Charging Lipo

[lcyn]

This is a pretty basic question, and I just want to make sure I am doing things properly. When charging with my icharger 106b+ , it is set to charge at 2A. (default). When I parallel charge using a Paraboard, (epbuddy), do I increase the amps to 4A for two battss (6s), and 6A for three batts, etc?
Thanks

[nebriancent]

if the charging limit for one battery is 2 amp and you are indeed paralleling them (not putting int series) then yes 2 bats would be able to charge at 4 amps and three would be able to charge at 6 amps because each battery would be receiving the equivalent of 2 amps

but....
that being said having 2 batteries paralleled dose not automatically change the charging current of your charger

so in conclusion....

each paralleled battery will see input current (amps) divided by the amount of paralleled batteries

[Ykick]

RC Lipo? What size? 5Ah? If so, you can charge at 5A and up to 10A per brick but you must not exceed the total Watts of your iCharger or often more importantly, the supply powering the 106B+

Take a 5S brick of 5Ah cells. Roughly 20v total brick, right? Multiply 20v with your desired charge current or for this example 5A. Total = 100W, right? iCharger is rated up to 250W so you could apply 10A charge current and still be 50W under the max rating.

But that's why we need to know the Ah of your cells/bricks and if it's RC Lipo or not for advice about C rates and guidelines if parallel charging.

[lcyn]

The bricks are 6000mah 6s. (Turnigy Nano) I have four of them, so in theory I could set then 106b+ to charge at 8A, charging four at a time using the paraboard. Is that correct?

[miuan]

You'll struggle to find a charger that can blow 4 paralleled nanotechs. You can safely pass 150, maybe even 200A into them.

[Ykick]

The bricks are 6000mah 6s. (Turnigy Nano) I have four of them, so in theory I could set then 106b+ to charge at 8A, charging four at a time using the paraboard. Is that correct?

6S is about 24-25V, multiply that by your proposed 8A rate = 200W should be okay from the 106B+. Make sure it has good air flow and/or sit it on a nice thick chunk of steel/alloy to help dissipate heat.

Divide 6A across 4 bricks that's about 2A each brick. Effectively each brick sees 1/3C rate.

One tip with the iCharger is once you start a charge cycle scroll through the <> buttons and pay attention to the input voltage/current. If the input Voltage drops drastically and/or the current is maxing out your supply, back off the charge current a little bit.

Definitely explore the iCharger. It's a cool little unit and it can do a lot of stuff you may not realize in the beginning but becomes more apparent the more you explore the device.

[nebriancent]

The bricks are 6000mah 6s. (Turnigy Nano) I have four of them, so in theory I could set then 106b+ to charge at 8A, charging four at a time using the paraboard. Is that correct?

Divide 6A across 4 bricks that's about 2A each brick. Effectively each brick sees 1/3C rate.

think your math is just a little out
to me 6 devided by 4 is not 2
i think what you ment is at 8A each pack is seeing 2A if he is charging 4 of them in parrilell

[Ykick]

i think what you ment is at 8A each pack is seeing 2A if he is charging 4 of them in parrilell

Yes, thank you! My bad typo, 6A shoulda been 8A. Sorry...