Splitting power out

[joey_picus]

I've used 2 cell lipos without a balancing charger (but with a lipo-specific non-balance charger, I'm not plugging it into the wall or using a funnel to feed electrons in) for years and years in antweights and never had any issues with them, but the advice holds for anything where batteries cost more than £5 to replace.

I can reccommend the Accucell-6, the manual is a little impenetrable (such is China) but it does a very good job very nicely for me. And it's black and yellow, what more could one want?

[Coolspeedbot]

ohhhhhh I see.

[daveimi]

Of course lipo's have sacks in, they make them from the same hessian santa uses for his sacks haha

[Coolspeedbot]

Found these handy videos on the wiring of a combat robot, including a video on making a removable link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kxCR5i9f7c

[Coolspeedbot]

just to get a general idea, when you guys are attending events that run over multiple days, do you guys put your lipos into 'storage' charge after each day? or do you leave some, fully charged, over night?

and besides lipo sacks, do you guys used anything else to store your lipos when they're not in use? because I'm thinking of getting a box to put them in.

in my case I was thinking of storage charge all my spare batteries, and leave one fully charge over night for use in the first fight the following morning (If my bot hasn't been trashed or knocked out).

[RogueTwoRobots]

Storage charge is only required when you're not going to be using them for a long time, a number of weeks for example. At an event this isn't necessary, so just charge them all up the night before, ready for the next day. They need to be in the lipo sack when charging but if leaving them overnight once they're charged, it's fine to store them somewhere such as a box, so long as they're safe. Many choose to leave them in the lipo sacks as a precautionary measure though.

[Coolspeedbot]

Oh ok, now I just need to worry about some 2mm metal sheets to surround the battery when it's in the bot, then my research and planning phase will be (sort of) finished and I can start the build phase.

[typhoon_driver]

If you want a ready made box that will happily store them, look at buying an old ammo storage box like one of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Army-Ammo-...UAAOSw4HVWEWTY

Plenty more sources available on ebay and they are perfect for keeping them contained should the worst happen.

[Coolspeedbot]

If you want a ready made box that will happily store them, look at buying an old ammo storage box like one of these

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Army-Ammo-...UAAOSw4HVWEWTY

Plenty more sources available on ebay and they are perfect for keeping them contained should the worst happen.

oh that's good, thanks Gary

[Coolspeedbot]

Just going back to the discussion on fuses, I found fuses for this battery:
http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking...Lipo_Pack.html

But I was thinking of using this LiPo instead:
http://www.hobbyking.co.uk/hobbyking...Lipo_Pack.html

but doing the maths for the rated amp of the battery and its burst discharge, but the only fuses I can find are 100amps and 150amps, seeing as the rules say the fuse has to be rated under the max burst discharge will the 100amp fuse handle the 5cell Lipo?