tom_pay
Member
Hi All,
A friend of mine has asked me to make up some rather large LiPo battery packs. I am familiar with LiPos, but I have only used pre-made packs, I have no clue how to make them from scratch. So I have a few questions.
The finished pack needs to be approximately 15Ah and operate at 35v. Because of the high capacity needed I thought that the LiPo cells would have to be connected in parallel and, because of the high voltage, in series. So there would be a few cells in parallel connected, in series, to other sets of parallel cells. Can this be done with LiPo cells?
Once the pack has been made, how does it have to be charged? Is it just a constant voltage until a certain voltage is reached?
Also, are there any special safety requirements for LiPos? From what Dr. Google has told me they seem pretty dangerous!
Thanks in advance,
Tom
A friend of mine has asked me to make up some rather large LiPo battery packs. I am familiar with LiPos, but I have only used pre-made packs, I have no clue how to make them from scratch. So I have a few questions.
The finished pack needs to be approximately 15Ah and operate at 35v. Because of the high capacity needed I thought that the LiPo cells would have to be connected in parallel and, because of the high voltage, in series. So there would be a few cells in parallel connected, in series, to other sets of parallel cells. Can this be done with LiPo cells?
Once the pack has been made, how does it have to be charged? Is it just a constant voltage until a certain voltage is reached?
Also, are there any special safety requirements for LiPos? From what Dr. Google has told me they seem pretty dangerous!
Thanks in advance,
Tom