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I am not going to fly my P2 for the next 2 -3 weeks. How do I discharge 3 fully charged batts for storage during this time?
thanks,
Eric
thanks,
Eric
mcmax20 said:Wire up a 12v female cigarette socket and stick a 5v usb charger in there, then use them to charge any of your other devices. You'll have to turn the battery on to make the power flow.
Side note: anyone with the 3 battery charging boards (i have one on the way), can you use them in reverse? Drawing power from the charging end or would there be too much amperage? I need to do some testing on this...
Is this really safe to do? Wouldn't it have a chance of burning out the motors? Sorry, I'm very naive about motors and such.npalen said:.....and if you can't fly just put some weight on the landing gear to hold the craft down and then power up. Put some power to it, with the props installed, and discharge the battery. Can do this indoors in a safe area.
The air from the props cools the motors but you can check the motors occasionally for heat. Don't have to run the motors full throttle constantly. Just be sure to put plenty of weight on the landing gear for safety.canadavenyc said:Is this really safe to do? Wouldn't it have a chance of burning out the motors? Sorry, I'm very naive about motors and such.npalen said:.....and if you can't fly just put some weight on the landing gear to hold the craft down and then power up. Put some power to it, with the props installed, and discharge the battery. Can do this indoors in a safe area.
genisis said:Very interesting topic, I never knew their was a requirement to partially discharge p2v batteries when not in use, here in Scotland there could be a few months in winter where drone could not be used, does anyone know long term storage of batteries