Each individual cell would have to be maintained at (or below) the 4 volt limit to avoid cell damage. John Ferrell W8CCW "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -- Edmund Burke http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Algernon" To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:37 PM Subject: [EE]: Simple charging for stacked LION batteries >I have seen from previous posts that a LION battery can be C/10 > charged to 4 volts if you can accept the loss of some stored energy. > The charger could simply be a voltage limited current source. If you > have a string of LIONs can you charge them to 4*N volts where N is the > number of batteries ? > MA > > > WFT Electronics > Denver, CO 720 222 1309 > " dent the UNIVERSE " > > All ideas, text, drawings and audio , that are originated by WFT > Electronics ( and it's principals ), that are included with this > signature text are to be deemed to be released to the public domain as > of the date of this communication . > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist