Just bought new batteries

[theGreenOrange]

I couldn't stay away from this sale. Bought 5 of these...

Turnigy Bolt 1300mAh 4S 15.2V 65~130C High Voltage Lipoly Pack (LiHV)

 

[PhoenixFord]

Nice - What about charging these bad boys?

 

[theGreenOrange]

I don't know it was an impulse purchase

 

[PhoenixFord]

I don't know it was an impulse purchase

Hope you can find a good charger on sale too.

 

[theGreenOrange]

Dammit, my charger can't do HV

 

[Serius]

Nice - What about charging these bad boys?

""The great thing about the Turnigy Bolt batteries is that you can charge them with any standard lipo charger for basic use, they will simply perform like a standard pack. When using the proper charger such as our Turnigy Neutron chargers, which is designed with special protocol for these LiHV batteries, you can unlock the full potential of the Turnigy Bolt batteries""

 

[Jtrjr]

Green,

Did you see this:

Just thought I'd pass it on.

Jerry

 

[TraumaChaser]

You know hv batteries only last like 10 cycles on average.

 

[theGreenOrange]

Oh well, too late now. I also picked up an EV-Peak a1 charger.

EV-Peak A1 100W 10Amp Touch Screen NiMH / LiPO Battery Balance Charger

 

[theGreenOrange]

I am gonna have to keep them to 4.2V after all the bad stories.

 

[Serius]

Well, you will tell us how they perform and how many cycles you get out of them. You rebel you

 

[theGreenOrange]

OK I got paranoid about those LiHV ones, so I ordered 5 of the 45C nano-techs. I will send back the LiHVs. Well, maybe I could keep just one...

 

[theGreenOrange]

This should work out well. I can [edit: not quite] charge all 5 at 1C simultaneously.

100W/14.8V [edit: wrong! 16.8V] = 6.75 [actually 5.95A] charging amps

5x 1.3A = 6.5A needed for 5 packs 1C

 

[theGreenOrange]

Wait, that should be 16.8V So I can't quite make 1C on 5 packs