Battery Question

[TrueRcBoy]

Do I charge my LiPo battery immediately after storage or do I run it down in my truck first then charge it?
Please if you know the answer to the question above reply I will be very much grateful.

 

[WithinU]

If you took them to "storage" voltage, I would assume they are fairly dead already %40-50? or there abouts, meaning you wont run them long. These aren't like the older NiCd packs where you should discharge them fully after a run. It's a memory thing for those. LiPo's are different. I would charge them after storage and then run them, that is what I have been doing.

And, I am not a LiPo expert by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[TrueRcBoy]

Thanks a lot I am fairly new to the RC world but I'm hanging in there.

 

[Spanky]

yes you should charge your lipos to full before you run them after having them in storage for a length of time

 

[TrueRcBoy]

Ok do I need to buy a cell checker or anything

 

[Spanky]

what charger do you have?

 

[TrueRcBoy]

I have a Prophet Sport Mini 50w.

 

[Spanky]

ok great when you plug in the balance lead it will read the cells and either start chargeing or give you an error beep so no you dont need a volt checker

 

[WithinU]

@Spanky is correct, that charger should charge just fine. If i am looking at the right one, it doesn't have a display, that could display the individual cell voltage.
You can pick up a cell checker for pretty cheap, this is the one I purchased.
It's $12? on amazon, but you could get one cheaper than that.

Cell checker Tenergy

 

[Spanky]

yeah it doesn't have a display screen, it's to bad, it is however a good little basic charger and a great starting point

 

[TrueRcBoy]

so I should be fine for a little while right

 

[TrueRcBoy]

Oh by the way that's the one I was looking at @WithinU

 

[Spanky]

yes it will be fine, unless you become an rc junkie like the rest of us

 

[TrueRcBoy]

what does that mean

 

[TrueRcBoy]

sorry im new to most of this

 

[Spanky]

rc junkie, well when you spend more money on your rc cars than your real car,rc junkie

 

[TrueRcBoy]

oh I'm only 14 but I get it. I do wonder I am on a fine line and only have a few buck to spend before my trip and I would like to know if I should by a new front bulkhead mount or a cell checker keep in mind that my truck needs to be in run ready condition when I leave in three week so what do you thing should get first.

 

[Spanky]

well go with the bulk head get it back together

 

[Spanky]

you'll be fine with just the charger,its designed to read the batteries, if there are any issues it wont charge them, say if one cell is below the set voltage

 

[TrueRcBoy]

ok sweet thanks so much for all of your help.