charging one battery at a time with the original charger is tedious.
anyone has recommendation for a multi charger?
multi charger for Zino
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76wdaniels
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Re: multi charger for Zino
The Skymax B6V2 gets alot of good reviews.
I've just bought the mini myself which charges a single battery at 1c in around an hour.
Waiting on parallel charging board to arrive so I can charge two at once
I've just bought the mini myself which charges a single battery at 1c in around an hour.
Waiting on parallel charging board to arrive so I can charge two at once
Re: multi charger for Zino
ok, do let us know whether the parallel charging board works76wdaniels wrote: ↑Sun Jan 20, 2019 1:00 amThe Skymax B6V2 gets alot of good reviews.
I've just bought the mini myself which charges a single battery at 1c in around an hour.
Waiting on parallel charging board to arrive so I can charge two at once
Re: multi charger for Zino
The B6 is only rated at 60W.
That means you need to reduce your charge to under 1C if charging 2 battery packs in parallel. (you need about 36W per pack at 1C)
You could probably get away with 5A rather than 6A.
However it's far better to just charge each individual pack as a unit.
I haven't opened one of the Hubsan batteries up yet, but there is something "strange" going on inside.
I personally wouldn't charge
two in parallel.
That means you need to reduce your charge to under 1C if charging 2 battery packs in parallel. (you need about 36W per pack at 1C)
You could probably get away with 5A rather than 6A.
However it's far better to just charge each individual pack as a unit.
I haven't opened one of the Hubsan batteries up yet, but there is something "strange" going on inside.
I personally wouldn't charge
two in parallel.
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76wdaniels
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Re: multi charger for Zino
Looks like i wont find out as due to Hubsan's continued disconnection problems my Zino has just flown off into the sunset.... literally
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jstremmler
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Re: multi charger for Zino
It is very simple...
Let's say you want to charge 4 batteries at a time. Then you can buy e.g this 200W LiHV charger from HK for $40 : https://hobbyking.com/en_us/isdt-q6-lite-200w-battery-charger.html?___store=en_us
And on top of that you simply buy a parallel charging board like this: https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobbyking-parallel-charging-board-for-6-packs-2-6s-xt-60.html?___store=en_us
Next you by 3 additional charging cables for the Zino Batteries and modify all charging cables with XT60 connectors like in the youtube video and then you can parallel charge and fine balance 4 batteries at a time.
I myself bought only one additional charging cable and modified that one and the one which came with the Zino with XT60 plugs. And then I bought this charger for $22: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/HTRC-Imax-B6-V2-80W-6A-RC-battery-Balance-Charger-LiIon-LiFe-NiCd-NiMH-High-LiHV/32904105308.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.26a14c4dJj3KuK
And now I can charge 2 batteries in parallel because I had the parallel charging board already in stock but no LiHV battery charger....
Let's say you want to charge 4 batteries at a time. Then you can buy e.g this 200W LiHV charger from HK for $40 : https://hobbyking.com/en_us/isdt-q6-lite-200w-battery-charger.html?___store=en_us
And on top of that you simply buy a parallel charging board like this: https://hobbyking.com/en_us/hobbyking-parallel-charging-board-for-6-packs-2-6s-xt-60.html?___store=en_us
Next you by 3 additional charging cables for the Zino Batteries and modify all charging cables with XT60 connectors like in the youtube video and then you can parallel charge and fine balance 4 batteries at a time.
I myself bought only one additional charging cable and modified that one and the one which came with the Zino with XT60 plugs. And then I bought this charger for $22: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/HTRC-Imax-B6-V2-80W-6A-RC-battery-Balance-Charger-LiIon-LiFe-NiCd-NiMH-High-LiHV/32904105308.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.26a14c4dJj3KuK
And now I can charge 2 batteries in parallel because I had the parallel charging board already in stock but no LiHV battery charger....