Interesting info on parallel charging....

[Steven Vaccaro]

Check it out.

http://sites.google.com/site/tjinguytech/charging-how-tos/parallel-charging

[Ub Hauled]

great find Steven...
I have been charging some of my packs in parallel but didn't think of some of the details described in the article.

[andym]

Well done Steve, you should see if you can put this in the Tips & Info tab

[jcald2000]

Steve, you should link his other pages or his home page as well. Easy to understand info.

[Bigbore]

This is the method I've been using to charge my 10S4P pack with iCharger 1010B+ @300W. This LiPo pack is made with 8 packs 5S 5000mAh and is on my mini e-scooter (street legal) and when I want to run my Titan 29" I take two Zippys at a time and run them 5S2P in the boat.

[Jeff Wohlt]

Are they saying you do not need to use the balancer? I do not see anything about it.

[ScarabChris]

How about charging two 5000 mAh 6s in parallel on a Thunder AC6 charger?

That charger gets pretty hot just charging one.

And then how would the individual cell voltage readout work?

[Jeff Wohlt]

Use 1C only but you can even go under that to be safe and just takes a bit longer.