Charging?

Pongo1471 · Post by **Pongo1471** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:20 pm

Hey all, im new and was wondering what lipo chargers u suggest for 2cell 7.4v LiPo batterys? which do most use ect?

i did attempt to use the search function but being lazy i only found 1 suggestion, thought it best to have a more informed dessision before buying the wrong one

joey_picus · Post by **joey_picus** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:37 pm

Welcome to the forum!

I find you can't really go wrong with the Pro-Peak Quattro (the Plus seems to differ only in that it has a mains plug in addition to crocodile clips) as long as your lipo has a standard red JST connector on, like the Hyperion ones from Micron - if you've got balance connectors you'll need a balancing charger.

Pongo1471 · Post by **Pongo1471** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:01 pm

chears joey ^_^
thats the 1 i came across when searching, they had standard red connectores till i chopped em off to plug into other parts easyer, may prove to have been a bad idea >.> and no balancing on them

also had my eye on Orion Advantage IQ240 for its simplicity, but dose limmit upgrades
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Orion-Advantage-I ... 5641381b06

and a IMAX B6 but was thinking it could be a little overkill
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/IMAX-B6-Lipo-Batt ... 3cb4381b16

on a side note i got a spektrum reciver the other day off ebay for about ?12 (same as link but diff ebay shop)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Orange-Rx-Spektru ... 1e5f4a06af
and so far works fine, small airal but thats just grate, little longer than the official spektrum reciver i allready have, once iv desided on a charger i can give the thing a longer test ^_^

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 8:05 pm

you can also buy those receivers off hobbyking for around ?7 each at the moment with tax and postage

Pongo1471 · Post by **Pongo1471** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:34 pm

wow and there in stock! anyone else using those recivers so far? hard bargin to beat and there happly working with my DX5e

Jonny · Post by **Jonny** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:21 pm

i've ordered one of them and a couple of the ar6110 fake versions off hobyking

PBx · Post by **PBx** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:40 pm

Joey wrote:as long as your lipo has a standard red JST connector on, like the Hyperion ones from Micron

I just got one of these last week and in fact it came with female connectors for banana style plugs rather than the advertised JST

joey_picus · Post by **joey_picus** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 1:08 pm

That's odd, not encountered that before :/ try seeing if you can get a few adapter leads so you can charge and use it?

razerdave · Post by **razerdave** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:34 pm

I brought a new Pro Peak Quattro and it had a spare lead in the box with the female part and 2 banana plug sockets on the end, but the charger was as it should be.

Remote-Controlled Dave · Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:37 pm

Just want to point out that Pongo1471 is my mate Andrew who was at AWS33 with Electro Fuz.