Chargers for the h plus what your thinking looking for a good one

bear flaherty · Nov 14, 2018

Chargers for the h plus looking for a good one

Fan Tho Mass · Nov 14, 2018

Hello,

I would recommend you the DY5 from Yuneec. It is easy to use and provides much information about the condition of the battery.

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greeting
Fan Tho Mass

Ty Pilot · Nov 14, 2018

As @Fan Tho Mass has pointed out, the Yuneec DY5 is good charger for the H Plus. It is neat and compact and you don't have to fool around with charge and balance leads, as this is a dedicated charger. One thing I would add that some may want to think about is; would you want to have the ability to charge other batteries? A charger that has the ability to charge not only H Plus LiHv batteries but also the batteries for a regular Typhoon H and also the batteries for the ST-16 and ST-16s and any other type of battery, such as the one I use for my screen recorder, has come in handy

I purchased a Hitex X2-AC back in the day for my H and it is now doing double duty for the Plus. The down side of the older Hitec's is that when using an AC power source you can only charge at 50 watts per channel while on DC you can go to 100 watts per channel. Just to give you an idea of the difference the wattage makes - I have three batteries and if I want to charge all three, I can put two on the Hitec @ 50 watts each and the third goes into the stock charger. They all hit fully charge within minutes of each other at around 74 minutes. In the field I can charge from the car battery at fully charge a depleted battery in around 40 to 45 minutes.

If i were shopping for a charger today I think I might still go for this type of charger but I would make sure to get one that can do at least 70 to 100 watts per channel on AC.

PatR · Nov 14, 2018

The price for a quality charger rises quickly in that category[emoji6]

bear flaherty · Nov 14, 2018

Thanks

Ty Pilot · Nov 14, 2018

PatR said:
The price for a quality charger rises quickly in that category[emoji6]

Yeah, I saw the X2 AC Pro2 can now do 200 watts total on AC and 300 on DC but for almost double what I paid @ 199.00

Eagle's Eye Video · Nov 14, 2018

I will second @Ty Pilot's recommendation... the one other factor that needs be mentioned is that the HiTech charger not only gives you the storage charge features of the DY-5, it will also easily give you direct measurement of IR readings... crucial to closely monitoring the health of your batteries. At a $179 a pop for the Plus batteries, that additional level of monitoring will financially offset the higher initial investment.

Thomas111 · Nov 14, 2018

Eagle's Eye Video said:
I will second @Ty Pilot's recommendation... the one other factor that needs be mentioned is that the HiTech charger not only gives you the storage charge features of the DY-5, it will also easily give you direct measurement of IR readings... crucial to closely monitoring the health of your batteries. At a $179 a pop for the Plus batteries, that additional level of monitoring will financially offset the higher initial investment.

I bought mine from copter.eu when I purchased my H and Goggles only €89,90 EURO

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Fan Tho Mass · Nov 14, 2018

Thomas111 said:
I bought mine from copter.eu when I purchased my H and Goggles only €89,90 EURO

copter.eu - The YUNEEC Experts

Attention: This is the DY3 for the Typhoon H! It is NOT compatible with Typhoon H + batteries

- Typhoon H = DY3 charger
- Typhoon H + = DY5 charger

Please pay attention.

greeting
Fan Tho Mass

mbernholdt · Nov 16, 2018

I can only recommend the DY5 as Fan Tho Mass. It charges the batteries in about 75 minutes from 25% I had it with me on job today and easily kept me flying all day on 3 batteries only. It is a good affordable charger [emoji16]

BigAl07 · Nov 16, 2018

Well I just ordered the DY5 for my H520 batteries.. I hope y'all are happy LOL!

Thanks for the information

Solo6796 · Nov 24, 2018

Here is my setup. Can charge anything.

pixelzombie · Nov 25, 2018

Solo6796 said:
Here is my setup. Can charge anything.

Do you have to buy the connectors separately?

Solo6796 · Nov 25, 2018

Yes. Found them on amazon.

BigAl07 · Nov 27, 2018

The DY5 for my H520 batteries arrived very quick and is a breeze to use. So far (just about 2 dozen charges on it with 3 batteries total) I'm really liking it. I used the STORAGE mode last night for 2 of the batteries because the weather has turned foul and I won't be flying for several days now. I would much rather burn em with flying but when you can't you just can't.

TurboDad81 · Nov 28, 2018

Solo6796 said:
Here is my setup. Can charge anything.

I found some connectors on Amazon that look just like yours. All of the responses say it's not compatible with the plus though. Are they the same plug or different? If they're different, do you have a link?