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Old 05-08-2017 | 01:34 AM
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Originally Posted by ignishen
Looking at picking up a 2 channel lipo charger, and am wondering how to calculate approximate charging times on a dead battery. Looking to reduce downtime during practice sessions at the track.

I have a few Lectron 2S 4600mAh 100C (5C charge rate) batteries. What would the effective time difference using either the Hitec X2 AC Plus Dual Port AC/DC Multi-Charger (6S/6A/100W) or the ProTek RC Prodigy 625 DUO Touch AC?


So the Hitec does 10a max while the Protek does 25a max. Usually at 1c charge (1x capacity of the pack) in your case 4.6a would be about an hour to charge. Meaning the Hitec would do it at like 28 mins at 10 amps and the protek would be around 11 mins to fully charge. There's a few variables of course such as pack voltage, age, fast or balance charge etc. Just rough estimates though.
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