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Tmaxxed

08-30-2014 05:02 PM

Lipo for leds

I want to buy a small 2 cell lipo to run all my lights on my G6. I use gens ace but I'm just wondering what a good size one will be to run my lights that won't go dead after a few runs. I plan on just plugging a lipo alarm into it. Thanks.

k7zpj

08-30-2014 05:52 PM

Re: Lipo for leds

Without knowing what you have for lights, its not possible to give you a recommendation on what battery to use. Unless you are running high amp lights you are probably better off just running a single battery and powering the lights off the RX.

Tmaxxed

08-30-2014 05:54 PM

Re: Lipo for leds

I'm running a 3 cell and I have the axial nvs that has to run on 2 cell. I have 9 leds on my rig.

k7zpj

08-30-2014 06:44 PM

Re: Lipo for leds

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tmaxxed (Post 4879636)

I'm running a 3 cell and I have the axial nvs that has to run on 2 cell. I have 9 leds on my rig.

A small battery pack like 600Mah to 800Mah 25C would power it for a long time. However, You probably would be better off getting a BEC to power the NVS and just run a single battery.

With a separate battery you may end up having to connect the black wires together to prevent strange issues with the NVS.

I am not a real fan of the NVS, I use the lighting controllers from HeyOk.
http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/vendo...one-place.html

Tmaxxed

08-30-2014 07:02 PM

Re: Lipo for leds

Quote:

Originally Posted by k7zpj (Post 4879672)

I do have a bec installed for my servo set to run at 6 volts. So could I could just plug them into the reciever now and it'd be fine?

TacoCrawler

08-30-2014 07:35 PM

Re: Lipo for leds

this wizard may be helpful in determining your LED voltage requirements and wiring necessary.

LED series parallel array wizard

Tmaxxed

08-30-2014 07:41 PM

Re: Lipo for leds

The instructions say not to go over 2s lipo so I'm assuming that I can just run it off my reciever since I have a bec set at 6 volts. Correct?

k7zpj

08-30-2014 08:37 PM

Re: Lipo for leds

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tmaxxed (Post 4879743)

The instructions say not to go over 2s lipo so I'm assuming that I can just run it off my reciever since I have a bec set at 6 volts. Correct?

You can give it a try, but it may cause glitching when the various LEDs turn on or off.

Tmaxxed

08-30-2014 09:03 PM

Re: Lipo for leds

I don't have any turn signals or anything hooked up. Just front and rear lights and roof light bar. So none are turning off and on. But I guess I'll just try it and see what happens.

m0nster

09-02-2014 12:08 PM

Re: Lipo for leds

I tested my light setup runtime the other day. I have 3 2" led strips with 3 12v led in each. it ran for 3 hours 35 minutes with a 450mah 3s gens ace battery. at that point the individual cells were about 3.6v on average. it very well may have ran longer

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