What power adapter to use for Lippo Charger

[RonnieBrowen2106]

I was looking at Lipo chargers for my next bike project. I want to use two 6s 16Ah turnigy multistar batteries in parallel. I have noticed that most chargers have a 10v - 18v input. What power adapter should I use for plugging it in to a 110v - 120v US wall plugin? Thank you?

 

[motomech]

You want a 22 Volt/32 Ah pack???
Whatever floats your boat.
Since you are an experienced LiPoly user, I would think you would know what the perfered RC charger power supplies are, a used internet server power supply, avail. on Ebay or Amazon for cheap. I use a 500 Watt unit that even w/ 20% losses, will power the typical 300 Watt RC charger.
Of course, a 32 Ah pack being charged with a typical 300 W charger is going to take all day, so you might want to think about a duo, which probably is going to need two server PS's joined w/ the isolated ground mod.
Personally, I would bulk charge a 2 brick 1S/21P pack.

 

[d8veh]

If you have a redundant PC power supply, they're very easy to adapt.

 

[Overclocker]

I was looking at Lipo chargers for my next bike project. I want to use two 6s 16Ah turnigy multistar batteries in parallel. I have noticed that most chargers have a 10v - 18v input. What power adapter should I use for plugging it in to a 110v - 120v US wall plugin? Thank you?

hobby chargers tend to run hotter when using 12v input when charging 6s at full power. so pick a meanwell or clone and turn the pot all the way up

 

[RonnieBrowen2106]

I am sorry. I must be incorrect. I want a 44v 16Ah pack. Is it series then? I am still new to battery building. I was going to figure out how to hook the two up after arrival due to measurements for mounting and wiring.

 

[mark5]

Read up:

A Collection of Power Supplies and Charging Solutions by teslanv
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=61539

 

[motomech]

I am sorry. I must be incorrect. I want a 44v 16Ah pack. Is it series then? I am still new to battery building. I was going to figure out how to hook the two up after arrival due to measurements for mounting and wiring.

Far and away, the best way to charge your proposed pack is like this;



But instead of the 2 6S/5Ah bricks in the pic, you would be charging 2 of the MultiStar.
You can charge on or off the bike.
All you need is the Mean Well HLG-320-48A(about $120) and 2 Battery Medics(about $30) and a Volt/Amp meter (about $15);
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013PKYAV6/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Trust me, I've had 3 different "quality" RC balance chargers and like "my grandfather's horse", they are all dead.
If you buy the Mean Well, you will never have to buy another.

 

[RonnieBrowen2106]

What about this charger? Has any other ES member used these? They are around $75. Some personal experience would be nice.

 

[RonnieBrowen2106]

I was thinking of using this 12v 40a LED strip power supply to power the charger. What are your thoughts on that?

 

[dogman dan]

I can't see what that label says, but the box looks a lot like the Meanwell 350w power supply I use on my 12-18v RC chargers. Mine is 12v, but I could turn up the voltage to closer to 14v.

I run two 150w chargers on it, giving me ability to charge up to 16s at one time,, 8s on each charger. Mostly though, I bulk charge at 14s, and use the RC charger to top up my lawn mower pack, which is 6s.

 

[mxer]

I bulk charge too my 44v 16ah multistar.

Left black charger is a 600w £80 bms battery charger set to 50v 5a main charger, little baby sitting as 50v (4.17) cut off, charger shuts down. I always always check cells first before charging even with my shut off charger..

Meanwell is a 50v set £20 charger emergency use only as no shut off baby sit all the way with this one, usually pull the plug at 4.15..

Cheap battery medics to keep an eye on everything..

Don't own a balance charger, been doing this since 2012.

Key is, KEEP CHECKING!! MONITORING!!..

 

[RonnieBrowen2106]

http://www.trcelectronics.com/Meanwell/battery-charger-hep-600c.shtml

So will this work for bulk charging my lipo batteries? I plan to bulk charge 2 6s 16ah lipo batteries