I've just bought a new charger a sky Q200

[Bluecray]

I've just bought a new charger a sky Q200 that enables 4 lipos to be charged at once and in setting up charging for a 4S 6000mAh battery the setting should be 4..2V and 6A

2 easy questions on the charger as I just wish to check.

For a 4S 6000mAh battery

Under
Condition ~ terminal charging voltage
That be 4.2 volts

Under
Charge/discharge current that be 6A

Should the settings be altered to prolong the life of the battery?

I read somewhere to prolong the life of batteries charge to 80% but I've always charged to 100% for the last 3/4 yrs or so without issues.

 

[danl]

If you slightly under charge to 4.1 volts you will get slightly longer life. You should always store the battery at storage voltage to extend life.

Charging at 1C, 6A in your case is fine for good battery life. Charging at higher rates results in less mah being stored by the battery.

While the two factors above are considerations, the real killer is heat during use. If you pull big amps and overheat the batteries, you are prematurely breaking them down. I got a battery too hot once and it’s never been the same. Internal resistance went way up and it can no longer run my kagama without the esc going into lvc too early.

 

[mrBigpitts]

I've owned it's little brother for about 4 years now but have moved on,I think with 2 10000mah packs charging simultaneously the best it could do was 7.4a per pack on ac mains voltage, so nowhere even near a 1c charging rate,I looked at the model you have at the time and dismissed it as being underpowered for my needs (charging 4batts at 1c simultaneously)as it was to slow.
That said, I don't think you'll have to worry about pushing too many amps with your unit if you're utilising all four ports at the same time.

 

[Sandracer_NL]

I usually charge at 1C to 4.2v per cell. So the settings in your post are OK.
Note that if you charge four of those 4s 6000 lipo’s at once your charger will do about 0,56C at best. Below 1C prolongs lipo life a bit.
I’ve had the SkyRC dual charger, but like others said, with big packs (>3s and >5000mah) it’s pretty slow as it can’t do 1C charging and it’s balance charge power is low.

 

[Klappars]

I've owned it's little brother for about 4 years now but have moved on,I think with 2 10000mah packs charging simultaneously the best it could do was 7.4a per pack on ac mains voltage, so nowhere even near a 1c charging rate,I looked at the model you have at the time and dismissed it as being underpowered for my needs (charging 4batts at 1c simultaneously)as it was to slow.
That said, I don't think you'll have to worry about pushing too many amps with your unit if you're utilising all four ports at the same time.

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I run a D200 neo but it’s connected to a 30amp DC power supply so it’s able to run at the full 700/800watts.