GSPOT

iTrader: (62)

5500mah battery(2cell)...................

can this be charged with a 5000mah charger? will the battery be peaked out?

multiplex multicharger

thanks
greg

Skiddins

What do you mean by a 5000mAh charger?

Chargers for lipo's will charge at amp ratings up to 5-10A (depending on the charger.

You need the Lipo setting (or CV/CC as it's sometimes known) and charge at maximum 5A.

If your charger is not lipo compatible DO NOT USE IT!!!!

What make and model of charger is it?

Skiddins

defcone

iTrader: (15)

Yeah, been charging 5600mah lipos with 5a for half a year and no problems. They're even the ip ones, which everyone keeps telling me will puff.

GSPOT

iTrader: (62)

THE MULTIPLEX goes by cells and mah, so 7.4 and by 5000mah.....battery is 5500mah

Skiddins

They seem to do a few different chargers.

You want to charge on 2s 5.5A max, if it only does 5A charge rate (5000mAh) then that's fine.

Skiddins

AlanHall

iTrader: (43)

But his charger stops at 5000mah. Like my orion advantage only goes to 4800mah. Do you just have to charge it twice?

samnelso

iTrader: (1)

A lipo charger will stop when the voltage threshold is reached (mine is set to 8.4V for a 2s), which is determined by the number of cells. So, the charger will charge at a certain rate (5.5A is 1C for a 5500mah battery) and taper off and stop as it reaches the voltage threshold.

It sounds like your charger has a max charge current of 5A. So, it will charge you 5500mah batteries at .91C (5/5.5). Set your charger to the lipo 7.4V (or 2s) setting and it will charge at 5A. The charge current will taper off until the battery reaches the max voltage, at which time your battery will be fully charged.

AlanHall

iTrader: (43)

I don't think that accurate in our situation. My orion advantage has mah settings. The highest is 4800. I charged my 6000mah gens ace last night at 5amps.. it stops at 4800mah because that's the highest setting of the charger.

samnelso

iTrader: (1)

I'm sure it's cutting off at voltage and not at capacity. The capacity is just there to set charge rate. I suggest you charge your battery and check the battery voltage after is says it's done. Also, the 4800mah may just be an indication of what the charger put into the battery during the charge cycle, and not the total of what the charger put in plus what was already there.

AlanHall

iTrader: (43)

I have to set the amperage and mah. Im will to bet if I set it to 5 amps and 3000mah it will stop at 3000mah

GSPOT

iTrader: (62)

this all seems true for my charger as well. i want my extra 500mah!

CarbonJoe

Just charge it again. Most of these Chinese sourced chargers will stop at the maximum capacity they are programmed for (most likely 5000mAh). Mine does (with the message "Capacity" displayed). I just start the charging cycle again to get the additional capacity rating of the battery (in my case a 6300mAh battery which would take another 1300 mAh if it was completely discharged).

GSPOT

iTrader: (62)

my charger will pass the battery if i hit the charge button again, might get an additional 5-10mah.....

Evoracer

iTrader: (24)

Really shouldn't be to concerned about the MAH. The voltage is more important. If it's reaching voltage peak within 5000mah then your battery won't take any more charge. If the charger had a higher mah allowance, it would simply run up to that point assuming the battery took that long to reach peak. It's always going to be based on voltage. Ex: you run battery one race then charge again. The battery should never use that much juice so there's no way it would ever charge up to 5000mah. It'll peak out long before that.
Think voltage first.

AlanHall

iTrader: (43)

i watched my charger stop at 4800mah (like it was set to) last night while charging a 6000 pack @5amps.