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I did a long road trip recently and decided to use a 300W inverter plugged into cigarette lighter socket to provide power to the usual 57W charger.
Worked fine and kept 4 battery packs and the remote controller fully charged throughout the trip.
I did notice some interesting observations after inadvertently disconnecting the inverter prior to the battery being fully charged. I observed the charging routine very closely afterwards and noted the following:
Usual charge times are 1hr & 10mins/20mins always.
Worked fine and kept 4 battery packs and the remote controller fully charged throughout the trip.
I did notice some interesting observations after inadvertently disconnecting the inverter prior to the battery being fully charged. I observed the charging routine very closely afterwards and noted the following:
Usual charge times are 1hr & 10mins/20mins always.
- I accidentally powered off after 40 minutes charging. Powered back on straight away. LED's on battery did not illuminate and battery did not charge any further.
- I then used that battery on the next flight. Battery at 100% charge and all cells same voltage.Worked fine and recharged fine.
- Started the inverter and battery continued charging and completed in usual time.
- Begin charging and inverter cooling fan starts - indicates high capacity electrical load.
- After 30'ish minutes inverter cooling fan stops - indicates reduced electrical load.
- LED's continue flashing till the usual recharge time is reached and then stop normally.
- Batteries should not be disconnected for any reason during the charging phase.
- Top up charging is "iffy".
- Battery appears fully charged after only 30 minutes.
- Battery technology is beyond my comprehension!
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