Yeah bro, i use a 14 pin gx20 connector
The only thing I don’t like about it is that the pins are boardside, not plugside. Shorting the balance port is not fun. But I added some extra protection with a silicone cap that i had for my vape, it fit perfectly
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moon
July 5, 2020, 12:56am
#7513
Why not use female sockets there?
As far as i know, the gx plugs only come in this orientation with the male on the panel mount side, female on the plug
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moon
July 5, 2020, 12:59am
#7515
Ah ok. Shouldnt be impossible to find the right thing. Must exist
What charger did you buy
That looks like a problem you can fix with JB Weld
UP1200AC Plus. Its a beast. I got it from aliexpress
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Yeah, you don’t wanna be carting it around. But there’s nothing wrong with just using a brick charger while you are on the road, just make sure you don’t overcharge.
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moon
July 5, 2020, 1:14am
#7520
I’ll wait for this. Don’t want to blow up figuring this out myself.
Hurry up kook
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kook
July 5, 2020, 1:15am
#7521
i’m gunna need moar SSSS’s
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kook
July 5, 2020, 1:16am
#7522
…don’t fergit… I have your addy… I might just send you a “shit-stirrin” spoon
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kook
July 5, 2020, 1:24am
#7524
Hi dear builders,
I’d like to present you a project that took me few weeks of work.
The SmartCharger
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Origin
The project came from few statements :
On events we have all our own charger leading to a messy charge area and a car full of different chargers
We barely can’t borrow a charger to someone due to the difference of voltage/current/connector
Having different boards at home means differents chargers (6S, 10S, 12S). Money and mess.
I can’t pu…
EDIT: I’m building something similar
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lazopm
July 5, 2020, 1:55am
#7525
Does this look fine for my 12s3p pack? Nickel is 8mm x 0.15mm.
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Skyart
July 5, 2020, 2:02am
#7526
Looks great, make sure to spot weld one piece of nickel at a time, most welders have a hard time going through 2 pieces of nickel stacked
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moon
July 5, 2020, 2:09am
#7527
Not really? That post explains how you can use a balance charger like the d6 pro?
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kook
July 5, 2020, 2:11am
#7528
I meant my charger solution is going to be similar… but MOAR volts and amps… haven’t had the time to perv your link
A13XR3
July 5, 2020, 2:28am
#7529
Resistance is inverse add in parallel, no? So you should be seeing 1/ (1/.0221 + 1/.0221) which gives you 0.01105 ohm and with a voltage difference of .05/.01105 = 4.5A. Therefor, anything higher than a .25V delta seems to me to be unsafe.
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jkoljo
July 5, 2020, 2:31am
#7530
In this case you need to think about them as being in series. I can draw a pic when I get home in an hour.
Here is also a good link with pretty much the same equation I used: https://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/64509/different-batteries-connected-in-parallel
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A13XR3
July 5, 2020, 2:33am
#7531
I’m curious as to why that would be, but I didn’t watch the video a few back yet. Nbd I’ll work through the theory and math.