On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 09:59 AM, Clyde Lambert wrote:
Hello.
The instructions I got with my kit said you could charge the battery with such a charger. However you had to set up the charger as non- balanced configuration. Being a avid RC Pilot, both planes, quads and copters, I had to try to charge the battery with my LiPo charger set to non balanced charging. Did not work.
Due to the regulatory PC BOARD, built in the battery, I could not charge it. The charger would show "Cell error". THE ONLY difference between the LiIon battery in the kit and my regular aircraft battery is the control board on the kit battery.
Any 12 volt wall wort charger with a max charge current of 3 amps can be used. However the charger that comes with the kit has a LED charge indicator that shows when the battery is fully charged. The control board on the battery is looking for 12 volts dc to charge the battery.
Being the LiPo - LiIon charger can not measure the voltage and internal resistance of the battery due to the control board on the battery, it will not charge it.
I would highly recommend using the wall charger that came with the kit, or similar one to charge the kit battery with the LED on it you will know when the battery is fully charged.
Hope this helps.
Tom Lambert KC7BJE?
Clyde,
thank you very much, it is the kind of experience I was looking for. Thanks for the answer even if, frankly, I was hoping for another outcome.
It seems to me that you have done all the tests I would have done these days too. In my GoKit I will have to find space for another charger. What a pity!
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73 by Max IK0TIX
