LiPo battery pack (HP 35 etc.)

[mdunn]

Sure enough...I didn't properly research NiCd characteristics, and assumed 1.25V was pretty much the maximum. Looks like a raw LiPo is fine after all. Oh well...it was a fun build.

BTW, I haven't dug too deeply into LiPo either, but am told that charging to 4.1V instead of 4.2V will GREATLY extend its lifetime.


>A fully charged NiCd cell has 1,4 V or even more, so the max. 4,2 V of the LiPo cell does not exceed what three fully charged NiCds would deliver. At least that's what I think. ;-)