Charging question for you leccy heads

[Gate88]

Emergency! Emergengy! The charger for my cordless drill has packed up and I need to get my chores done so I can go flying tomorrow!!!!

Is it possible to charge an 18volt lithium ion 3.0ah battery with my Bantam B6 charger?

If so, what settings?

[cjcj1949]

It depends on whether it's like a laptop battery or a lipo with a balance connector. What is the normal charger like. There is usually a LiIon setting which is lower than Lipo. If it has protected charging and discharge then you can't really charge it except with the proper charger.

[JoeBailey]

Charging question for you leccy heads

What make is the battery and a pic would help,

[Gate88]

[QUOTE=JoeBailey;1025712]What make is the battery and a pic would help,[/QUOTE]

Its a Makita one like this...

[url=http://m.wickes.co.uk/mt/www.wickes.co.uk/makita-lithium-ion-battery-30ah-18v/invt/212255/]Makita Lithium Ion Battery 3.0Ah 18V - Batteries & Chargers - Power Tools -Tools, Electrical & Plumbing - Wickes[/url]

No plugs or anything I wasnt going to balance it, just going to slide a couple of wires into the + & - contact channels.

[sacko]

They are 3.7v, same a lipo from memory.

Charge at 1c on the lipo fast charge setting (shouldnt have to use the balance plugs.)

[Gate88]

[QUOTE=sacko;1025723]They are 3.7v, same a lipo from memory.

Charge at 1c on the lipo fast charge setting (shouldnt have to use the balance plugs.)[/QUOTE]

Cheers Paul!


(you still here?)

[cjcj1949]

I think it needs a special charger to talk to the battery, according to their website.


[COLOR=#010101][FONT=Arial]Makita can achieve the massive 430% more run time from their Lithium-ion batteries because of the Optimum Charging System. This unique system enables the battery and charging system talk to each other via a built in CPU in the charger and CPU in the battery. These two key elements are vital in extending the batteries working life[/FONT][/COLOR]