how to shock a lipo battery with out a fancy charger?

[Gmader1]

i have a very simple lipo battery charger i think my truck ran my battery to low so now my battery charger will not reconize my battery, i think i have to shock my battery to get it to come back, any tips on how to do this with oiut a fancy charger?

[indiana mudcat]

Does your charger have NiMh mode?

[Gmader1]

nope it surly does not just lipo charger with two ports one for 3 cell one for 2 cell lipo

[indiana mudcat]

Do you know someone that does. It doesn't take a fancy charger, most have a NiMh mode. You just need to bump it on NiMh for a minute or two.

[rcjunky3]

i recently left a lipo plugged in for about a month. i just hooked it up to my hyperion and let it sit idle for about half a day and the voltage slowly crept up. then i hit the charge button and all is good

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by Gmader1

nope it surly does not, just LiPO charger with two ports one for 3 cell one for 2 cell LiPO

I believe you are talking about balance ports, don't use them yet. Just start a charge as a 2S LiPO at "1C" for a few minutes. Stop the charge and then balance charge as a 3S (assuming you have a 3S LiPO pack).

[benoj]

i think what he means is the charger only has the 2 balance ports as thats how they charge the packs, i have 2 lipo chargers like that which came with a plane and a heli. you will need to find a nimh charger to bump it up a bit

[Gmader1]

Sooo i got it shock but i did it in a crazy sketch way! i took a 18v dewalt battery (from like a drill) ans held two peices of bailing wire on each terminal (+ and -) for like a second. Put it back on the charger and it started charging!

[Charlie-III]

Originally Posted by benoj

i think what he means is the charger only has the 2 balance ports as thats how they charge the packs, i have 2 lipo chargers like that which came with a plane and a heli. you will need to find a nimh charger to bump it up a bit

I believe I understood that, thus my comment to NOT use the balance port at first. The "pack plug" from the charger is all that is needed to get the minimum voltage up.

[phllint]

you can always use a welder as well. they work fantastic for lipos and every other kind of battery for matter.

[opek]

Originally Posted by Gmader1

Sooo i got it shock but i did it in a crazy sketch way! i took a 18v dewalt battery (from like a drill) ans held two peices of bailing wire on each terminal (+ and -) for like a second. Put it back on the charger and it started charging!

The packs will also rebound to a higher voltage over the next 12-24 hours or so, if you do nothing to them.

[ZippoMan]

Nice tips on lipo batteries. I am glad I have a charger that does NIMH too so no jumping with another battery for this guy.

[iamsuperbleeder]

Originally Posted by phllint

you can always use a welder as well. they work fantastic for lipos and every other kind of battery for matter.

wait, what?