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Offline Toast

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Lipo alarm.
« on: September 06, 2010, 10:31:21 PM »
Anyone run a Lipo alarm? I know they're only a few bucks but just want some experienced insight.
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Re: Lipo alarm.
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2010, 10:36:22 PM »
Lipo alarms that are a few bucks usually have a fatal flaw. They go off as soon as a battery dips below 3.1v/cell (or whatever it's particular rated voltage is)... but readings of the voltage of a lipo while firing the gun regularly go under 3.0v/cell when firing, when the load is suddenly applied to the battery and then released, it returns to the higher resting voltage.

So you need a computerized alarm that will ignore sudden peaks/troughs and only read resting or rms voltage.

But, as long as you're running a computerized alarm, you may as well have a low voltage cutoff as well... and at that point, you should have spent as much money getting it set up as just getting a computerized extreme-fire mosfet with low voltage alarm and cutoff built in which vibrates the motor to alert you to it's condition.
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Re: Lipo alarm.
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2010, 06:38:10 AM »
Nope....never have. If my gun starts to drag down I change the battery. Never killed one yet.
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Re: Lipo alarm.
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2010, 07:57:28 AM »
Quote from: "oldgamefreak"
Nope....never have. If my gun starts to drag down I change the battery. Never killed one yet.

Same here.
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Re: Lipo alarm.
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2010, 11:50:20 AM »
Thanks guys, that's what I figured.
Wanted to double check.
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Re: Lipo alarm.
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2010, 09:10:42 PM »
what would the base price be for li pos what is the pros and cons should i do it?????
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