The big difference is that in the consumer products you refer to, the battery system employs onboard smarts; Essentially, every pack contains the circuitry/algorythmns to properly and safely charge Li-X at acceptable charge rates specified by the manufacturer. All the main operating device does is supply the appropriate DC voltage required (based on pack size).
Quoting Marta Zavala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sort of non topic, but with all the press about Li-Po charging/fires/etc, > how safe is charging stuff in your home like say your camcorder/notebook/etc. > I always worry now when plugging those things in to their chargers. > Walter > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Andrew Famiglietti > To: Soaring Exchange > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:03 AM > Subject: [RCSE] charging Li-po batteries > > > Since there are so many knowledgeable folks on this exchange I thought I'd > seek your advice. > I have an Alpha-4 battery charger and I'm wondering whether or not its > suitable to use for charging Li-po batteries. If so are there any precautions > > that should be taken or special technique that should be used. > > Andrew Simon Van Leeuwen PnP Systems - The E-Harness of Choice Radius Systems Cogito Ergo Zoom RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
