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ISDT XT60 1-8S 40A Safe Parallel Charging Board PC-4860S
£34.99 Inc. VAT
The ISDT 4860 is a fusedย Parallel Charging Board with 4 XT60 output channels.
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ISDT have quickly become one of the leading RC battery charger manufacturers due to their innovative and high quality products. The PC-4860 Safe Parallel Adapter is another such product.
The 4860 will let you safely charge up to 4 batteries simultaneously at up to a massive 40amps input!
The quality of the board cannot be faulted. The case of the charging board is machined from a solid billet of aluminium and provides excellent protection and heat dissipation for the internal circuit board.
The board has been designed with safety in mind. The well designed balance port openings make it very difficult to accidentally plug in a balance lead backwards; should you manage to do so, the circuit board will protect itself, your batteries and your charger via 32, self-resetting fuses that not only protect the battery as a whole, but the individual cells as well.
As with all parallel charging boards, the advantage of having one if you use multiple batteries is significant. With the ISDT charge board you will be able to charge up to four batteries in the time it would take to charge just one.
The charge board is intended for use with XT60 connectors,ย however it can be used with other power plugs via available XT60 adapters.
- Model: PC-4860
- Name:ย Safe Parallel Board
- Max Input Current: 40A
- Max Output Current: 30A/Port
- Max Balance Current : 2A
- Balance Cells: 1s~8s
- Plug: XT60
- Balance Cable: 6Sโโ
- Size: 88x58x20mm
- Cable Length: 150mm
- Weight:ย 20g
Included:
- 1 x ย ISDT PC-4860 Safe Parallel Board
- 1 x ย XT60 Power Cable
- 1 x ย 6s Balance Cable
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Parallel Chargingย FAQ:ย What is it all about?ย Parallel LiPo charging allows you to charge more than one battery at the same time (with an appropriateย charger). The big advantage of parallel LiPo charging is it saves time. You can charge your entire collection of (same cell) LiPo batteries on one charge cycle. For example, if you charge four batteries, the charge current is four times of that you used for a single pack, and you need only approximately 1/4 of the charge time if you were to charge every battery separately.
Is parallel chargingย safe?ย It is as safe (or dangerous) as chargingย a single lithium battery pack, indeed manyย argue that it’s kinder and indeed saferย on your batteries than serial charging (one pack at a time). The drawback is if something were to go wrong during the charge cycle it could affect multiple packs;ย lithium battery chemistry is a volatile mixture –ย one battery setting on fire because of unsafe/improper charging is bad enough, never mind several batteries all hooked up in close proximity!ย Charging your LiPos, in fireproof containers and monitoring the process is therefore imperative.
Can I mix and match my batteries?ย Parallel charging will only work onย same cell countย batteries, but they can have different capacities (within reason). They can also be at different states of discharge – again within reason. It isnโt advisable to parallel charge a pack that was 5% discharged with one that was 80% discharged.ย As a rule of thumb, don’t charge batteries with more than aย 0.1 volt maximum difference. This for example would be very close to the voltage difference between a cell that is 80% discharged (around 3.75V) and cell that is in a 50% storage state (about 3.85V). The larger the voltage difference between packs hooked together in parallel, the greater the amount of current that flows between packs as they all equalise.
What voltage and charge rate should I set for parallel charge?ย Think of charging multiple packs in parallel as similar toย charging a single large capacity pack.ย The cut off voltage remains the same as that of your single pack since they are connected in parallel. The capacity becomes the sum of all your batteries. Because of thisย you can increase charge rate according to the total capacity.ย For example, if you charge one 3S (11.1 V) 2200 mAh LiPo battery at 1C, the charge parameters you set should be 3S (terminated at 12.6 V) and 2.2 A.ย For six of these packs, they should be 3S and 13.2 A (2.2 A ร 6 = 13.2 A).
Is my charger up to it? High power chargers are generally required, especially when charging multiple high voltage batteries, as the wattage requirementsย are typically high. For example, charging 6, 3S batteries at 13.2A will requireย 166.32 Watts, and that’s only at 1C. Hence justย because your chargerย might boast a maximum current of 10 amps or even 20 amps, if it doesnโt have the adequate power potential, it will never be able to provide that current to your battery during the whole battery charging process. As a consequence your overall battery charging time will be much longer than expected.
To summarise some general do’s and don’ts:
- Do not mix cell counts (i.e. do not try to charge a 3s and 4s pack together).
- Do ensure that all cells are within ~0.1V of each other before connecting.
- Do connect the main charge leads of the packs to the board before connecting the balance leads.
For further guidance, check out thisย helpful video.
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Our favourite ISDT products: Q8 Portable Charger, FD-200 Discharger, BattGO BG-8S Battery Tester, XT60 Safe Parallel Charge Board.
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