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EC5 is my favorite connector, it’s super hard to disconnect (in a good way and bad way) but, I need to change all of my connectors to it, I currently have Deans, TRX, and EC5.
Theres a couple problems with parallel charging boards. One problem is all the lipos you plug in to it to charge at the same time must be identical to one another. Another problem with parallel charging boards is that the charger can not see the individual cells of each battery in order to make sure they are charged to exact voltages. Lets say you have three identical 2S lipos plugged in to a para-board. Essentially what happens is that all three voltages from the first cell of all three lipos gets combined and averaged out so the charger is charging the average voltage of all three cells combined. This can lead to the possibility of one of more cells being over charged. Same goes for the second, and each subsequent, cells of every battery thats being charged. Granted if all the batts are identical and they are all discharged to the same level (i.e. all been run down to LVC in the same kit) then all the cells should be pretty close to the same level and probably wont be too affected by this. However if the batts were run in different kits or the batts arent identical then the possibility of overcharging certain cells grows. Also as lipos age and/or more cycles are put on them, the internal resistance of the cells change and this could lead to some cells charging faster or slower than others. Overall, parallel charging is only useful to certain folks in certain situations. I generally would not recommend parallel charging for every day use.
Does the iCharger s6 or x6 have this capability? Can you explain why this is useful or what it does.
Are there any more sales that I should be looking out for during Black Friday. I am looking to buy the Tenacity DB Pro, 2x Liperios batteries, the PSU you linked to, and some of extension cables and adapters?
The iChargers will read IR of the lipo while its charging but not as a stand alone function like the Hitec. Its not as convenient and I dont believe it to be quite as accurate but its fine for most purposes. A lot of chargers dont read IR at all so its good that it can do it at all. IR is important because its one of the indicators of the health of the cells inside the LiPo. The higher the IR the less current can be safely pulled from the LiPo. Some people keep a log of their IRs everytime they charge their lipos. I dont go that far but if your IR starts to get high you'll know you can't use it in any sort of high demand situations or in power hungry kits for example. Also sometimes a single cell will get damaged or just age/wear faster than other cells. In these cases youll eventually end up with a big discrepancy between the damaged or worn cell and the other cells. When this happens the battery becomes a fire hazard because the damaged cell will drain faster than the others which can lead to over discharge of that one cell and if that happens to often or to much then it will cause excess heat to be generated and if that then turns in to "thermal runaway" thats when LiPo fires happen.
Not sure how often they restock as I've only just started buying their lipos in the last 6 months.
Not sure I understand this question. Can you please restate it?
I am waiting on that same battery. Been looking the last couple weeks, ever since Grey tested their batteries, and it has been out of stock. It would be nice if you could just order a specific battery, then add your connector, just like SMC does on their site.
I agree. I thought they had that service but that must have been on of the other sites I was looking at. It is tempting to buy one with another connector but then I would need to buy the EC5 connector pieces as well.
I am unfamiliar with the connector types shown in the cooling fan photo. It says it has a 2 pin JST connector. Does this plug directly into the receiver (SPEKTRUM SPMSR6100AT)? Here is the Fan recommended. Is it just plug and play? Does this plug into the "AUX 1" 2 pin port on the receiver?
The fan itself has a JST connector on it. Some ppl call them JR connectors but the proper name is JST. It comes with an adapter to hook up the JST connector on the fan and changes it to a Futaba connector on the other end that can plug into any open channel on the receiver. You can also run it straight from a BEC or any other equivalent power source.
The S6 can take any size plug from 2S to 6S.
Yeah, I have an X6 and an X8 and when I got the first one I was likewise confused for a minute. Fortunately I've been in RCs long enough it didnt take me long to realize that it worked like a cell checker.
