So I’ve got an apsuboard v5 with a 14s2p Samsung 20r battery and I found the same battery today from a different boards hop for a good price and thought if I can hook them up in parallel to theoretically double my range.
I’m just unsure if it will work out well since I already drove 250km on my current battery.
I would simply connect them via xt60 splitters and use the same charger as I’m doing now. Charging time will be double but that’s alright.
Do you have tips for me what I should look out for or if it’s even possible to hook up the new battery with an already used one.
New battery:
Any tips, guidance and experience is helpful as I’m pretty new to this except a couple bits I picked up in this forum
The easiest way to get both batteries to the same voltage is to charge one battery all the way to green, then charge the other battery with the same charger, all the way to green.
OK that sounds easily doable I think I can even get a voltmeter if that’s the name to check. I was just wondering what the white cable is for coming from the battery which isn’t connected to anything
OK last but not least my battery vendor said the are going to send me a small battery display for the charge. Does it matter if I hook it up to the charging port (red connector) or to the xt60 power output to the Esc. Or is there another way to hook it up. Referring to the pictures above
Thanks in advance and for all the help you already provided
If you’re going to leave it connected the whole time as a battery meter, you should have it connected downstream (on the ESC side, opposite the battery side) of the loopkey/antispark/whatever, so it’s only on and drawing any power when the board is powered up, so there will be no parasitic drain on the battery, and no chance of draining the battery by leaving the meter on by accident, for example.
Actually it’s a really good idea since I want it on the very front of the deck facing up while I’m riding, so that would mean less cable/cable management inside the deck.
I’m really stoked how fast and comprehensive information I get here.
Whoever created this forum, thank you so so much and of course everyone who answers to my Newby questions @admins@b264@frame@MysticalDork@nsteph