Beginners guide to charging LiPo batteries + parallel charging 

I can't stress how thankful I am for your videos. They've really helped me along the way. Even with becoming comfortable with soldering on boards. I appreciate the help and knowledge!

Thank you so much! I am a beginner looking to get into the hobby and this is exactly what I was looking for.

Haha stew you crack me up.. great vids and nice chop stick! I been wondering how many of those you go through, and strangely enough I feel satisfied now haha, happy flying!

I got into fpv because of your channel. got a 5 in racer and a set of goggles. I'm having so much fun and I keep coming back for videos like this. my board just came in and I'm watching this to know what I'm doing. thank u so much for this channel. super informative and helpful. Currently my favorite

I'm a complete noob in the drone/fpv hobby and I appreciate your videos and the info you provide! (I do read the comments too!) Keep up the the good work Stew, and thank you!! I've been more inspired to get into the hobby because of your videos than any others on RU-vid!!

Great info im using a bunch of chargers for my lipos so your vid has helped me out big time!

Hey Stew, thanks for this video mate, certainly gonna help me when i start buying and charging 3-4s batteries. Glad I watched till the end! You are such a funny guy!

This was a great little refresher from being away from the hobby for much too long. I got a good chuckle when you brought up the chop stick and laughed my ass of when you started giving specs :)

Even on a screwed up day I cant hold myself when you start your video with your typical awesome Aussie welcome ..😄👍 best regards from Germany

Thank you. I have watched a stack of vids on this and good lord, it feels like no one can just say what the heck to do in plain English. This vid made it plain enough that even I could understand. Oh also, it was your $100 builds that got me interested on race drones, rather than the camera drones I was flying. Thanks again!

Wooden chop sticks tap at a lower frequency than the plastic ones for less interference and a warmer feel. You made me smile, thanks a lot.

Thanks buddy! this video really helped! I love your channel! I just got into FPV, flew my 1st race drone the other day after training with the DRL simulator! It was the most awesome experience ever, got my self a QQ190, its a beast! thanks again! keep posting! ur killing it!

Enjoying your channel! I have grown up with those chopsticks! They have always been "the" preferred chopsticks over the fancy lacquer or plastic ones in our household for 50 years. Way better grip on your food! They also are just handy around the house for all purposes as you know!

Such a quick and precise video! Thanks for the upload :)

Great info, thanks alot...looks like I'll be doing some parallel charging from now on!

Been watching your videos .and I'm now buying all the parts to build a quadcopter. Thanks man your videos are awesome and really helped me understand this stuff. Thanks !

fantastic stuff as always. particularly enjoyed the chopstick review! 😁

This is one of the most helpful videos out there. Thank you!

This helped so much!!!. Im just getting more batteries and beginning to need a multi charger. Grreat video Stew!!!

Great videos and well explained!! can't wait till I can afford my first drone. Thank you for your videos!!

Thank you so much for the info. I just bought some and didn't know anything about them.

Best class I have seen about charging batteries. Thanks!

Nice to see someone doing this. Well done! 😃

Thanks, mate! Nice video and very professionally done!

Can’t believe that getting into RC would open up a whole new world of unknown basics like lipo charging and frequencies and what not 🙂 thanks for the quick guide! Was very helpful. Found they ship the batteries uncharged for safety reasons

You made this so long ago, But its still helping many like myself. Your a legend mate. Thanks from Pete.

Thanks , very well and detail explanation. Good job

Ahh Mr. Big shot and his nice chopstick. Great video Stu! I always count on you for direction. Now I can safely parallel charge my 450mah whoop batteries. Thank you.

Thank you for this video. Helped me in ordering charger for FPV setup i ordered earlier today also which what was based you your recommendations.

Great video thanks!! Ordered my lipo batteries yesterday, shame they will be here a couple of weeks after my quad. At least I know how to charge them correctly now.

Thank you for the video, I know it helps a lot of people that is new to the hobby. I will recommend this video to a friend that is just getting into the hobby :)

Thanks for doing this video.

This video is sooooo helpful!!!! Thank you!!🙏🙏🙏

Thanks for the awesome video! Just getting all my parts in a Monday so this helps a lot. Think you could make a video about the different charging modes and when to use them? Charge, discharge, storage, ect...

cheers dude, got a parallel thingy mabob but havent got around to using it as i wasnt sure about the level each lipo should be or if it mattered or not. so now thanks to your vid i now know the answer. :) keep up the good work.

Love your channel ! miksing mah and amp sometimes.. you should do a video where you talk about how to match charger and power supply. I think many people is miksing thing up there..

Thanks for your advice I did it on 2.6amp and gave up with the idea of taking the car out in the end so I will try 4 amp now 👍🏻

Thanks for the vid , just ordered one of those balance boards..... now I know how to use it , great review 👍 and now I know what weight chop stick to use lol

Very educational man ....thank you

The chop stick specs at the end cracked me up lol 😂

Excellent video and g'day from Canada :) Do you know or have you ever tried using the balance board to place multiple batteries in storage mode? Often when I come back from the field and I have multiple batteries, it would be so much easier if I could put 6 batteries at a time in storage mode, just wondering if the balance board would work safely and properly for that as well. Thanks again for your passion and dedication and taking all the time and effort to do these great videos. Happy flying! Cheers, Scott

Super helpful thanks 👍🏻

another brilliant video. I would have assumed that a parallel charger was a charger, so would have had to order a charger after it arrived 😐 big learning curve 😊

Thanks for these videos geared towards the rest of us👌😉🖒

Nicely done brotha!👍👍👊👊📹📹

Thank you for the super clear explanation! I already ruined 2 battery's and a drone because I'm a beginner.. should have watched this video first ;)

Looks like the iMax B6 has the same firmware. I ended up charging my first time using the iMax manual. Argh, that was painful. Your video helps clear many questions I had. Love your style, keep up the great videos. Sub'd!

Great videos bro 👊🏼

Nice tutorial. Thanks dude

great video. I had no idea how to do this when I first started.

this is the video I needed thanks a lot

You are a great tutor. Best of luck.

Thanks for this video. Very helpful.

great video Stu! I just throw my batterys onto the parallel board with no balance leads to balance Eachothers voltage for 10 mins then I connect the balance leads for another 10 mins... that way when I go to charge them again they are all the same cell voltage... I typically do that at the end of a day of flying (useing the same methods that you use for charging e.g. same cell count and mah ratings)

Super helpful! 👍

Well explained! Cheers

thank you now I'm not scared to charge my batteries. good tutorial.

Great video Stu. I now have enough batteries, that I need to a parallel charge board. I love your channel and I always get a lot out of it. Thanks. I do have a couple questions. First, where did you get those XT60 connector covers? Also, I saw a video of yours, where you showed a really cool USB charger deal that you connected to one of your LiPo's for charging in the field. Do you recall, what I'm referring to and if so, which video was that? I would love to pick one up. Thanks again for all the content. Your channel is my favorite.

Just a little mistake, you said .1V difference per battery, but it is per cell, do on a 3s they can be .3v apart, and on 4s .4V :) having them closer is better of course, if mine are a little closer to the .4v apart I just leave them in for a few minutes before I start the charge so they balance. Also in the beginning you kept saying 1.4 milliamphours, haha. Quite a small battery ;) 1.4 amp hours. Just being nit picky, it was a great video and will help lots of people :D

Thank you very well explained

+1 for the chopstick review :D

Awesome tips m8 but allow me to comment on something which might get you into a revised already awesomeness. You can equalize the batteries voltages by just letting them rest on the parallel board (main leads and balancing connectors). so if you have one 3s bat with 3.70/3.71/3.70 and a second one with 3.4/3.41/3.42 within a few minutes resting them on a parallel board, both batteries will have similar cell voltages and ready to be charged in parallel. (ps: of course I am talking for same batteries, cells, capacity and discharge rate) Thanks again for your video. keep em coming. I really enjoy your channel!

Thanks for the info. Turns out I figured it out right but better safe than sorry!

Any chance you can do an updated version of best lipo chargers? Looking to buy a second one I'm currently using imax b6 thanks

Can’t I just cut the xt60 plug off and shuv the leads in my house manes

Nice beginners vid. Thanks. Im not into the RC hobby, I'm in the live music industry and we're starting to see LiPos in our world. I've been warning co-workers about the dangers of improper charging and I dont think they get it...

Great video. I never charged my LIPO at 1C lol Always 1/2C. For me one crucial point when charging in parallel is to make sure that all these LIPOs have healthy cell. One LIPO with a bad cell can damage all the other LIPOs. Thanks a ton for sharing Stuart and have a great week

Hi folks,thanks for great video. just my 50 cents of info to improve this guide. There is few bad scenario still exist when you connect all this cells in parallel,each and every pack & cells have different internal resistance so the consequences might be harmful because of next reasons: 1- not equal current flowing in each cell (you better not charge whole pack at its 1c,for example 5 packs 1000mah each not so safe to charge at 5 amps),safest side is to charge at C rating of 1 pack which is far over protection but u decide. 2- if you have one bad cell the balancing process might take way more time and potentially damage all of your packs at same cell number. so be careful and better of all write on each battery pack it's cell internal resistance and try to match packs as much as possible. BR all.

Love the chop stick part.

Lol that chopstick review was amazing! Does it run 5s?

the chop stick was very informative lol.

Hi, Thanks for the vids. Been watching you for years and finally taking the plunge and going to get myself up in the air. Now I'm looking I have noticed that not all chargers fit a standard wall socket. How do you power your batteries? I don't really want a 12v car batt sitting under my workbench:) How do you power up? Cheers

great video just what I was looking for. your a funny guy stew I love it

I want to put two batteries in parallel. If only one of them is connected to the charger, will the other battery charge too?

Thanks for the reminder

Well, I was watching this video and my question is how you plug your power sistem or your charger, I don't know how to do it because I don have the regular cord for the power or do you have any video talking about that

what is the safest discharge vaultage for a 7.4v battery? is it 3.7v or 3v for each cell? Thank for all your videos you have educated me and saved me a lot of money

Great video! Question: can you use the board to bulk storage?

I know this video is a few years old. Is the Turnigy Accucel-6 80W | 4 Button still a good charger or are a lot of folks using something different now. Just getting into FPV...thx!

Hey Love your drones on a budget videos,which are great!!!Just was wondering could you do battery's on a budget video.. I'm shopping around starting to realize that is one of the most expensive things. (If you want atleast10) if you could that would be great..keep it up ur the man. Have a GOOD DAYYYYYY!

for a low discharge high capacity lipo like 15C 2700mah battery, I heard some where if we charge at around 1A instead of 2.7A then the battery health will remain good over many charge/discharge cycle ? Is 1C charging is valid for low 10C 15C lipo also ?

The chopstick made me subscribe haha Thanks!

Hey, if your power brick cantle handle so many amps, will it say; input voltage error

Best chopstick review ever! 16:52 :)

Good vid, thanks

For me. I will be charging (2) 7.4 2S 5200mah 50C batteries. My set up for the amperage will be 10.4A for an hours charge for the two. I am better off not parallel charging because I be charging two at 5A for 2 hours Either way I still get done the same time if doing one at 5.A, or two at 5.2A? I will be needing a battery checker. thank you

Can you link the batteries/chargers/charging board etc. you used in the video?

hi so can i charge a 400mah battery on a 500mah charger or will it smoke/explod

Are those spiders or quads on your wall? Lol!! Nice tutorial, it's very usefull. Thank you.

I know this has been out awhile,but I have one question.if I want to give my 4s the best charge I can,what's the best voltage to start at.3.6v per cell or higher?

Loud and Clear for beginner like me!

My one batter is 1500ma 75c and other is 1550ma and 95c is it ok to parallel charge both same time?

I've been charging a 2.2amp battery at 1 thanks. goodbye 3 hour charge time😂

great info mate top stuff. quick question i have a 3s 65c 5000mah lipo it's 3 to 4 months old but only used 3 times then put into storage voltage. could i buy the same 3s and use it in parallel with the 3 to 4 month old battery that was used 3 times

Nicely done mate.... What is a good voltage to land on ? Cheers :)

Thanks, very helpful.

How do I get the right voltage going to the charger? Why can't I just plug it into mains?

Hi can I ask, I have a new skyrc e680 balance charger. I have 1s lipo battery's. My parallel board is similar to the one in the video apart from mine has 6x 1s -3s ports and also has 6x xt30 connections. When trying to storage charge more than one 1s battery it does not recognise anything other than one battery. I select the appropriate amps for the amount of batteries and their mah in total and select 1s as the voltage. but soon as i try to start it says connection break. All batteries are fine and so is the board. it was same with a previous board (6x1s) i purchased that was not a parallel board ( i thought it was) and it has 2 banana connectors much like the board i have now can charge one battery but not more than one other wise it says connection break. is it me or is it the charger? But, in video if balance charging 2s + batteries you can connect them to the xt30 connectors and get power and the board i presume the other ports are balance ports. But, with a 1s battery how does that work? there is only one lead and i guess it powers directly via that lead but charger does not recognise them past one battery, what am i doing wrong?

I feel like no one ever tells this guy good day back. So good day UAV Futures :)

That helped a lot, cheers.