Noob to Electric, question about A123
06-11-2009, 02:50 PM
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Noob to Electric, question about A123
Hello,
I just bought a Traxxas Rustler VXL.
on ebay. It has two NiMH batteries one 7 and one 8 cell, with charger. Ok... Fine. Iwould like to upgrade by making my own battery packs using the A123 LiFEPO4 batteries. They are 3.3V so I'll do 3s2p set up. Is it better to make two seperate packs 3s1p's and use a cable to make them parallel? I ask because I'm looking into buying a cellpro 10s charger, Ican charge two packs with balancing at the same time. So If Icharge a 3s2p pack with balancing is it asgood as charging 3s1p? I hope I'm being clear, Ihave done a ton of reading about this and it can get confusing.
Thanks for any help....
I just bought a Traxxas Rustler VXL.
on ebay. It has two NiMH batteries one 7 and one 8 cell, with charger. Ok... Fine. Iwould like to upgrade by making my own battery packs using the A123 LiFEPO4 batteries. They are 3.3V so I'll do 3s2p set up. Is it better to make two seperate packs 3s1p's and use a cable to make them parallel? I ask because I'm looking into buying a cellpro 10s charger, Ican charge two packs with balancing at the same time. So If Icharge a 3s2p pack with balancing is it asgood as charging 3s1p? I hope I'm being clear, Ihave done a ton of reading about this and it can get confusing.Thanks for any help....
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RE: Noob to Electric, question about A123
I think it would depend on the space you have available for the battery. If you can I'd make it 3S2P just for ease of use but maybe two separate batteries would work better in terms of space?
06-12-2009, 07:20 AM
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RE: Noob to Electric, question about A123
Not sure on the space yet, Iknow they have a battery extended kit for the rustler. I'm more worried about charging, Ithink Ican mod my way to get the packs to fit???? Thanks for the reply.
