Charging at high C rates

[Jabe]

Charger needs capacity only for safety capacity cutoff, so it wont overcharge your batterys. And ofcourse to determind max charge current.
Tell the charger that you have bigger (more mAh) battery, to charge faster.

[Marvin]

Originally Posted by Jabe

Charger needs capacity only for safety capacity cutoff, so it wont overcharge your batterys.

So, surely, it would need it then?

My charger gives a % charged status, I would have thought that it is just for that. Surely, it detects when each cell is fully charged by the Voltage (similar to a NiMh).

[jhautz]

Lipo chargers work on the constant current, constant voltage charge method. it shouldn't matter what you set the capacity too on the charger. If it does have a safety shut off for capacity it wouldn't work so I would read the instruction sheet and pay close attention while you are doing it, but it should work just fine.

[Marvin]

Thanks guys, 3 positive opinions from such regarded members, I'll give it a go. I'll post back here to let people know how it went (just need to get my Lipos first).