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Old 11-03-2020 | 02:51 PM
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Lipo as charger power source?!

Use the 406duo at home off a 24v supply but I need something for field charging, I have the ISDT Q8 and was looking to power it off a Lipo, after input on cell count and mah size.

I mainly charge 2S 360mah and 4S 1400mah
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Old 11-03-2020 | 03:06 PM
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Use the 406duo at home off a 24v supply but I need something for field charging, I have the ISDT Q8 and was looking to power it off a Lipo, after input on cell count and mah size.

I mainly charge 2S 360mah and 4S 1400mah
I wouldn't know if you can use a LIPO as a power source, but I would assume you can since I know that some drone hobbyists will charge a massive pack and then use it to charger the drone's smaller packs out on the field.
I'm nearly sure you can use motorcycle batteries though, like ATV batteries.
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Old 11-03-2020 | 03:12 PM
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Go to the scrapyard and get a small used car battery
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Old 11-04-2020 | 05:43 AM
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Yes I have used a larger 6S pack as a supply line input to a charger to charge smaller 2S packs at the beach... very important to set the LVC on the charger input so you don't kill your supply battery!
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Old 11-04-2020 | 06:16 AM
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this will all depend on how much weight do you wanna carry?. I used a small 12v rechargeable battery for more than 3 years till I dropped it(end of that it was 12 pounds) it would charge up to 14.4 volts...not sure of exact mah. but I could get 6 charges outa it putting 2100mah back in a 2 cell lipo...it was a lawn tractor battery I purchased thru amazon..it was like 24$ usd..
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Old 11-04-2020 | 10:22 AM
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You can get an 8,000-10,000mah 6s lipo to power the charger
something like this

https://www.smc-racing.com/index.php...product_id=590


or you can hook up the charger to your 12volt car battery.
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Could a mini generator allow for more amps/bolts and just run off gas to keep charging? I wonder what the ratio would be
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Old 11-06-2020 | 10:15 AM
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Thanks guys

Idea is to be portable and when I go racing 1/28’s id rather not take my PS and charger etc so has thought as the Lipos I use are 2S 360mah I could take a decent size 4-6S and just charge them at my work table.

For my other use the smallish car battery would be a good idea, gutted as I had an awesome car audio dry cell battery I had from my competition car audio days I gave away a year or so back 🤦🏻‍♂️

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