I have gone through the forum to find answer on which power adapter I will need for my BMS - unfortunately no clear answer to my questions.
My setup is 3x 3S 8000mah in series making it 9S. I know it isn’t a typical set up but it made more sense in terms of less individual batteries to mount, 5S would be to thick… 2S would have to be 4x - more space neded.
Anyway, my bms is 10s and I’m planing to connect only 9 cells. Here is BMS I’ve got
I saw 36 V on eBay with max 2A - would it be painfully slow charge ? I charge my iPhone with 2A and it takes an hour max. How long would it take on my batteries? Would it fry BMS ? On my BMS it says that charging ampers are up to 10A.
Here is example of a charger I found:
I’m only using bms for charging. Any advice would be amazing !
If u charge at 2A, it.means about 2ah can be put in the pack in an hour (at least in 3/4 of charging time)
So it might take almost 3-4hours.to fully charge depending.on how empty battery is and how.much time balancing.takes at the end of charging.
And yes, u might.need 33.3v unless bms can somehow burn off extra volts.
Im not.so good with bms charging.in such.situations but one option would.be to.get “lab power supply” where u can.adjust.voltage as needed, though it probably wont.be.portable.in end and would.loose.the.benefit.of.charging.through bms
Well I might go 10s to make things easier in terms of finding off the shelf charger 37V 2A or higher Amps. Do you think I could install in series 2x 3S and one 4S to make 10S?
I just got 3x 3S batteries and would want to make most of them rather than selling off all of them and getting let’s say 5x 2S.
You will need a charger with output of 4.2V x number of cells, so in your case 4.2V x 9 = 37.8V
BUT, problem is that eBay listings sometimes give you nominal voltages and sometimes output voltages. And on top of that, some use Li-Ion nominal (3.6V) and others Li-Po (3.7V). Ouch. I always look for the output voltage of the charger.
The one you listed is listed as Li-Ion 36V, which probably means it is actually 10S or 42V output. You don’t want that.
Theoretically, yes but I would make sure they are the same cells (mAh, manufacturer, C-rating, even size). Wrapped Li-Po packs are usually ohm-matched (cell internal resistance) and if you mix and match different cells you will end up with very uneven “pack”.
Both BesTech and SuPower (batterysupports) told me it is a no-issue. Guess 0V means “no cell” and not “empty cell” Well, if I think about it, not connected line would perhaps not even read 0V but some weird value so they have a way of knowing if a cell is connected.
Indeed, I’m thinking of getting 2s Zippy 8000mah and their 3S model 8000mah looks like it has exactly same C rating, even size, its just one cell less. Well I’ll give it a try, it will save me space of one battery, I’ll have 4 instead of 5.
Pretty sure IR will be different between 2S and 3S Lipo, even if it is the same brand, series, etc…
Don’t know if it will be a problem but others should be able to confirm that
