HOW TO: Quark Mod / LSP Conversion *PIC OVERLOAD WARNING*

ok, thanks. That makes sense Brian.. I wish I could manually set the cell count on the quark.. They're charging up fine now though, and then I'll take it out and try my new tires. Problem is trying to find a big patch of dirt to see what it does in the rough stuff =\

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by A4DTM

I wish I could manually set the cell count on the quark..

Yeah, at anything over 3s, the controller has to make some assumptions about cells count - like that most people install fairly fresh battery packs that have a voltage of at least 4-4.2v/cell. I too wish you could set cell count to get rid of that possibility for error.

Also, Quark's LVC table goes as low as 2.2v/cell, but only as high as 3v. I don't know of anyone that runs that low! I suppose that cutoff would be good for A123 cells, but I'm sure the Quark is calculating cell count based on normal lipo cells, so that wouldn't really work either. I'd like to see cutoffs from no lower than 2.7v, but as high as 3.3v - much better range IMO.

Nice job on the tires too. I'm interested to see how they work as well, especially long-term.

[zeropointbug]

Brian: Do you think my problems before could have been in part due to the LVC in the Quark? I did have it to NiMh High setting though. But a couple of times, when I reprogrammed, it would not save the settings. It's really frustrating.