hi guys just a quick question thats always bugged me.. charging lipo batterys obviously 7,4 v 2s and 11v 3s.. the amp of the battery i was always told if 5000mah charge at 3 amp 4000 2 amp etc can someone tell me if this is right please and on a balanced charge .. if someone knows could u please explain best way charge .. thanks rob

Another important rating that you will usually see written on a LiPo battery is the maximum charge and discharge rates that it can provide. These are written in the form of a number and then the capital letter C after that, here the C letter stands for capacity in short. So a LiPo battery with a 1C charge rating should be charged at 1 times its capacity, so this means 5A charge rate for a 5000 mAh battery for example and it this way it should take roughly one hour to charge a fully discharged battery. There are batteries with charge ratings of 2C, 5C and some even higher allowing you to recharge them faster by providing higher charge current and thus reducing the charge time to half an hour or even less. Have in mind that it is recommended to normally charge batteries at 1C in order to get the maximum number of recharge cycles, even if they are rated to handle higher charge rates, charging at higher C rate may reduce their cycle life if not properly and carefully done. It is important to note that the recommended temperature range for charging batteries is in the range of 0ºC to +40ºC (though different battery manufacturers may vary this range a bit). It is very important that the battery is kept cool as when charging, especially with higher Amps rate it may start to get hot and overheating the battery while charging or discharging for that matter may lead to an incident such as the battery self-igniting and starting a fire.


from this site. https://rightbattery.com/tag/s-rating/

cheers thanks for the link

Just on a personal note: Could you maybe please stop formatting all your entries in bold and italic. It just does not enhance readability at all. Plain text is good enough for you, guessed it, plain text.

A Guide to Understanding LiPo Batteries

AT LEAST HE'S NOT YELLING IN BOLD TEXT

bloodyhell like being at school lol..sorry sir i wont use bold again .. ( JOKES) cheers for all the messages