charging Li-on batteries

[leccyflyer]

1 hour ago, Philip Lewis 3 said:

You think that's a rip off then take a look at the cost of a genuine Futaba replacement!

 

Why anyone pays these vastly inflated prices for what is after all only a battery is beyond my comprehension. 

Possibly due to being scared off by barrack room lawyers who caution about not using the manufacturer's supplied battery. IT's highly unlikely that they are of significantly better quality than those available from third party sources. I recall a mention in the magazine of a club which had banned the use of aftermarket receivers, only permitting transmitter-receiver pairs from the major manufacturers, so no Oranges and Lemons allowed.

[MattyB]

1 hour ago, Jake Bullit said:

Does it not charge in the radio set to lipo

?

 

If it is setup similar to @Peter Jenkins pack described above with a PCB charge board under the heatshrink, you'd think it would do. For the money Spek are charging for these I'd certainly expect that!

[MattyB]

15 minutes ago, leccyflyer said:

Possibly due to being scared off by barrack room lawyers who caution about not using the manufacturer's supplied battery. It's highly unlikely that they are of significantly better quality than those available from third party sources. I recall a mention in the magazine of a club which had banned the use of aftermarket receivers, only permitting transmitter-receiver pairs from the major manufacturers, so no Oranges and Lemons allowed.

 

Yeah, I have heard about that, and frankly couldn't believe that any club would do so but there you go. Presumably they had forgotten the days when we all used 35MHz and you could always use pretty much any TX and RX together, bar the single/dual conversion bit.

[Kim Taylor]

2 hours ago, MattyB said:

 

If it is setup similar to @Peter Jenkins pack described above with a PCB charge board under the heatshrink, you'd think it would do. For the money Spek are charging for these I'd certainly expect that!

According to the book of words it does. https://spektrumrc.com/ProdInfo/Files/SPM8800-Manual_EN.pdf

That is for the original DX8. If it's the gen2, then there's a charging plug in the back into which you plug the supplied wall wart type adaptor.

Kim

[GaryW]

4 hours ago, Jake Bullit said:

Does it not charge in the radio set to lipo

?

 

Spextrum TX's ( post original DX6 DX7 & DX6i ) have the charger built into them so the mains plug & lead is just a 12v psu / power supply,, as long as the TX Battery chemistry setiing in the Tx System Settings is set correctly then yes you can charge a TX lipo in the conventional way by using the mains supply

 

 

Edited September 29, 2023 by GaryWebb

[GaryW]

I have a Turnigy 2s 4000mah lipo in my DX7S which I usually charge it with my fast charger @1amp/1000mah when it needs it and it lasts ages before needing charging again,,, I last charged it about a month ago 

 

 

[Ernie]

It's good, I think, maybe, very good    I put it on charge as far away from anything that could concievably ignite, but close enough that I could hear the wee bleeper, and BINGO, a whopping 8.1V shows on the tranny     Thanks all

ernie  

[MattyB]

3 hours ago, Ernie said:

It's good, I think, maybe, very good    I put it on charge as far away from anything that could concievably ignite, but close enough that I could hear the wee bleeper, and BINGO, a whopping 8.1V shows on the tranny     Thanks all

ernie  

Is that charging in the TX, or via your charger?

[Ernie]

via the charger. I think theres an electronic gizmo in the Spektrum TX that means that only Spektrum chargers will work

ernie