neilg.

walked out with a thunder power charger, dc power supply, soldering iron, connectors, 2 2200 batteries .

anyone know how to solder?

HeliG

Whatcha need neil?

firemanbill

LOL, sounds like my typical trip to the LHS!

neilg.

well, H.G. i gots some soldering to do. i can tin. i can do copper, but really never tried my hand at soldering connectors to new batteries. and i have to change new charger's aligator clips to banana clips to plug into dc power supply.

i did get some advice though. don't touch positive and negative leads together

firemanbill

main thing to remember is to only strip one battery wire at a time. Ensure the other wire is well protected and out of the way

neilg.

i got me one bad azz dc power supply now and balance charger. puts that thing that comes with blade400 to shame.


bill, youtube has a good video on connectors on lipos. first thing this guy does is to remove tape from both wires of lipo

SkunkyMagoo

Oh.....you mean you got something from e-flite that actually worked???

firemanbill

good deal! Chargers are one area that often gets overlooked, you can't beat a good charger. That is why I got the Cellpro 10s, expensive but well worth the price.

neilg.

yeah skunky, the wire connectors

HeliG

A soldering station (or "third hand") is worth it's weight in gold for good connections. I'd suggest going to Deans plugs as well. I'm really liking them - good solid connections - and idiot proof once they are soldered correctly.