best charger

[Chris Griffiths]

whats the best charger to use for lipo? I've seen some for around 135 quid but as I'm a newby can't see what advantages these will give? Now I've read things about storing lipos at set voltage and never let them go below a certain voltage so I'd be happy with a charger that does that?


Thanks alot

Chris

[Skiddins]

Just find a charger that balance as well as charge.

Most of the chargers out there are perfectly capable of doing the job.
But I wonder about the calibration of the voltages on a lot of chargers!

As for storing, I make sure both my lipos are stored after they have done a run so they are half empty.

Skiddins

[Chris Griffiths]

Ok cheers mate!

[Chris ODonoghue]

Chris I see you've got an Orion charger for sale, one that will do Lipo ? Why not just keep it and use it ?

[Chris Griffiths]

I prob will if u think it's good enough

[Chris ODonoghue]

it says it'll charge at up to 6amps, so that should be fine as you only need to charge at 1C anyway

[Chris Griffiths]

Ok mate! Cheers

[Chris Griffiths]

Also do the better charger tell you what mah is left in battery and can charge or discharge to exact voltage?

[John_s]

8.4v is the legal voltage for lipo so aslong as its set at that then no worrys. And i dont think your meant to discharge batteries as it doesnt do them any good.

[Chris Griffiths]

I read a post saying to improve mah the discharged to 6v then back to 8.4 or somthing? May just keep what I've got then. Any idea where you can get a power distributer what plugs into your 12v? Modeltech are out at the min

[John_s]

I dont have experience with that m8 just charge and use em :) D3mon have splitter boxes in stock, they have the 3 racing banana one and the much more deans one

[Chris ODonoghue]

don't discharge and recharge them, just charge them and make sure they're balanced. that's all

[Chris Griffiths]

Cheers guys!