[NSRCA-discussion] regulators

[Fred Huber]

Well.. loss of a cell in a 2 cell LiPo usually results in no voltage (open circuit)  

And, if one cell becomes a dead short  (maybe a LiPo fire from the shorted cell...), you have 3.7V nominal. With a load on that, (and the regulator's .2 v drop) you'll be likely to go under the operating voltage of the RX.  

So dropping a cell in a 2 cell LiPo pack is probably going to mean a complete loss of control.
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  From: J.Oddino 
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  No.  As long as his battery is .2 volts above the regulated voltage (5.7) he is okay.  This means it would regulate down to a battery voltage of 5.9.  If the input falls below 5.9, say to 5.5 the output will be about .2 volts less or 5.3.  That is why the system will not quit if you lost one cell in your two cell LiPoly pack.

  Jim O

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    From: jivey61 at bellsouth.net 
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    Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 5:52 AM
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    Dave
    Understand what you say but does he have a problem with his lower than regulated volts.

    Jim I
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      From: DaveL322 at comcast.net 
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      Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:37 AM
      Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] regulators


      Bob,
      You're right, the voltage out should stay constant.

      Jim,
      The 480 is more than capable of maintaining 6.11 volts under a 1500 mah load - and this is shown by Bob's test where the 480 holds 7.2 volts under direct load.  The 480 will actually maintain 6.11 volts with substantially higher load (upwards of 5000 mah).

      Regards,

      Dave Lockhart

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        From: <jivey61 at bellsouth.net> 

        > Robt 
        > Your battery is 480 mah and you are trying to make it produce 
        > 500mah,1000mah,and 1500mah. The battery does not have the capacity to 
        > produce these currants.The regulator is ok. 
        > 
        > Jim Ivey 
        > ----- Original Message ----- 
        > From: "Robert Mairs" 
        > To: "NSRCA Mailing List" 
        > Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:53 AM 
        > Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] regulators 
        > 
        > 
        > > I've got a Jaico that regulates to 6.11 volts. Using a 480 mah TP lipo, 
        > > and the Jaico, I got the following. 
        > > 
        > > no load, 6.11v 
        > > 500mah load, 5.72v 
        > > 1A load, 5.63v 
        > > 1.5A load, 5.54v 
        > > 
        &g! t; > Just with the battery, no regulator I get 
        > > 
        > > no load, 8.2v 
        > > 500mah, 7.84v 
        > > 1A, 7.51v 
        > > 1.5A, 7.2v 
        > > 
        > > I don't understand. Why doesn't the regulated voltage stay at 6.11v with 
        > a 
        > > load? I always thought using a regulator was supposed to give you a 
        > > constant voltage so the servos reaction would always be the same, yet it 
        > > acts just like a battery, just not as great a drop off it seems. 
        > > 
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