Hello everyone,
So, here is the story:
I am working on a project and I want to have enclosed battery, works on 5~7A currents and has little battery space. I decided to use a 4S 14.8V 10000mA LiPo battery. The system can be connected to an external power supply and charger to charge the battery or operate on power while battery charges.
Here is the problem:
I am a bit worried about storing the project when battery is full so I thought of making a battery discharge circuit that discharges the battery to 15.2V when device is stored.
For discharging I am thinking to have a circuit that draws ~1A current from the battery (when disconnected from charger and device is off) using a power resistor or a similar load with smaller size.
I am really new in working with LiPo's but I found it to be the most suitable choice for capacity and size.
I'd like to discuss or ask for some advice and opinion on:
1) Having an enclosed LiPo in a project is ok, bad or terrible idea
2) What are some alternatives for that ?
3) Is discharging the battery for storage really needed? How dangerous is to store fully charged batteries?
4) Any ideas for a small load that can draw significant current from that kind of battery?
(So far I tried power resistors but are quite large and some halogen lamps nut those produce a lot of heat and light)
I hope you find this topic interesting and looking forward to read your replies!
Best,
C
So, here is the story:
I am working on a project and I want to have enclosed battery, works on 5~7A currents and has little battery space. I decided to use a 4S 14.8V 10000mA LiPo battery. The system can be connected to an external power supply and charger to charge the battery or operate on power while battery charges.
Here is the problem:
I am a bit worried about storing the project when battery is full so I thought of making a battery discharge circuit that discharges the battery to 15.2V when device is stored.
For discharging I am thinking to have a circuit that draws ~1A current from the battery (when disconnected from charger and device is off) using a power resistor or a similar load with smaller size.
I am really new in working with LiPo's but I found it to be the most suitable choice for capacity and size.
I'd like to discuss or ask for some advice and opinion on:
1) Having an enclosed LiPo in a project is ok, bad or terrible idea
2) What are some alternatives for that ?
3) Is discharging the battery for storage really needed? How dangerous is to store fully charged batteries?
4) Any ideas for a small load that can draw significant current from that kind of battery?
(So far I tried power resistors but are quite large and some halogen lamps nut those produce a lot of heat and light)
I hope you find this topic interesting and looking forward to read your replies!
Best,
C