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A lot of large airplanes are using 10 & 12 cell lipo's |
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A few points if I may. Due to new shipping regulations large LiPolys will now be split packs, that is they will have a bullet or other similar connection which turns a 10S into two 5 cells. 50 volts is considered by many as the danger point where electrocution becomes a lot more likely and there for many manufactures / vendors do not care to cross that threshold. As the max. voltage increases it becomes a lot more expensive to deliver amps. and the cost per watt goes up accordingly. There are few 500 watts plus chargers available period and no others which I am aware of that will do 8 cell at 20 amps. much less 30 amps. I do know of a high cell count charger but it is limited to 12A max. , required 220V AC and does not include a balancer. The price of that charger,balancer and software is close to $1,000. Two PL8s will let you charge matched packs up to 8S ea. at up to 30 amps. each and would still be less expensive by a large margin. It would be nice if everyone read the specs. and asked questions on areas which are unclear to them insteadof asking why not 20 cells ,why not 50 amps. etc. FYI I posted about 1-1/2 to 2 year ago that a 800watt charger that could do up to 20 S at up to 10amps. or up to 10S at up to 20 amps. would be great. That charger still not not exist to the best of my knowledge. Charles |
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Problem with posting anything is there will always be exceptions.
Thunder Power and Hyperion are both supplying such wired packs. I guess within your country suppliers can be found that will hard wire large packs but I was referring to the masses. If bullet connectors are failing then I suspect low quality ones are being used. I will leave it at that as this really is not a charger issue. Charles |
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Check out post #36.
"Price range for the Cellpro PowerLab 8 will start between $250 and $300. Delivery of first production run is estimated for Spring, 2010. Initial quantities will likely be limited. That's all we can say for now. We will of course update you as time goes by." |
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Some deep cycles can take a 1C charge and some are limited to 1/8C so it is not exactly cut and dry. Regenerative discharge is a controlled smart recharge so Pb is not over charged. You set the max. allowable rate and the max. charge to voltage. Price range $250-$300 . Charles |
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I understand it would be expensive. The unit you have is not cheap. I understand the specs. I don't need your interpretation. I just hoped they would make a unit I could use. I am sorry if I disturb you. From now on when I see it is a comment of yours I will just skip over it and ignore it. |
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Sorry if I offended you which it appears I did. Myself and other beta team members are here to answer questions and help others make informed decisions not to antagonize. I will just say that I have more expensive per watt chargers with far less capabilities. 25 to 30 cents per watt is very inexpensive IMO for a very precession ,high quality charger from a company with a record of excellent CS and this is far from only being a charger. Charles |
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Last edited by everydayflyer; Jan 16, 2010 at 08:55 PM.
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Food for thought ...
iCharger 208B $180 Resistors for discharging 3s @ 10A $20 Resistors for discharging 4s @ 10A $20 Resistors for discharging 6s @ 8A $20 Total: $240 So for about $10 more I can get a lot more charger, a lot more features, a lot less complexity ... sounds good to me. |
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FMA hasn't released any adapters yet, but is often the case, be prepared to make adapters to fit your specific needs. |
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