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Old 04-12-2010 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by rcman1993
i have a hyperion EOS 0606i charger that i am charging a 4500 4 cell and a 5400 4 cell lipos. the charger will only charge at 3.22 amps on both packs whether i have a balancer plugged in or not. it works fine but i would like it to charge at 4.5 and 5.4 amps for 1c charges because it takes like 77 min for my 5400 to charge up after a race. i just want it to chartge at 1c so it is done in under an hour.
I am afraid that you have reached the maximum output of that charger. It is only a 50 Watt charger. Watts divided by battery voltage gives you your maximum charge rate ( 50 / 14.8 = 3.378). That's why you're stuck at 3.22 (The math is not always exact.).
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