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Playing With Batteries
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Playing With Batteries
Been chasing a few rabbits lately but got one project out of the way I’ve been wanting to do for a while now….I have two lipo chargers but neither one has a discharge function to bring the cells to a safe voltage for storage so I made a discharger….. Four automotive lamps (resistors)…. Two connected series and two parallel….. Three switches can give a few combinations of drain…. Connectors for single or multiple cell….
![Playing With Batteries 132b9510](https://i.servimg.com/u/f39/20/31/87/29/132b9510.jpg)
![Playing With Batteries 2bcbdb10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f39/20/31/87/29/2bcbdb10.jpg)
A single 200 mAH cell on the two series connected lamps on the right…. Meter on the right monitors voltage, On the left amperage…
![Playing With Batteries 8a967a10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f39/20/31/87/29/8a967a10.jpg)
A few simple calculations can tell cell capacity, How much capacity left after an outing, And bring the voltage to a safe storage level…. I could have bought a new charger with these functions built in but just used what I had in the shop instead…. Plus the tinker factor
![Babe Bee .049](/users/3015/29/34/60/smiles/976416.png)
![Playing With Batteries 132b9510](https://i.servimg.com/u/f39/20/31/87/29/132b9510.jpg)
![Playing With Batteries 2bcbdb10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f39/20/31/87/29/2bcbdb10.jpg)
A single 200 mAH cell on the two series connected lamps on the right…. Meter on the right monitors voltage, On the left amperage…
![Playing With Batteries 8a967a10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f39/20/31/87/29/8a967a10.jpg)
A few simple calculations can tell cell capacity, How much capacity left after an outing, And bring the voltage to a safe storage level…. I could have bought a new charger with these functions built in but just used what I had in the shop instead…. Plus the tinker factor
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rdw777- Diamond Member
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Location : West Texas
Re: Playing With Batteries
rdw777 wrote:…. I could have bought a new charger with these functions built in but just used what I had in the shop instead…. Plus the tinker factor
DIY electronics for the modeler has always been of interest to me and, on some occasions, what I needed was not always available or prohibitively expensive. You've done well -- like your buss bar!
I needed a temperature controller for cutting foam cores, but most of the designs used either an AC dimmer, AC chopper circuit or triac. These occasionally tended to leave the surface of the core wavy -- I'm inclined to think it was due to the wire vibrating at certain frequencies generating sympathetic harmonics -- you could feel it in the bow and hear it humming. In any case, I wanted a DC output with a fine adjustment. Here are some pics of one that I put together.
Foam cutter controller: DC PWM output
![Playing With Batteries Pwm_ca10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f73/18/70/91/09/pwm_ca10.jpg)
![Playing With Batteries Pwm_ca11](https://i.servimg.com/u/f73/18/70/91/09/pwm_ca11.jpg)
Case with temperature control knob
![Playing With Batteries Pwm_ca12](https://i.servimg.com/u/f73/18/70/91/09/pwm_ca12.jpg)
![Playing With Batteries Pwm_ca13](https://i.servimg.com/u/f73/18/70/91/09/pwm_ca13.jpg)
PC power supply converted to provide +5v and +12v output
![Playing With Batteries Power_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f73/18/70/91/09/power_10.jpg)
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Re: Playing With Batteries
I just love my battery dischargers:
This is my Ori / Maylibet battery discharger
![Playing With Batteries Ori_ma10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f13/20/19/65/06/ori_ma10.jpg)
I originally purchased from Banggood.
It discharges up to a 6 cell lipo pack.
And it is small and compact at 4" long (10.5cm) x 2.5" high (6.5cm) x 2.75" wide (7.0cm)
When discharging, it will discharge but also keep the cells balance during the discharge cycle.
So, no one cell gets too far out of balance.
It has worked great for me for over 5 years now.
Sad thing is, I tried to purchase a 2nd one 1 year after I purchased the 1st one and they are no longer available.
So, I looked at the same company as my lipo charger -- SkyRC Battery discharger & analyzer -- Model #BD250
And purchased their "Super Discharge!" 250w/35A
Purchased it off of Ebay for $85.00
Nice thing about this discharger is that you can go to SkyRC website and get software updates for the discharger, just like I can with their Lipo charger that I have.
This one from SkyRc has been working now for over 4 years and three software updates.
One update was for the high voltage lipos coming out (HV-Lipo)
Updated my charger on that as well.
![Playing With Batteries Skyrc_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f13/20/19/65/06/skyrc_10.jpg)
This is my Ori / Maylibet battery discharger
![Playing With Batteries Ori_ma10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f13/20/19/65/06/ori_ma10.jpg)
I originally purchased from Banggood.
It discharges up to a 6 cell lipo pack.
And it is small and compact at 4" long (10.5cm) x 2.5" high (6.5cm) x 2.75" wide (7.0cm)
When discharging, it will discharge but also keep the cells balance during the discharge cycle.
So, no one cell gets too far out of balance.
It has worked great for me for over 5 years now.
Sad thing is, I tried to purchase a 2nd one 1 year after I purchased the 1st one and they are no longer available.
So, I looked at the same company as my lipo charger -- SkyRC Battery discharger & analyzer -- Model #BD250
And purchased their "Super Discharge!" 250w/35A
Purchased it off of Ebay for $85.00
Nice thing about this discharger is that you can go to SkyRC website and get software updates for the discharger, just like I can with their Lipo charger that I have.
This one from SkyRc has been working now for over 4 years and three software updates.
One update was for the high voltage lipos coming out (HV-Lipo)
Updated my charger on that as well.
![Playing With Batteries Skyrc_10](https://i.servimg.com/u/f13/20/19/65/06/skyrc_10.jpg)
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Re: Playing With Batteries
Thank you for your input Gentlemen,
Like that power controller Andrew!… Looks like a stout MOSFET, Maybe a programmable timer, and some peripherals to damp the sympathetic harmonics (capacitor?)….
I built a few of the Ace kits always enjoyed them, Very satisfying when they worked…. And get to learn from them as well and gave confidence to try other things…
That is some fine equipment sosam, Surley worth it for managing large multi cell packs, And nice they can keep of with cell technology with software updates…. Levent’s discharger is nice too, Thanks…
My gadget is certainly primitive and much more manual operation….My cells are mostly small capacity and initially were for small electric planes but can double as power supply for small gas by using two cells and a 5V regulator…. I like keeping notes so will start testing and recording every few weeks…. Can spot trends….I find it interesting…
Like that power controller Andrew!… Looks like a stout MOSFET, Maybe a programmable timer, and some peripherals to damp the sympathetic harmonics (capacitor?)….
I built a few of the Ace kits always enjoyed them, Very satisfying when they worked…. And get to learn from them as well and gave confidence to try other things…
That is some fine equipment sosam, Surley worth it for managing large multi cell packs, And nice they can keep of with cell technology with software updates…. Levent’s discharger is nice too, Thanks…
My gadget is certainly primitive and much more manual operation….My cells are mostly small capacity and initially were for small electric planes but can double as power supply for small gas by using two cells and a 5V regulator…. I like keeping notes so will start testing and recording every few weeks…. Can spot trends….I find it interesting…
rdw777- Diamond Member
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Location : West Texas
Re: Playing With Batteries
rdw777 wrote:Thank you for your input Gentlemen,
Like that power controller Andrew!… Looks like a stout MOSFET, Maybe a programmable timer, and some peripherals to damp the sympathetic harmonics (capacitor?)….
I built a few of the Ace kits always enjoyed them, Very satisfying when they worked…. And get to learn from them as well and gave confidence to try other things…
That is some fine equipment sosam, Surley worth it for managing large multi cell packs, And nice they can keep of with cell technology with software updates…. Levent’s discharger is nice too, Thanks…
My gadget is certainly primitive and much more manual operation….My cells are mostly small capacity and initially were for small electric planes but can double as power supply for small gas by using two cells and a 5V regulator…. I like keeping notes so will start testing and recording every few weeks…. Can spot trends….I find it interesting…
I'm with you with those Ace kits.
Still have them and use them to charge some of my Tx and Rx packs still.
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Re: Playing With Batteries
Looks good, and should serve you well for it's intended purpose.
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