Charging Lipo Batteries with the Hextronik HX 8080 Charger

Charging Lipo Batteries with the
Hextronik HX 8080 Charger:
• use your benchtop power supply
• set voltage to 15 V
• set current limiter to maximum
• plug in charger AFTER these adjustments are done
One big battery: yes
Charge @ 1.5A max
One, or two small batteries: yes
Charge @ 1 A max
big and small together: NO
What’s inside a lipo battery?
main plug
Schematic shows a 3-cell battery .
For 253, we only have 2-cell and 4-cell batteries.
balancing plug
never use without lipo alarm
lipo alarm:
- display range: 0.5 to 4.5V
- low voltage buzzer can be
set from 2.7 to 3.8 V
- set it to 3.5V
Unplug everything
(lipo alarm, all robot
electronics and Tinah)
over night.
balancing plug