What charger to get with my Zippy pack?

[hodgie]

Looking to buy a couple of ZIPPY Compact 3300mAh 10S 35C Lipo Packs 36V from Hobbying to put in my EVG eBike Battery case (wire in parallel to controller).

I am a newbie on LI batteries.

Will this pack have a BMS (I assume it needs one)?
I have NO IDEA what kind of Charger/Balancer/ect to get.
Should I buy one that will handle a future 48V battery?

Any advise ? Thx in advance..

[electr0n]

I've got an ICharger 206B. Lot's of people said they balance accurately. I've had no problems with mine after about a year of use. I'm also using lipo batteries on my bike and I don't use a bms. I just balance charge the batteries every time I charge and plug them into each other then directly to the controller. No problems after 1 year of use. You might want to grab some extra wire and connectors if you don't already have them too.

[o00scorpion00o]

Yeah I have the Icharger too and have had no problems, well worth it.

I have the 208B

[dogman]

No bms on Hk lipo. You are the bms. That's why I spoke about lvc's, and whether your wife would ride far enough for it to matter on the other thread. 6 ah won't take her very far. Is that as much as you can fit?

Don't get the 10s packs. Get the 5s packs. That way you can use a cheaper 6s charger. You paralell the packs to charge them all on the 5s setting all at once.

[Tench]

The icharger is available in a form that can balance charge 10s lipo, the model is the 3010b, i have the 306b for my 6s packs and love it, there are probably others but i only have experience of the ichargers which are very versatile chargers which can charge any chemistry and are able to discharge packs too and produce charge/discharge graphs.
You will also need a power supply to provide a power input for the charger.

Simon.

[Kirk]

I use a 206B Icharger on my 12s72p battery and it works great, not a problem in nearly a year so far.

[hodgie]

Thanks everyone - now I have a few less mysteries in my life. Battery charging expert here I come!