I'm talking about an external balancer. :wink:
I use an Apache 2030 Smart Charger for charging and a Venom LiPo Balancer. But I just use a charger.

~Junk ET

Your obviously talking about a Charger's Balancing capabilities, I was referring to an External Balancer. It's always a safe bet to use both, instead of just one or the other. ;)

It's a Venom LiPo balancer. Both the same Apache style plug and it charges at a 0.75A rate. Which is fine for this pack.

~Junk ET

Is that balancer for the battery you have purchased? All plugs are different with different companies. ;)

Forgive me...I was in a really bad mood yesterday...I basically had my summer start to get ruined.

Donzi; remember the Stampede? I have a 3S balancer from that...you told me about balancers months ago. :wink: :lol:

Thanks for the help, all. I really apprechiate it. :D

~Junk ET

*starts whistling while searching for proper links.*

Personally, I use PolyQuest LiPo, not Great Planes, but basically all the same.

I'm sure you're well familiar with your LiPo by now, and should know what that "extra" white plug is for. That, would be a balancing port. Most chargers for that sort of LiPo come with that plug as an "extra". You install that plug instead of a Deans Female so you can charge it with that plug. That plug insures proper balancing of each individual cell. (I hope you know what that means.)

What you can do is do what I have done: Buy an "external" balancer, and just plug the balancer up to the LiPo port, and plug your Female Dean onto the charger. This balancer will insure that everything is being charged correctly.

DO NOT USE, plugs are different because it is a different brand!

PolyQuest external balancer:
http://www.hobby-lobby.com/balancers.htm

That little gadget (most run about $30, not bad for what it is) will insure proper charging. Your charger, although it is a "smart charger", will not always correct for this sort of imbalance. I always use an external and an internal charger's "smarts" when charging a LiPo battery.

Banter: Yuck. Great Planes. :lol:

Did I call you an idiot junk? :roll: Don't go there pal.

The LiMn batteries I have were ripped out of a Milwaukee V28 pack for power tools.

I'm not an idiot...I know what C is and how to charge battery packs.

I'm using an Apache 2030 Smart Charger.
I charged the pack under a fan at 750mA.

~Junk ET

@ Murdoch

What are the LiMn batteries you have? Are they lithium manganese nickel? Where did you get them?

well if you're charging it with a wall adapter, stop right away.

Wall adapters, if they don't have the correct hardware and method will turn your beautiful pack into a paperweight.

I've noticed that the pack is prewired with Deans connectors. Use that to charge the battery.

You never mentioned what brand your smart charger was or what charge rate it can supply.

Another thing about lipos is you can charge them at 1C (In this case, 910mah) or lower. never higher. 1C is basically the milliamp rating on the battery. For example: If you have a 6000mah pack you can charge that at 6 amps with no problem.

I have three lipos plus two packs of a new type of battery.. LiMn. I always charge the Lipos at 1C and the LiMn is where I can really crank the charge rate.

The setup is...
TOO powerful...

When I pull the trigger as lightly as I can, it eats up the main gear and shavings of plastic fly out.

8O

~Junk ET

Battery's charged...

I can hear from just running the motor that it isn't good for it. >.>

I went to test it and the motor gear is too short and pushes itself away from the main gear. I'm going up in gearing...by a lot...oops? Oh well. :lol:

~Junk ET

I only plan I driving it up to top speed on one run and then stopping to let it cool.

:lol:

~Junk ET

You can set startup power with your controller. :wink:

If you plan on doing three cell, then make sure you don't over gear it. Big gears/High voltage/High KV all adds up to extreme heat(which is bad, ok?) :lol:

Huh...I double posted.

The motor AND ESC say up to 3S LiPo.

~Junk ET

I read the manual for it and went to their website Voltage: 10 cell NiMh/NiCd or 2/3 cell Li-Poly.

I have the Mamba 25 ESC...and I don't have the programming kit.
I spent practically all of my money in the past week to get all of my projects done. My mom got pissed and my dad just talked to me about it......

[quote:2fb7a8e84e="fer_rayado124"]So are you finally sticking a brushless, on a worthy race car, or loosing your time with a monster truck. :lol: