Batteries

[Stephen1988]

A discussion that has been had many times before but now after several years has anyone experienced damage due to this. The low battery warning or different charger type is of no concern as I always land with 50 percent battery remaining. I use either h480 batteries on h plus h520 or vice versa depending on what’s charged. Yuneec don’t recommend h480 batteries for the h plus or h520 but there also the ones trying to sell u the more expensive batteries. Any opinion welcome

 

[DoomMeister]

I use both in the H480 and have flown the H+ with both.

The only issue I have seen using the H480 LiPo packs with the H+ is that the low battery warning will be reached prematurely and you have to keep aborting the low battery RTH while there is plenty power left in the pack.

The opposite issue occurs when using H+ (LiHV) packs on the H480. You can cause damage to the packs if you fly them to the 2nd low battery warning on the H480.

With your very conservative approach of flying to 50% you should never encounter any issues.

 

[Stephen1988]

I use both in the H480 and have flown the H+ with both.

The only issue I have seen using the H480 LiPo packs with the H+ is that the low battery warning will be reached prematurely and you have to keep aborting the low battery RTH while there is plenty power left in the pack.

The opposite issue occurs when using H+ (LiHV) packs on the H480. You can cause damage to the packs if you fly them to the 2nd low battery warning on the H480.

With your very conservative approach of flying to 50% you should never encounter any issues.

Much appreciated for the input , my storage charger takes them the 50 percent, that’s the dy3 or dy5 yuneec dule charger. Stopping at 50 still gives plenty of flying and if u charge 5 or 6 batteries b4 flying it’s more than adequate for a bit of fun. Also saves reattaching them to the charger for storage when they are so simple to swap out . Maybe the storage charger would still be beneficial to balance the cells

 

[DoomMeister]

Much appreciated for the input , my storage charger takes them the 50 percent, that’s the dy3 or dy5 yuneec dule charger. Stopping at 50 still gives plenty of flying and if u charge 5 or 6 batteries b4 flying it’s more than adequate for a bit of fun. Also saves reattaching them to the charger for storage when they are so simple to swap out . Maybe the storage charger would still be beneficial to balance the cells

I’m not sure if those chargers balance charge when set to do a storage charge. I have seen very few chargers that do. Most require you to do a full charge with balancing. That is part of the reason for having a fully charged pack when starting a flight. It is also good to have a charger that can do a reliable internal resistance check and monitor each pack over time.

Using fully charged packs and flying to approximately 50% puts minimum stress on the packs and makes storage charging fast as they are near that point already.

 

[Stephen1988]

I’m not sure if those chargers balance charge when set to do a storage charge. I have seen very few chargers that do. Most require you to do a full charge with balancing. That is part of the reason for having a fully charged pack when starting a flight. It is also good to have a charger that can do a reliable internal resistance check and monitor each pack over time.

Using fully charged packs and flying to approximately 50% puts minimum stress on the packs and makes storage charging fast as they are near that point already.
I didn’t realise this, I must have just assumed it balanced the cells to storage charge. Cheers for info