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LiPo Batteries

Started by 753, Oct 15 2019 11:59

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753

Oct 15 2019 11:59
Looking for batteries for the 517 tank engine, there seem to be many more LiPo batteries available more compact, and less cost than the Ni- Hl we are using at the moment.
Has anyone had experience with this technology?

Mike

cabbage

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Oct 15 2019 12:05
I would *not* recommend using Lithium Ion / Polymer batteries... Stick to NiMH. The Lithium batteries have a cliff edge voltage. Unless your ESC is specifically designed to monitor this then once the battery voltage falls below this voltage - they are junk.

Read the battery article in the G3 wiki.

Regards

Ralph

753

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Oct 15 2019 15:07
Ralph

Thanks for the advice, you EMU project is coming on well.

Mike

cabbage

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Oct 15 2019 20:16
Dimension Engineering do a device called Lipo Sheild. This will enable a std ESC to use Lipo cells without damaging them. It is expensive...

But it will save you the cost of new Lipo packs!

Regards

Ralph
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