eagle4
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Hey guys, I'm almost finished my bloody wonder, its taking bloody ages (... get it... )
anyway last night i finally hooked up the electronics and nothing seemed to work, wasn't 100% sure about the batteries in my transmitter, they work in my tv remotes but anyway, i decided to pop my battery on charge, just to make sure that part of the system was working, and its the first time I've used my charger.
This is my battery - Turnigy 500mAh 2S 20C Lipo Pack
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9187
when i plug it into my charger i dont know what amp setting to have it on. i set the charger to 7.4 volts cause thats whats written on the battery, however as it charges the volts displayed on the charger slowly increase, it got to about 7.8 after about 10 minutes of charging.
the specs say max charge rate (C) = 2. Does this mean 2 amps? what's the C for? my default the charger had itself set to 0.5 amps, would you recommend charging at this rate or as high as it can go for the battery?
My charger is Just Another Charger and i have it plugged into the mains power.
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...harger_80W_6A_2_6S_Balance_Charger_w_PSU.html
Also, after having it charged for about 10 minutes i wanted to see if at least something worked on my system so i plugged it in, however as i went to plug it in the moment the male met the female plug there was a super tiny spark between the contacts, not sure if this is normal? I've checked thoroughly and there is no short between any of my solder joints or any frayed wires or anything like that.
Also any other tips and tricks you might know about batteries and chaging please let me know.
anyway last night i finally hooked up the electronics and nothing seemed to work, wasn't 100% sure about the batteries in my transmitter, they work in my tv remotes but anyway, i decided to pop my battery on charge, just to make sure that part of the system was working, and its the first time I've used my charger.
This is my battery - Turnigy 500mAh 2S 20C Lipo Pack
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9187
when i plug it into my charger i dont know what amp setting to have it on. i set the charger to 7.4 volts cause thats whats written on the battery, however as it charges the volts displayed on the charger slowly increase, it got to about 7.8 after about 10 minutes of charging.
the specs say max charge rate (C) = 2. Does this mean 2 amps? what's the C for? my default the charger had itself set to 0.5 amps, would you recommend charging at this rate or as high as it can go for the battery?
My charger is Just Another Charger and i have it plugged into the mains power.
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/...harger_80W_6A_2_6S_Balance_Charger_w_PSU.html
Also, after having it charged for about 10 minutes i wanted to see if at least something worked on my system so i plugged it in, however as i went to plug it in the moment the male met the female plug there was a super tiny spark between the contacts, not sure if this is normal? I've checked thoroughly and there is no short between any of my solder joints or any frayed wires or anything like that.
Also any other tips and tricks you might know about batteries and chaging please let me know.