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A single lipo cell’s minimum voltage is 3.7 volts, and
You
lipos can be charged up to 4.2 volts. Although you
could theoretically push it a little higher, you should not
unless you absolutely know what you are doing and are
aware of the risk involved. Also, pushing lipos to greater
than 4.2 volts will significantly decrease their life span.

The lipos used for fpv racing quadcopters are usually 2,

3, or 4 cells hooked up in series, which means the
voltage compounds. A 2 cell lipo is 7.4 volts, a 3 cell
lipo is 11.1 volts, and a 4 cell lipo is 14.8 volts.

When charging lipos, each cell must be charged

equally to 4.2 volts. This is called balance charging.
Most hobby chargers have a balance charge option that
monitors the voltages of the individual cells and makes
sure each cell gets to the same 4.2 voltage.

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GET STARTED

Charging is done by C. In charging, the C rating is the

same as the number of amp-hours the battery is of. So
charging a 2000 mAh battery at 2.0 amps is considering
charging it at 1C.

If you wanted to charge at double the speed(make sure

your battery is capable of this before you do so – read
the label!) you’d charge at 4.0 amps, considered
charging at 2C.

You can also charge multiple batteries together through

a technique called parallel charging. Read more about it
here.

Some RTF quadcopters ship with regular chargers that

will simply bring up the voltage of the lipo to 4.2 volts
per cell and stop. These chargers are usually
compatible only with 2 and 3 cells, and some may
support 4 cells. There are no advanced charging
options – you just plug and charge.

Getting into the hobby, you most definitely want to

invest in a computerized charger. Computerized
chargers have a ton of different functions and support
different battery types such as NiMH, NiCd, LiOn, and of
course LiPo.

They also have a wide variety of charging functions

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such as charge, fast charge, balance charge,

discharge, and storage charge. They’ll also let you
check the battery’s cells, check internal resistance, and
even save a profile of your regular charging routines.

Lipo chargers can also have safety features built in to

make sure too much charge is not pushed into the
battery. A basic safety feature is verifying how many
cells are in the pack and how many cells the charger is
set for.

My Imax B6 charger rings an alarm and refuses to start

charging if the cell count I selected is different from the
cell count of the battery.

Some chargers will also have a temperature cutoff

where they will stop charging once a certain
temperature is reached. Prolonged exposure to
excessively hot temperatures can result in nasty
consequences when it comes to lipos.

Additionally, there can also be a timeout function that

stops charging once the charger has been running for a
set period of time.

Some chargers also support connecting to your phone

or computer to change settings and monitor charging.

The power output of a charger is measured in

watts(voltage x amps). If your charger has less watt

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capacity than the batteries you are trying to charge,

your batteries will charge slower than they could be.

So to charge a 3S 3000 mah battery at 1C, you’d

require 12.6 volts x 3.0 amps, or 37.8 watts. If your
charger was rated for 50W, then you wouldn’t have a
problem with this battery(the problem in this case being
charging it as fast as it could be charged).

If you wanted to charge the same battery at 2C on the

50W charger, your charger would not be able to supply
the 75.6 watts required, so you’d end up charging
slower.

Wattage becomes even more important if you are

parallel charging. I run into this problem quite a bit with
my Imax B6 when I try to parallel charge 3 or more 4S
1300 mah lipos. My charger can’t supply enough power
to charge all the batteries at 1C, so it takes a little
longer to charge them.

For parallel charging, you just need to have a charger

that can output enough amps to charge the combined
capacity of your batteries at 1C.

If you want to charge 6 1500 mah batteries in parallel,

you’ll need a charger that can output 1.5 x 6 or 9 amps.

Note: But still shorter than charging them one by one.

Parallel charging is awesome!

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The ISDT T8 is a monster of a charger with an output

capacity of 1000W. It can push out up to 30A with the
proper power supply, so to put that into perspective, you
can parallel charge up to 23 1300 mah lipos at once!

There is a neat little push button interface that lets you

navigate the very intuitive menus.

It supports all the standard battery types: LiFe/Lilon

/LiPo/LiHv (1-8S), NiMH/Cd (1-21S), Pb (1-14S)

The T8 supports ISDTs new BATTGO technology which

tells you about the health of the lipo and tracks its
performance across cycles.

There are two outputs so you can plug in multiple lipo

batteries/parallel charging boards at once.

For the price, it’s a powerhouse of a charger and a good

deal!

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Like the T8, the ISDT T8 is a BATTGO enabled charger

– it’s pretty much identical to the T8, except this one has
a power output of 600W or 25A. Still, that’s a
respectable amount of power and enough to charge 19
lipos at once! I only have 7 or 8 lipos at a time, so the
ability to charge 19 lipos is more than enough for me!

The T6 supports LiFe/Lilon/LiPo/LiHv up to 1-8S,

NiMH/Cd1-21S, and Pb 3-12S – all the standard ones.

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This tiny little charger is awesome, easy-to-use, and

cheap at under $50. It charges a wide variety of
batteries, can output 8A and 150W, which is more than
enough for charging 6 1300 lipos in parallel. You will
need a power supply, or you need a large lipo battery to
provide power for charging a smaller battery.

You can also see my detailed review here.

ISDT chargers don’t have power supplies built into them

– so you’ll need an external power supply. Power
supplies are easy to find, and ISDT makes specific ones
suited to these chargers, too.

You don’t need an ISDT supply – you can use any

computer/laptop supply that can deliver the voltage and
amps your charger requires. Just because the charger
is capable of up to 1000W does not mean you must

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supply it with 1000W. If you have a lesser capacity

power supply, just charge at the max capability it can
handle.

For example, with my SC-608 charger, even though it

can output 8A, the laptop power supply I use with it can
only do 4.5A, so that’s the max charge current I set it at.

16.5A power supply

25A power supply

The Imax B6 is a charger I use as a spare. I must

confess I bought it along with my first quadcopter and
radio, and being on a tight budget, I went for a mid-
range charger. At $40 from HobbyKing, the Imax B6
does what it’s supposed to do just fine: charge your
lipos! It’s a fully computerized charger, and can take DC
power(from a power supply/car battery) and AC power
from a wall outlet. It’s fine for charging one lipo at a
time, or even small lipos in parallel, but charging 1.3
lipos in parallel slows it down a little. Still, it’s served me
well so far, though I now prefer the ISDT series.

Note: The Imax B6 is a heavily cloned charger, so get it

from a reputed source.

A while ago, I picked up an ISDT charger and I’ve been

sold on them ever since. They’re superb chargers for
the price and they come in all shapes/sizes/capacities,
so there is something for everyone.

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Jepri says
January 20, 2018 at 10:53 am

Whats the lowest or cheapest price for a

charger of my lipo battery zippy compact 35c
series 2200 mah n 25c series 1500 mah??
Please give me a discount or atleast a very
reasonable price in which I could afford to buy
as early as I could raise the amount for it?..
thank you!

Gulzaar says
January 23, 2018 at 2:14 am

Hi Jepri, I don’t sell anything directly,

but you’ll probably find a great price
for batteries on HobbyKing.

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