Battery charging

[thebritman]

Good morning all . i have a B6SAC battery charger, all i want to do is charge some batteries , but as usual am finding the manual over my head , can anyone help me , all i want to do is charge batteries

[waveydavey]

Give us a clue, what batteries, LiPo,LiFe, NiMh,NiCd, Pb A123 etc

If LiPo the charger has the balance ports in the side, use the main discharge leads to connect to your red/black on the charger and the balance plug on the pack into the relevant balance port on the charger.

Then follow the manual and set the cyurrent to typically 1C for the pack youre charging. IE if its a 2300mah pack set your charger to charge at 2.3a. You've got a max of 50 Watts so 1 pack at a time I'm afraid depending on what packs though

[thebritman]

Give us a clue, what batteries, LiPo,LiFe, NiMh,NiCd, Pb A123 etc

Just standard lipo - thanks (3 cell 11.8 V?)

[waveydavey]

You might get away with charging 2 then, if you can get a balance board for it

[MarkG_R1]

3 cell lipo's are 11.1v but you'll need to know the capacity in mah in order to charge safely

A 2200mah lipo will need 2.2amps charge rate to charge at 1c

[tomatwalden]

Page 17 of the manual walks you right through it very well (http://www.robot-italy.com/download/...ual_FP.pdf.zip)

You want the amps set to your battery capacity (in mAh / 1000) and hold down start for more than 3 seconds ...

Did a balance board come with it ? Batteries have two connections - one is the main current, the other is the balance tap. Both need to be connected to the charger.

[tomatwalden]

I just did this - hope it helps!

[thebritman]

I just did this - hope it helps!

Thank you everyone , will have a play tonight and hopefully get sorted now - thanks again