Motor Costs Comparison (electrical set-ups)

[Adam Glatt]

Dean Pappas wrote:

>Thanks for the information, Morten.
>
>If that's all there is to cell balancing, then we will see LiPo chargers composed of many 1-cell chargers, each with galvanically isolated outputs. Another name for this is a floating output. Since all the outputs are designed for only one cell, there will be no problem with bad cell-count auto detection. The downside is that the battery would require a tap or connection at each series connection point. That's really not a big deal, except for the twenty or thirty grams of wiring and connector that would be necessary.
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>Regards,
>
>Dean Pappas
>  
>
Dean, not sure if you are aware or not, but such a charger is in 
development.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=269638

aircraft-world.com already offers Lipo packs with a second connector 
tapped into every cell (bank, in the case of parallel packs) that plugs 
into a circuit that plugs into the charger to balance and charge at the 
same time.

Thunder Power has a circuit that you charge through.  While charging, it 
monitors each cell bank's voltage and cuts off the charge (opens the 
circuit, I imagine) if any one of them get to 4.3v, if I understand it 
correctly.

Having the circuit outside the pack makes for a lighter and cheaper 
pack, but it requires a connector not commonly used in this market.
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