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CloFan
Nov 6, 2004

That is correct, they are LiHV. I think Dom is saying make sure to change that setting when charging your 2S or other "normal" lipos

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CloFan
Nov 6, 2004

I didn't jump on cause DreadLlama was giving good and correct info!

Personally, the USB multi charger that came with the Tinyhawk is perfectly fine for the HV batts. A lot of the more general big wattage chargers won't even do a 1S, since it won't charge over the balance connection and there wouldn't be anything connected to the main XT60 output. Or the opposite, if there's no balance cable = no charge, at least on the IDST I have. You'll still want that for your headset and possibly transmitter, if it has a rechargeable.

CloFan
Nov 6, 2004

DreadLlama posted:


If it were me, I would spend $10 on JST-PH 2.0 pigtails: https://www.amazon.ca/Upgraded-Connector-Battery-Inductrix-Eachine/dp/B07NWD5NTN, $8 on XT60 pigtails https://www.amazon.ca/Female-Connector-Adapter-Silicone-Accessory/dp/B0CD397T4V, and $10 on marrettes https://www.amazon.ca/Lever-Connectors-Assemblable-Compact-Conductor/dp/B09TPB66K2. (I'm assuming you don't have a soldering iron). Connect the connector that definitely fits in the charger to the connector that definitely fits on the battery. Red to red and black to black.



This would add a lot of weight, the TH doesn't have much payload capacity. Keep the JSTs, they are much lighter than XT30

CloFan
Nov 6, 2004

Hm, makes me wonder if I just missed a setting when trying it. I ended up building a harness that treats 6 1S batts as a single 6S so that I could charge faster

CloFan
Nov 6, 2004

DreadLlama posted:

Thank gently caress, smart people have shown up.

Oops. I was ambiguous. I meant between the charger's xt60 port and the battery's JST PH, not making any additions to the drone.

Now I have a question: I found this:https://www.amazon.ca/Tongina-Balance-Charger-Discharger-Connector/dp/B08TW6J527. So I read this: https://oscarliang.com/parallel-charging-multiple-lipo/. And I noticed that the article was written in December 14, and Oscar Liang is still alive. It's a parallel charge board. It has the correct connectors on both ends, and nobody's making you use it for parallel charging. But if you could. And you probably would, eventually. Would you recommend it to someone?

Ah, maybe we're all bad at reading comprehension this week! That's exactly what I built, basically a 1S parallel charge board. in fact I thought I used an Oscar Liang guide but can't seem to find it, maybe it was just a post on his forums somewhere.

Parallel charging is safe if you are smart about it. If you battery Ohms aren't close to matching, I wouldn't try it. But one of the bigger fpv people, Joshua Bardwell, sells his own line of parallel boards that are at least a little more quality than the no-name ones.. although his are pretty expensive by comparison.

I had stopped parallel charging altogether to save my battery health and so that I wouldn't have to watch or monitor as closely while charging, opted for using two chargers and having enough batteries to last however long I wanted to fly. I wanted to get one of those dual-output chargers but never got around it to. Unfortunately, it has been about 3 years since I've flown and hmm... That just happens to match up to my kid's age..

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