supertux1
Heliman
Location: Madison, WI
| Sometimes I'm not able to fly for several days (travel for work, bad weather, etc) and I don't want my batteries discharging overnight on me.
I'm also worried about overcharging them.
I've got Triton chargers which are good for the field, but they shut off when they're done, leaving the batteries to discharge until I go hit the button again. (Sometimes I forget, sometimes I'm not home...)
So I rigged up the following contraption:
I have all of my batteries wired into their original AC adapter 'brick' chargers which are connected to a big power-strip. The chargers don't have any integrated electronics and basically put out C/10, give or take, for what they're charging.
The power-strip is connected to one of those light-timers which applies power to the adapters for 1.5 hours on then 1.5 hours off. This cycle repeats all day long, all week long.
The timer is pretty sophisticated and can do all sorts of programs.
I just guessed at the %50 duty cycle. Is there a better way, say 8 hours on and 12 hours off, or anything like that? |
