Turnigy lipo charge rate - RC-Monster Forums

josh9mille · **Turnigy lipo charge rate -** 04.21.2011, 12:58 AM

Im talking about the standard turnigy packs, not the nano-techs. 5000mah 30c packs. Im just tired of charging at 1c, I have a charger capable of much more and want to utilize it. How fast can they be charged?

E-Revonut · 04.21.2011, 01:27 AM

I have a pair of 5800mah 30C Turnigys I run in my Flux. I have been charging them at 7A since day one, they are still taking full charges and run strong.

slimthelineman · 04.21.2011, 01:28 AM

Depends on how much you discharge them. Rarely run my cars for more than 5-6 mins at a time(1/10). Usually takes between 10-30 mins depending on what voltage and setup I'm running but I have charged a few different turnigy packs at 10a and they charge quick. Just depends on cell count and capacity I guess. I run a quad charger and a gt-a6-10 so waiting for packs to charge usually isn't a factor. These five charge ports allow me to race three classes and always have packs charged, even for a bump in the event I don't make the A for some reason.

whitrzac · 04.21.2011, 01:33 AM

my charger will do 10amps... I charge everything at 10amps, from my 1800mah airplane lipos, to my 6s 4200 mah buggy lipos...

brainanator · 04.21.2011, 01:40 AM

my standard turnigys say 2C, dunno if it's universal though.

Ola · 04.21.2011, 04:35 AM

My standard Turnigy`s say maximum 2C, and thats what they get...

My 6000mah nanotechs, say 5C maximum on the rear side..
I charge them at 20A (just over 3C), and it works great! No temp AT ALL after charging.

I use a icharger 206B + a 350w puwersupply.. Progressive-rc.com had everything i needed , also paralell charging cables both fpr power and balancing.

04.21.2011, 01:02 PM

I have about 20 Turnigy lipos here. The minumum charge rate I can see on them is 2C. All of my 40C packs have a 5C charge rate as do two of my 30C packs. All others are 2C as a minimum. At the monent I don't have charging gear that can touch even 2C on some of them but will soon hopefully.

lucias · 04.21.2011, 01:24 PM

i have some 2s 4000 40c Turnigys.. on the pack they show they are 5c and i have been charging them at 20amps.. I have been using them for the last 2 months racing every week and practicing with them so far so good. I use the hyperion battery deal and they always take a full charge and havent had any problems so far..

josh9mille · 04.21.2011, 02:03 PM

so i take it there must be a correlation between c rating and charge rate.

lucias · 04.22.2011, 09:14 AM

Check out this link..

http://www.rchelicopterfun.com/rc-battery-chargers.html

04.22.2011, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by josh9mille

so i take it there must be a correlation between c rating and charge rate.

Well at least it seems like it with my packs. Also it does make sense that there would be a corelation. Higher C battery should have a lower internal resistance. The lower the internal resistance the easier they should also take on charge. Not sure on this theory and I am happy to be corrected.