I recently got a 3 cell 11.1V 20C zippy lipo from hobbyking. I was trying to find the right charge rate to use, but I couldn't find anything on hobbyking that said what rate to use. Do you guys have any recommendations?
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Thanks! That clears things up a lot. Now my question is: do most modern charger/balancers know when a battery is completely charged and stop charging when that point is reached?
Charge rate depends on the mAh capacity of the pack. Drop the "h" and you have the save charge current.
So:
2200mAh - charge at 2.2A.
1350mAh - charge at 1.3A.
etc.
It should take roughly an hour to charge a fully depleted back.
These days alot of people charge at higher currents assuming that you have a balancing charger capable of it. Twice or triple the 1 hour charge rate are sometimes advertised. I would only suggest doing that if you know what you're doing though. Charging an unbalanced lipo at excessively high rates can result in a fire.
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So:
2200mAh - charge at 2.2A.
1350mAh - charge at 1.3A.
etc.
It should take roughly an hour to charge a fully depleted back.
These days alot of people charge at higher currents assuming that you have a balancing charger capable of it. Twice or triple the 1 hour charge rate are sometimes advertised. I would only suggest doing that if you know what you're doing though. Charging an unbalanced lipo at excessively high rates can result in a fire.
Tom
Keeps batts going long and fresh ;-)