stupid question
 

please forgive me, i have never delt with lipo before. I already have a thread but that question has been answered (i have the right balancing board)

so i need an answer to this question asap.

do you charge the lipo through the balancing board? I have been asuming that you do (even though i think it makes zero sense), because that is the only way i can connect my battery to my charger. Now, it came with two seperate wires, a black and red one but they have no connector on the end. Was i supossed to buy a seperate connector and crimp it myself?

i know this sounds stupid, but the battery has 2 sets of wires coming out and it makes sense that one might be a input and the other output. The instructions to the hyperion are HORRIBLE.

it also came with a black wire with three really long stagered prongs on the end. I have zero idea where this goes.

http://www.rchelicopterfun.com/rc-lipo-batteries.htmlHeres a link to read up on lipo's...Credit to finding this link goes to Duster_360.

And yes, you will need to Solder your own plug on to the battery.

That is one awsome article, can't believe its not sticked. It turns out that you can charge through the balancer, provided that they are small enough and you watch for wire temps!

Most lipo packs come with a discharge plug and a balancer plug, by the way you describe it, your pack did not come with a discharge plug thus you will have to buy a plug to suit your equipment.

Some charger can charge lipo packs through the balancer plug but you still need to connect a discharge plug to the beefier discharge wires for the actual operation.

Charging thru the balance wires is accepted a limited to 2amps, so with a large capacity lipo, charging this way would take literally hours. I only charge thru balance wires when I am trying to solve a prob with an individual cell. Sometimes charging a prob cell directly will resolve its probs.

Otherwise, I balance charge using the main power leads to charge thru and balance wires for balancing.


There are a lot of Hyperion resources on the net, I guess they assume you'll find them. Heres a link about their G3 lipo care and usage -

http://media.hyperion.hk/dn/g3lipo/

Awesome links, Thank you Duster.


This one's a little intense for the n00bies but cool to read none the less.

http://www.fmadirect.com/lipo_handbo...k_Section2.htm