For those that built DIY chargers,how long did you or wish made cords

153stars · Feb 12, 2017

For those that built DIY chargers,how long did you or wish you made your battery cables. I have a 50' roll of menards monster clone 16 ga speaker wire and about 12' of 12ga. monster cable to power charger. 14ga. cig plug extension adapter cable & some small car battery charging clamps. I was thinking 3-4 feet. with XT30 connectors for the batteries

andrew.baker.142 · Feb 12, 2017

From charger to battery only about 3'. I keep the charger on a bench so don't need much cable length.

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Hefe33 · Feb 13, 2017

could I see a picture of the connector setups you guys are using?
I have a couple Ideas for myself... but I am interested in what you all are doing

andrew.baker.142 · Feb 13, 2017

Here is a photo that might help. I do have three of the Solo compatible charger cables made up so far..

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Hefe33 · Feb 13, 2017

Nice, I have that same HItec charger, I was thinking people were making their own battery ends without having to cut up an existing charger. One of my solos was bought off CL and didn't come with a charger. But, I have another solo from BB and I did the same as you with "deans connectors"
Thanks for the pic!

~Hefe

153stars · Feb 13, 2017

https://www.arrow.com/en/products/46437-1087/molex
They are sold out many places that offer personal quanities. What looks like a flat piece just shows that it could be mounted to a board it has very many pins. That you grind off after soldering.

fpvsteve · Feb 14, 2017

Make the cables as short as possible.
Mine are about 30cm (1ft)

TwinDad · Feb 14, 2017

Stupid question as I have not done the maiden on mine, but is there an internal chip that "balances" the battery or is it just one big single 5200 mAh battery? Looking at my charger and battery I see nothing but thought perhaps it was like the Traxxas ID batteries.

Dan

153stars · Feb 14, 2017

TwinDad said:
Stupid question as I have not done the maiden on mine, but is there an internal chip that "balances" the battery or is it just one big single 5200 mAh battery? Looking at my charger and battery I see nothing but thought perhaps it was like the Traxxas ID batteries. So many people have built do-it-yourself Chargers with a DC to DC Step Up or boost converter. You need to set them up at 16.8 volts output your choice up to 5.8 amps output. You could then feed them with your choice of a DC converter, cigarette lighter charger hooked up your car battery ect...

Dan

They are an entire smart battery. The Smart Board does the charging when supplied with 16.8 volts DC limited to just under 5.9 amps. It'll stop overcharging over discharging and finish the balancing at the end of the charge. Search DIY Chargers for 3dr solo batteries.

TwinDad · Feb 14, 2017

Thanks 153stars. Time to make some leads for my bench charger.

Hefe33 · Feb 14, 2017

would be nice to find some of those ends

tonyb · Feb 16, 2017

Does anyone know where to buy Molex - 46437-1087 with minimum order under 10 pcs?

www.chip1stop.com - out of stock, not sure if there is a minimum order required or not
www.arrow.com - minimum order is 525 and it's out of stock as well