Lipo Charger- Hook it up to a car battery? What?!?!
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Lipo Charger- Hook it up to a car battery? What?!?!
So I decided to get back into RC after close to a decade off. I purchased the new rct04.1 and a Hyperion HP-EOS0606i DC Charger and a lipo. After opening the box and seeing the inputs being 2 small pos/neg clips I thought something must be wrong. Then I read the directions and it states they need to be hooked up to a 12v constant power source such as a car battery. Have I purchased the wrong charger? Just about every lipo charger I have seen shows the clips for the input. Whatever happened to plugging into a plain old wall outlet? Is there any other option that a car battery? Man, I may be too old for all this technical stuff! thanks in advance,
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RE: Lipo Charger- Hook it up to a car battery? What?!?!
yeah, there is nowhere in this charger for an ac power supply. I guess the car battery is the best option, I just don't want to screw up anything on my car while it's charging.
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RE: Lipo Charger- Hook it up to a car battery? What?!?!
it should have a port to plug one in, This one is $10 and should work. [link=http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=6256&Product_Name=12V_5A _Power_Supply]power supply[/link]
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RE: Lipo Charger- Hook it up to a car battery? What?!?!
No your not putting AC into it, The power supply converts the AC to 12VDC so you just have to find a way to hook it up to the charger, look for a dc input other then the clips if it does not have on you can just solder onto the clip wires or you can buy a little power bar for the clips to attach to.
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RE: Lipo Charger- Hook it up to a car battery? What?!?!
ah ok. No alternate dc inputs. So you're suggesting cutting off the clips and connecting those wires to the power supply you posted earlier? I didn't realized it converted the ac to dc. thanks
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RE: Lipo Charger- Hook it up to a car battery? What?!?!
Bingo, You could do that or you could use some plugs and make it so you can still swtich it back to clips etc. here is a vid shows you where to buy one and the hook up etc.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ4eB0hvnQQ[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ4eB0hvnQQ[/youtube]
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RE: Lipo Charger- Hook it up to a car battery? What?!?!
like syco says, there is an easy project you can do to convert an ATX power supply for lab use. If you have a general understanding of electronics and soldering it will be quite easy.
[link=http://web2.murraystate.edu/andy.batts/ps/powersupply.htm]http://web2.murraystate.edu/andy.batts/ps/powersupply.htm[/link]
[link=http://web2.murraystate.edu/andy.batts/ps/powersupply.htm]http://web2.murraystate.edu/andy.batts/ps/powersupply.htm[/link]
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RE: Lipo Charger- Hook it up to a car battery? What?!?!
gel- I am a novice with electronics at best, and I think I am going to try the banana plug route with the charger I have now, thanks!