1s Lipo charging trick

[@AddictedQuadroner]

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[@TweetFPV]

Thank you for the kind words. I really appreciate it! I have no idea why my sub and watch counts are so low. But I'll bere here grinding it out. If you want to support me there are a bunch of ways over at my website www.tweetfpv.com

[@AddictedQuadroner]

@@TweetFPV - oh no! There is no Pyrodrone affiliate link in there :( I buy all my stuff from their shop (I am in Canada, and I receive stuff from them in 1-2 days only, which I love). I just ordered Dji goggles v2 and Cidora SL5 v2.1, I wish I could have done that through your affiliate links. Now, I am in a process of getting myself some straps, prop nuts, ViFly Finder Buzzer v2, and the LiPo charger, but waiting for tomorrow to place my order.

[@TweetFPV]

Yea pyro doesn't do many aff accounts.

[@ficosk8]

I love all my HOTA chargers but it bothers me when I try to charge my small 2s batteries or the bigger Spektrum one without balance leads. But it seems to work with 1S. I´ll get one of those boards if I need many batteries for my indoor flyer(s)

[@diggsit69]

can you tell me when you’re hooking up multiple 1S batteries to the parallel board do you count each battery as one cell so if you had two or three batteries would it be 2 cell or 3 cell on the charger setting? or do you just leave it at 1S battery when you put your calculations in the charger, and if it’s like 450 MAH for each battery do you add all three together so you have 1350 MAH and then come up with the amperage of 1.3 A , if that’s correct and if I’m right let me know ,thank you!

[@TweetFPV]

It depends on which type of board you are charging with. There are parallel board and series boards. If it's parallel then treat it as 1s and just add the capacity. If it's series then each pack is a new cell so add the cells and keep the capasity the same as one cell.

[@HciContractor]

That's a great question! I was hoping I could charge two or three at a time.

[@HciContractor]

@@TweetFPV the plot thickens.... but that makes perfect sense. I didn't think I would have to add the mah together but it makes sense. Thanks brother man!

[@diggsit69]

@@HciContractor like I said if your parallel board is charging 1s 🔋 you charge on 1s at 3.8 V an just add the MAh for each battery total, so if the Lipo is 520 mAH an you have 3 battery’s then it would be approx 1560 mAH that can Charge 1.5 A or lower is best!

[@herbertplatzer2172]

i know the video is old but i still have some question. With this method you charge paralell or serial? Don't you need to change from 1s to 2 or 3s depence on whow much batteries you connected? I charge my 1s with a 3s balance charging cable, but sometimes i get error. If this method is more safe then i switch over. Thanks again.

[@TweetFPV]

With this method you are charging in parallel so 1s voltage and the capasity is to total capasity of all the batteries added together.

[@HciContractor]

@@TweetFPV thank you 🙏🏼

[@thaddeusj83]

good to know. i bought the charging board that runs off a xt 60 and gives read out. so i just watched my voltage on the channel as soon as it hit 3.85 i pull em off for storage.

[@paulm1606]

Sub'd after finding this useful video even years later glad i come across this looking for a 1s storage charge solution great vid thanks !!

[@TweetFPV]

Much appreciated!

[@MCsCreations]

Dude, you just saved 4 1s batteries of mine. Thanks a lot! 😃 I have a cable I made a while ago to connect 1s cells in series to discharge them, but it was for those old and small connectors... I don't have PH2.0 connectors to make something like that to discharge those 4 cells. BUT, because of your video, I remembered I have a 1s to 3s parallel board! And I didn't even needed to make the little cable, because it already came with it! 😃 (But it's a bit different, it has 2 PH2.0 connectors, the board already has the place to connect it.) 😃

[@jaysmith4394]

It must be possible to make an adapter where you can put 6 1s batteries in series with a balance lead. Making a 6s pack. that way I can charge 12 1s batteries at once?

[@jibbajabba4597]

Jay Smith there is, just look at how a, say 3s is wired up and instead of where the cells are, put ph2 connectors on. The only drawback is if the cells are not close, the charger will spend ages trying to balance them rather than charging them (depending on the charger of course) so it's often better to use one of those multi charging boards that come with the whoops, charge the batteries up then discharge them to storage state with the multi-cable.

[@jaysmith4394]

I assumed it would just try to get them all to the target voltage before balancing. Hmm, ok. I guess it's better to just use a 1s charger.

[@jibbajabba4597]

Jay Smith don't quote me on this but judging by how my charger behaves, as soon as the first cell hits the target voltage, it stops fast charging and then tries to balance the cells by discharging the high cell and a back and forth process, this is where the time goes, we fly indoor and found it quicker during slots to use those six way chargers to charge six cells than use the bigger charger and make it think it was a 6s 500mAh battery.

[@jmanEOS17]

Thanks for this! Moving up from a Tinyhawk II Freestyle to a 5" and was wondering how to use my new hobby grade charger on my pile of little 1s batteries.

[@jimevans1809]

If your balance board is running the plugs in parallel, why do you need a balance connector? I’ve never needed one. Maybe this is a quirk of that particular charger?

[@TweetFPV]

Yea you most likely do not need the balance plug connected to the charger with 1s packs.

[@bencrawshaw1227]

I've got 2 s that is currently behaving like an overcharged 1 s it won't charge the other cell. My balance charger won't charge the dead cell . It just gives me a low voltage warning. What do I do about that.

[@TweetFPV]

Discard the pack. One cell is damaged. Or the wiring of that one cell is damaged.

[@jackjohnson5024]

Thanks for the awesome video! I was about to make 6 xt30 to pH2.0 adapters but I tried this instead and it works perfectly.

[@TweetFPV]

Glad I was able to save you some time and effort!

[@marcoguada42]

Are both side connected or do I need two cables :)? This is so helpfull thanks for your tips

[@TweetFPV]

Just one cable. All the xt30/60 ports on a parallel board are connected to eachother.

[@hobiepaulo]

Thank you for this video. I have been searching for days to understand how to use that board to storage charge 6 1s lipos with my htrc t240 duo.

[@etab83]

Great video. What if I replaced the ph2.0 conector with a xt30 connectors on all the batteries?

[@thaddeusj83]

then you would have xt 30s on all your batterys lol

[@TweetFPV]

Then you would just charge them all through the xt30 plugs. Same concept and you wouldn't need this jumper.

[@GiffysChannel]

I just bought the Meteor65. I don't know how I feel yet about adopting the new plug. It's awesome and the performance for a 1s is great but there are no balance boards and batteries need to be modded if I don't buy straight from BetaFPV. PS. LOVE the heatshrink pliers trick!!

[@TweetFPV]

Yea not too sure about the new connector. Yes it's certainly better then the ph2.0 but untill it gets adopted by more companies I'll just stick with the ph2.0

[@jankyfpv4081]

I just bought the 2 packs of 5 males and females. Just gonna use all the extra male ph2.0s I cut off the batteries for one side of the adapters, and the extra females I got are going on the other ends. So I'll end up with 9 females to make adapters. I hope the giveaway plugs come too. It said they were gonna be included

[@parsissn]

Would this work for very large 1s packs? I have a fleet of 100Ah (yes 100Ah) packs that are all 1s Li-Ion (3.7v working, 4.2v max charge, 3.2 minimum). I'm looking for a better way to charge them. They can handle up to 1.0c charge rate.

[@TweetFPV]

Yes it would be the same. Just be sure you adhere to all the usual parallel charging safety procedures.

[@Epillon]

Do you sell any of those cables? I'm having this exact issue with my balance boards and it's so frustrating. Ingenious.

[@TweetFPV]

No, I don't sell them but I probably should. You aren't the first to request one. I'll probably build up a few and put them on my etsy store.

[@Epillon]

@@TweetFPV you seriously should mate. I don't trust my knowledge/skills to make one of these and I can't find one on the internet anywhere!

[@Epillon]

@@TweetFPV I'm ready to buy 4 of them if you want to make a quick buck

[@TweetFPV]

Ok I'll make some and put them on etsy.

[@TweetFPV]

@@Epillon I have the stuff to make one. Do you need xt30 or xt60. Email me at [e-mail]

[@M.TTT.]

I have a cable for 1s batteries that makes the charger think it's a 6s

[@BlakeT87]

Do you not need a 2S balance to XT30 for each set of balance leads on the balance board?

[@TweetFPV]

No, because all the balance pins are connected to the same on in line with it. So all the ground pins are connected to each other and all the first cell positive voltage pins are connected. So only one jumper lead is needed because they are all electrically the same. I hope that answers your question.

[@BlakeT87]

TweetFPV thank you! I went back and watched the beginning when you explained that all pins were connected in sequential order, so that answered my question :) thank you! I’m trying to find a good solution for 2S batteries with PH2.0 connection for TinyHawk 2. I have an ISDT 608AC and I’ll be getting a 2S-6S balance board in early May (damn amazon)... any suggestions?

[@TweetFPV]

Hmm. I guess that would work the same way but don't connect the 2 pin connector to the parallel board. You will want to connect the 3 pin balance plug to the board. This becomes a little sketchier since now you are dealing with multi cell packs unlike the 1s packs where there are no additional cells to balance. With that then you would need to get a 4s balance lead to feed the pack voltage back to the chargers xt60 port This is assuming that you were going to occupy all you parallel spots with the emax 2s packs and that you are using a parallel board like the one i used in the video.

[@urodinofpv3313]

Great video for charging 1s lipowith PH2. How would you recommend charging a 1s lipo with an XT30?

[@TweetFPV]

There are a few different ways to change your 1s xt30 packs. Some chargers support in balanced charging with just the main discharge lead. So just a xt30 to xt60 adapter. Another way is to do basically what I did in this video. The xt30 will take the board voltage to the balance lead to satisfy the charger and just plug in all you xt30 1s packs keeping in mind the normal parallel charging safety precautions.

[@chazecramer5997]

i have some 600mah 1s lipos but with xt30 would this work with them

[@TweetFPV]

yea, should be pretty much be same concept.

[@jamiemonkey1362]

Nice video. I find it amazing that it seems no company seems to make a 1s multi-charger that balance charges as well. I looked and looked earlier this year and there was nothing. Some company could shit loads of money if they did.

[@diggsit69]

My other question was I got a parallel board and it came with a jumper cable but they only specify when you’re charging multiple 1S batteries you need the jumper cable. but if you’re charging 2S or 3S batteries or higher you got to take the jumper cable off the charging board. I learned this the hard way by trying to charge 2S batteries with the jumper cable plug in and the Board started to smell an smoked and it burned out the 1S charging port on the parallel board, and they don’t give any information or instructions on the parallel board or how to use it correctly other than that you need the jumper cable to charge multiple 🔋! The dangerous part of buying this junk from China is even with some boards having some ports soldered in reverse polarization as well!

[@danman7665]

That’s pretty smart, I use a 6s balance connector that I put 6 ph2 connectors on the other end so my charger thinks it’s a 450mah 6s battery but its 6 individual batteries. This is smarter if you already have an balance board that does 1s

[@jankyfpv4081]

I don't just want one. I need one

[@dansurf828]

Hi bit of a stretch but I do kina need one.

[@clivewhitworth4755]

absolutely invaluable... what is patreon! (rhetorical, i'll figure it out) I am just a dad trying to get his cyber 'addicted' son excited by something a little more outdoorsy so am figuring out the hardware to keep a tinyhawk in the air. Thank you!

[@TweetFPV]

😂 Good luck! Fpv is a incredible hobby, also a good way to ensure you don't have any spare cash. Feel free to ask any questions you have.

[@clivewhitworth4755]

@@TweetFPV i got the wrong plug to go into the centre socket, so just soldered the 2s balance plug directly to input terminals and let it hang when not in use. Works really well, charged 6 1s' at 4 amps which seemed to work.

[@MrMilio]

Why just dont build a serial charging adapter and charge your 3 450mAh 1S as a 3S 450mAh? It balances your single cells and you can also storage charge them.

[@DriftFPV]

Wow . Nice tip

[@pierstaylor7780]

Thank you, what a great video. Thanks for doing this

[@shrekshrek1881]

Careful though, you could easily run too much current and burn through the traces on the board.

[@10jack01o]

The traces would handle 2amps though I'm sure. that's 6 in parallel

[@akowalo]

hey, nice vid. i need one. i know it's 1 year leater but meybe still a chance :)

[@TweetFPV]

No, not really 😂 but thanks for watching!

[@FlyturboKwad]

I want one of those, am I to late?

[@TweetFPV]

Yea just a little. It's an easy job to make one.

[@ficosk8]

Awesome video!

[@TweetFPV]

Thanks!

[@jlarson42]

Very informative and helpful video. Thanks. 🤓

[@TweetFPV]

Thanks for watching!

[@Ejazz09]

Hi great video I was wondering could you send me one of those I could use it thanks.

[@TweetFPV]

Sorry, I don't have any more of these but they are easy to build.

[@ToshIsBack]

Nice video you seem very nice!

[@TweetFPV]

Thank you.

[@ficosk8]

Coming here again xD :D

[@tshirtfactory07]

Thanks man! Super helpful

[@TweetFPV]

No problem!

[@иньянь-е8м]

Спасибо за информацию . Было очень интересно узнать как заряжать 1s аккумулятор .

[@gman1185]

Great tip!

[@TweetFPV]

Thanks for watching!

[@novcon]

Gimmie, Gimmie

[@TweetFPV]

email me at [e-mail] and ill send it to you.

[@TweetFPV]

Thanks for watching, please consider subscribing!

[@rbmwiv]

Great to know. Thanks that helps a lot.

[@TweetFPV]

Thansk for watching

[@johndaniels3889]

Brilliant thanks

[@ficosk8]

Nice!!

[@AddictedQuadroner]

I love this charger, the only thing that annoys me a little bit (which of course is not that important anyway, the most important is that this charger works amazing)... that slow screen refresh rate, almost like old video cards trying to cope with some heavy gfx video game... ​ Almost every single screen works in similar ways, but most of other chargers deal with higher refresh rate, which for human eye is of course always more pleasant. D6 Pro has really slow refresh rate, it's totally noticeable. Here is the slowed down animated GIF made from the part of your video. Pay special attention to the part when blue page starts loading: i.imgur.com/ttJqHUT.mp4

[@TweetFPV]

Wow it's really noticeable!