The battery used in ant awe 6

[lowtech]

I need to buy a good battery and I have my eyes set on the one used in ant awe 6, I am looking for that battery and a charger for it.

[harry hills]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

probavly a lipo then

[teamshock]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

Hi,

I built Ant Awe 6 and it uses a 180mAh, 2 cell Lipo. I got mine from http://www.micronradiocontrol.co.uk but they don't seem to have the exact one which I use any more but this is the nearest one to it which they sell. http://micronradiocontrol.co.uk/lipo_efl.html (the second one)

As for the charger I use the Blue Arrow 2S/3S LiPo Charger (150mA - 550mA) which can be found here http://micronradiocontrol.co.uk/charger.html

Hope this helps

[archie2000]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

some chargers require a power supply (12v around 4 ah) to charge

[lowtech]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

Thanks for that I have now found with that info a similar lipo
2 question
Last time I use a duracell 9v battery and I had to build a power supply for it
will I have to with 7.4v
Will this charger do for it
http://www.art-tech.com/english/Article ... icleID=163
http://www.rcgraveyard.co.uk/losi-micro ... s-94-p.asp

[razerdave]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

Slight issue is that charger has a MINIUM setting to charge at 0.3A (300mA), which is too high for your 180mA lipos. No battery should ever be charged at over their capacity rating.

I would personally recommend a Pro Peak Quattro Plus. I've been using the original for 4 years now, never have a problem. The plus has the advantage because it has a built in mains plug, mine has a seperate 12v power supply.

BTW, when you said you had to build a power supply for a 9V battery, I'm not sure I follow.

[lowtech]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

Thanks I mean 9 volts was a too high voltage for my servo. Is 7.4 volts going to break them seeing as most servos have a voltage rating of 4.4-6 volts

[harry hills]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

yep, you need a regulator

[razerdave]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

It depends what servo you're using. HPXF's are tolerant of 7.4v, so are ome of the larger servos. HS82-MG can handle it when its used for a weapon, no good for a drive, but as a rule, servos prefer 6v.

[lowtech]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

The problem for me is I don't have enough money for a fancy charger I just ask that anyone could give me suggestions as to the cheapest charger for that battery please. Would this do http://micronradiocontrol.co.uk/charger.html the blue arrow charger on this page and does it connect to a wall socket. Help would be great.

[harry hills]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

pro peak quattro plus. done.

[razerdave]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

I happen to have a JP charger and power supply (bit overkill for it, but meh) that I am willing to let you have for free, just to help get you started. Its been used but its all fine.

[lowtech]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

I am envious of your generosity but I have my mind set on buying the pro peak plus charger. However I am confused because I am not sure wether it will charge this http://www.rcgraveyard.co.uk/losi-micro ... s-94-p.asp and and if it has a wall plug.

[razerdave]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

The Pro-peak plus will do those batteries fine, but you may not be able to balance the cells, but TBH I've been using LIPOS for a while with that charger and no balancing, never had a problem.

[lowtech]

Re: The battery used in ant awe 6

I am glad to hear that but is the connector suitable