FMS battery - LIPO Battery 2S 7.4V 380mAh without PCM

[WPLGOODIE]

Hi Everyone -

I have a FMS FCX24. It comes with this kind of battery -

LIPO Battery 2S 7.4V 380mAh without PCM​

I was wondering what the best way to charge these batteries and to also store them. Right now I have them in a LiPo Guard fire retardant bag/container.

I'm not sure for these batteries if I can charge them on my computer via the USB connector they come with, or if I can use a power cube I got with my iPhone.

Thanks all!

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

Store them as you are, at storage voltage, as you would with any other lipo. Assuming your using the charger that came with it, you'd be fine to charge off of your laptop. The cube that comes with your phone is of a higher output than necessary but the charger will regulate it.

That being said, the supplied charger is of very poor quality and I'd advise you not to use it at all. It does a very poor job of balancing the cells to the point I would consider it dangerous. I'd advise using a standard lipo charger instead.

 

[Tunedfrog]

My chargers that came with my scx24s went directly to the garbage.
Poor thinking on their part in my opinion.
I use my Lipo charger.

 

[WPLGOODIE]

I have a dynamite Prophet Sport mini, would I use that and charge at 1 amp?

Thanks!

 

[Mrgoodwrench35]

I have a dynamite Prophet Sport mini, would I use that and charge at 1 amp?

Thanks!

That charger is a much better option. I would charge those batteries at .3 to .4 amps.

 

[tntpoof]

A 1 C charge is normal 1 amp would be more like 2.2 C ..or a .35 or even .50 amp charge would be safer.NOT fond of doing more than a 1c charge.just dangerous in my world...

 

[WickedFog]

You would need a LiPo battery charger that can charge multiple cell batteries. There are cheap chargers out there by SkyRC, Protek, HiTec, etc that will do just fine. If you plan on getting, or currently own bigger RC cars, I would suggest you get the Hota D6 Pro. It has XT60 connectors on it.

You would also need adapter cables to fit your charger and battery. For the Hota, you would need an XT60 to Molex 51005-2P connector. You woild have to solder these up, or have a hobby shop solder them up for you.

So here is the parts list:
Amass 10 Pair XT60 XT-60 Male Female Bullet Connectors Power Plugs with Heat Shrink for RC Lipo Battery … https://a.co/d/0oUkz7q

OliYin 10pairs 1S 2 pin Molex 51005 51006 2.0mm Pitch Chage Cable Male and Female Lead Plug Connector for 1S Lipo Battery Charging Drone Syma https://a.co/d/izKXRUv

If you were to get a different charger that has different connectors, you would need to swap out the XT60 connector for whatever the charger uses.

 

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[J’sCrawler]

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[22SSragtop]

The 2s 380 lipos that came with my fcx24 power wagon have a sensor wire, so I charged them on my d300 with a adapter for the plug and with the sense plugged in at .3 amps. works great. The adapter is one of the many headed into 1 that for small batterys like this with lower current ratings work really well. Have yet to find a battery that I could not charge with it. I use a much better quality 1 to 1 adapter that comes with the D300 for all my larger batteries.

 

[WickedFog]

The 2s 380 lipos that came with my fcx24 power wagon have a sensor wire

That is called the balance cable

The adapter is one of the many headed into 1 that for small batterys like this with lower current ratings work really well.

That is called a squid

For future reference

 

[22SSragtop]

That is called the balance cable

That is called a squid

For future reference

Yeah I new the balance cable name... it just escaped me while I was typing... thanks.