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Old 01-06-2012 | 11:09 AM
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Duster_360
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The limit will be the 3S due to its higher voltage. With 200watts, you could charge a 5000mah 3S at a little over 3C, if the charger's max charge rate would allow. These are 10am max charge rate chargers, so all they can do is 2C charge on a 5000mah 3S (or 2S) lipo.

Charging at 2C versus charging at 1C will reduce charge time, but not by half. Lipo charges in 2 stages, constant current (CC) followed by a constant voltage (CV) stage. Doubling charge rate cuts the CC part in half, but not the CV part. So a theoretical 1C charge which takes about 1hr, at 2C would take maybe 40min. 3C charge rate is where you start to see significant charge time reduction. 3C for a 5000mah is 15amps, for a 6000mah lipo its 18amps. This requires a charger capable of 20amps max charge rate or better. The only one of the 3 chargers you linked that has that high of a charge rate is the SkyRc B6 Ultimate 800W which has 20amps in each port.

To run a charger charging two 3S 5000mah lipos at 3C you'd need a PS with ~455watts. Any of those linked appears to supply more power than that.

All this assumes you have lipos that are rated for higher C charging....
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