lead and can be charged conventionally.
Gen2 or G2 smart batteries have no balance lead and must be charged with a Smart charger.
If you're buying from Horizon you're most likely going to get G2, if you're buying old stock from a hobby shop or online retailer you need to be sure that what you're buying isn't G2 if you want to use a regular charger.
I have 24v icharger 308 and I love it, but i was sold on the S2200 smart charger once i tried it.
Edit for clarification: You can charge G2 smart batteries without a Smart charger (nobody is getting shafted) but you can't BALANCE charge them. It didn't occur to me to mention this because most people balance charge big lipos.
Gen1 Smart packs have a balance lead and can be charged conventionally.
Gen2 or G2 smart batteries have no balance lead and must be charged with a Smart charger.
If you're buying from Horizon you're most likely going to get G2, if you're buying old stock from a hobby shop or online retailer you need to be sure that what you're buying isn't G2 if you want to use a regular charger.
I have 24v icharger 308 and I love it, but i was sold on the S2200 smart charger once i tried it.
Edit for clarification: You can charge G2 smart batteries without a Smart charger (nobody is getting shafted) but you can't BALANCE charge them. It didn't occur to me to mention this because most people balance charge big lipos.
Last edited by BarracudaHockey; 07-26-2022 at 06:31 AM.
#3

Depends.
Gen1 Smart packs have a balance lead and can be charged conventionally.
Gen2 or G2 smart batteries have no balance lead and must be charged with a Smart charger.
If you're buying from Horizon you're most likely going to get G2, if you're buying old stock from a hobby shop or online retailer you need to be sure that what you're buying isn't G2 if you want to use a regular charger.
I have 24v icharger 308 and I love it, but i was sold on the S2200 smart charger once i tried it
Gen1 Smart packs have a balance lead and can be charged conventionally.
Gen2 or G2 smart batteries have no balance lead and must be charged with a Smart charger.
If you're buying from Horizon you're most likely going to get G2, if you're buying old stock from a hobby shop or online retailer you need to be sure that what you're buying isn't G2 if you want to use a regular charger.
I have 24v icharger 308 and I love it, but i was sold on the S2200 smart charger once i tried it
#5

Not every time, no. I also don't run my batteries down to near the low voltage point. I'm not the kind of person who spends his entire time at the field flying - being social with the other fliers is important to me. I do occasionally use the balance lead, but I stay away from Horizon Hobby batteries, even most other Horizon items, so I won't ever see this issue.
Horizon lost me as a customer when they bought up the field and raised their profit level.
Horizon lost me as a customer when they bought up the field and raised their profit level.
#11

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Fascinating!
My money is on that being a misprinted label. Here's what i come up with running that part number on Horizon's web site.
https://www.horizonhobby.com/product...PMX224S50.html
My money is on that being a misprinted label. Here's what i come up with running that part number on Horizon's web site.
https://www.horizonhobby.com/product...PMX224S50.html