I thought about this and even bought a 3 cell battery and balanced charger -
then I realised the dangers of LiPo and decided against it in favour of 10
2.5AH NiMH cells in a 5 over 5 holder. This fits in fine in place of the
lead acid, is a lot lighter and can be charged quite easily with minor
I think that dangers of protected Li-Ion batteries are way overblown. After
all, millions of laptops with those batteries fly every day with no problem.
The charging problems are overblown as well. What happens if the battery
life is 100 charges and not 500 when you need to charge every two
Hello Group,
I must say 'big thanks' to every one of you in answering my questions in this
mail reflector or privately off the list.
All of your answers are highly informative and give me the drive to learn
more. The beauty of this reflector is that I can be educated from quite a
number of
Hello Group,
3.7v 3300mAH Li-Po cells are cheaply available locally. Multifunction balance
intelligent chargers are cheap as well. I am seriously thinking of replacing
the lead acid cell inside the KBT2 with 3 x 3.7v Li-Po cells.
However, charging of the Li-Po cells requires multifunction
Johnny,
Take a look at my website article to see how I connected a SmartCharger
to the K2 internal battery.
See www.w3fpr.com.
True, the battery and charger are different, but the concept is the
same. The battery connection should be fused for safety.
73,
Don W3FPR
Johnny Siu wrote:
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