LiPo battery pack (HP 35 etc.)

[Dieter]

(04-27-2018 11:33 PM)mdunn Wrote:  Sure enough...I didn't properly research NiCd characteristics, and assumed 1.25V was pretty much the maximum. Looks like a raw LiPo is fine after all.

Oh, I hadn't realized it was you who wrote that article. But yes, that's what I wanted to say: IMHO the LiPo cell alone would have done it.

But then...

(04-27-2018 11:33 PM)mdunn Wrote:  Oh well...it was a fun build.

:-)

(04-27-2018 11:33 PM)mdunn Wrote:  BTW, I haven't dug too deeply into LiPo either, but am told that charging to 4.1V instead of 4.2V will GREATLY extend its lifetime.

I don't know anything about LiPo batteries, but I wonder how you charge it. A dedicated LiPo-charger? How do you connect this to the battery?

Dieter