I have so many handheld gaming devices and now tamagotchi with built in lipos. I can see them going bad in the next year or so. Somebody needs to make a multi plug system that you can leave a dozen or so plugged into just to tend the built in batteries.
Heh. I do have a power strip attached to my shelf of handhelds. That isn’t the problem. If I just plug them all in all the time, they will charge to full and stay there. It isn’t great for their battery life. I need something that detects their charge and only stays on long enough to charge them to half full, then shuts off, and I need that for a dozen devices.
Sadly only really works with lead acid and nimh. Lipo rig to keep track of %s, letting them drain enough and only then top them off slowly - way too convoluted.
I’d make an organizer of sorts and put dated labels on things and just check bi-annually.
Unfortunately I have probably a grand worth of RC airplane and Quadcopter lipos that are waiting to explode next time I charge them, since I haven’t flown in the last two years. I wish something better would show up that isn’t as delicate. I’m rooting for high density capacitors.
You are right. Organization and keeping a system going is the only way to move forward. Also, probably throwing all of those lipos away and starting over so that I don’t burn my house down. (I use flame proof bags when charging and keep them in pretty thick ammo cans, so hopfully they won’t burn down my house, but still.)
I have some of those for my tiny whoops and other 1 or 2 cell quads to charge a batch of them with my fancy charger. Still, I have to calculate the charge rate for the batch.
I have so many handheld gaming devices and now tamagotchi with built in lipos. I can see them going bad in the next year or so. Somebody needs to make a multi plug system that you can leave a dozen or so plugged into just to tend the built in batteries.
A multi-plug charging system would be great. It could be a strip of power outlets maybe? Call it “Strip-of-Power” or “power strip” even.
Heh. I do have a power strip attached to my shelf of handhelds. That isn’t the problem. If I just plug them all in all the time, they will charge to full and stay there. It isn’t great for their battery life. I need something that detects their charge and only stays on long enough to charge them to half full, then shuts off, and I need that for a dozen devices.
Sadly only really works with lead acid and nimh. Lipo rig to keep track of %s, letting them drain enough and only then top them off slowly - way too convoluted.
I’d make an organizer of sorts and put dated labels on things and just check bi-annually.
Unfortunately I have probably a grand worth of RC airplane and Quadcopter lipos that are waiting to explode next time I charge them, since I haven’t flown in the last two years. I wish something better would show up that isn’t as delicate. I’m rooting for high density capacitors.
You are right. Organization and keeping a system going is the only way to move forward. Also, probably throwing all of those lipos away and starting over so that I don’t burn my house down. (I use flame proof bags when charging and keep them in pretty thick ammo cans, so hopfully they won’t burn down my house, but still.)
At least there are fancy dumb lipo chargers that you can hook up several batteries of same stats to and charge em in batches.
I have some of those for my tiny whoops and other 1 or 2 cell quads to charge a batch of them with my fancy charger. Still, I have to calculate the charge rate for the batch.