Matrix High Output Nimh Stick Type Battery for Airsoft Aegs

How-do-you-do everyone. Today's topic is batteries. We will cover the 2 types you will notice the about, what are the pros and cons of these types, and what are they best used for. All information on this video is going to be very simplified and it is best you develop your own understanding before using airsoft batteries and we will not be held responsible for misuse.

Batteries and Chargers

The two types of batteries you will find the most used in airsoft is NiMH and Lipo batteries. Yes, at that place are other types before you light up the comment section.

Earlier we start, I desire to go over the terminology nosotros'll exist using. Starting from the plug itself, this is the basic Tamiya-mode plug. There is a big and minor version, but the small plug is the most common in airsoft. You also take T-mode or Deans connectors. This is some other style that is not so common, but is an upgrade because it is more durable and provides a better connection. These are often looked at every bit upgrades because the standard Tamiya style plugs can handle only so much electric current, so if you apply a powerful battery or your gun is upgraded and demands a lot of bombardment power, these plugs will not only be a bottleneck just could melt.

Left to right: ix.6v Nimh battery with Tamiya-style connector, 9.6v Nimh bombardment with Deans-manner connector, 9.6v Nimh bombardment with Tamiya-style connector, 11.v Lipo bombardment with Tamiya-manner connector, xi.v Lipo bombardment with Tamiya-mode connector

Best for beginners: 9.6v NiMH

Batteries accept a chapters and they are rated in maH - milliamp hours. Think of it every bit the corporeality of gas in your tank. Stock guns volition apply a normal amount of bombardment juice to power the gun. Upgraded guns might describe more of this so yous will experience a shorter life between charges in exchange for that upgraded performance. Voltage is another affair you will find, and you lot will have options on what voltage to run an airsoft gun. NimH is nickel metal hydride and will use conventional chargers. Lipo is lithium polymer and different type of battery that charges with its ain specialized charger. Lipo batteries require more intendance and attention to apply so exercise not purchase these for people who are non going to be attentive with their own equipment or for yourself if you hate complicating things. Ane more than specification you might find on a bombardment pack is a discharge charge per unit, particularly found on Lipo batteries. This is kind of like what is the possible elevation output of current that the bombardment can provide to your gun. This tin be a performance bottleneck if the number is extremely low but also not good if yous get something that is rated for something suited for RC cars where they require a high constant discharge rate. Most airsoft guns will work fine, upgraded or non, within the 15C to 35C range.

NiMH are what we would consider the standard batteries in the airsoft world. They are piece of cake to employ and provide acceptable operation for powering most airsoft guns. Y'all volition normally detect these in ix.6v only you volition also so viii.4 and fifty-fifty 10.8. Each cell in this bombardment is 1.ii volts. Most guns will run with the 9.6v no problem. These volition be what people will starting time with and if you value simplicity, these will work great.

A Lipo bombardment has the distinction of having ii connectors - One is to power your airsoft gun (Tamiya-style or Deans-way connector), and one is to accuse the bombardment (balance plug). Do not accuse with the wrong plug, the bombardment will explode!

7.4v LIPO batteries

11.1v LIPO batteries

A Lipo battery is a little fleck trickier to use simply might provide you with a performance boost at the price of some durability. Lipo batteries are a fleck volatile so you absolutely must apply the right blazon of charger specific to Lipo batteries otherwise they could be damaged or catch burn down. Your gun should be in skilful condition for the electrical systems, otherwise a damaged wire or a short in your gun tin destroy the Lipo bombardment or worse crusade it to burn up and destroy your bodily gun. Lipo batteries have ii plugs, the Tamiya plug and a small plug to accompany information technology. The modest plug is for charging and balancing the cells. Do not accidentally use this port to charge (by itself) otherwise y'all will run across a serious problem.

With the scary parts out of the way, what is the do good and then to Lipo batteries? These batteries deliver consistent output and higher discharge rates than NiMH batteries. Lipo batteries for airsoft come in a ii-cell or three-prison cell configuration depending on the voltage. Each cell in the battery pack is 3.7v'southward and in airsoft you will find them usually in seven.4 volts or 11.i volt. Though you might not exist able to physically tell how many cells the battery has sometimes, y'all can place it past the markings or type of balancing plug. A 4 wire setup is a 3-cell battery and a 3 wire setup is for 2 cells. Sometimes the number of cells is referred to in autograph as 2S or 3S for 2-cell and 3-jail cell batteries. The discharge rates will oft be listed with these batteries and again you'll want to stay in the 15C to 35C range if you desire to keep your gun happy. A college number is preferrable when your gun is tuned for performance or a high end model. A lower C battery will perform a flake like a weaker battery despite voltage sometimes.

Pro grade ASG Bombardment charger NiMH/Lipo

If you want to utilize Lipo batteries without adding more than wear and tear to the gun, utilise a 7.4v Lipo. These perform like 9.6v NiMH batteries for all intents and purposes. For those who want a footling more oomph, you would want an eleven.1v Lipo. For high discharge applications that extra voltage will aid turn guns with some pretty extreme upgrades. When your gun cycles faster as a outcome of the higher voltage, y'all are calculation more than wear and tear on your gun over a shorter period of fourth dimension, so if your gun is not built up, your long term durability might be questionable.

High voltage batteries such as these 11.1v types also accept a tendency to wear out the trigger switches in the gun due to arcing. Basically the moment this contact has completed a circuit, that high voltage might cause a spark which burns these contacts out. Equally they get buildup or habiliment out, they lose their electrical conductivity resulting in your motor non getting adequate ability. The switch in an airsoft gun is actually not just a switch simply the conduit that all the power runs through to reach the motor. With worn contacts and without consistent power output going to the motor you lot might get incomplete cycles or the gun may human action like its locked upward as a result. This is addressed by the addition of a MOSFET which mitigates this past turning the switch assembly into an actual switch, using only enough electricity to provide a signal to the MOSFET which will allow the electricity to catamenia straight to the motor. Some guns come pre-equipped with MOSFETs making them suitable for Lipo batteries out of the box.

To charge a Lipo, use a Lipo charger. These will accept multiple ports to accuse with. Do non utilise a standard charger which only uses the one plug. This volition cause the battery to accuse continuously without stopping and the pack will catch fire or explode.

A proper Lipo charger will use the pocket-size plug to charge with and residual the cells. Lipo batteries need these chargers to charge each cell evenly otherwise the pack won't perform. Some will as well use the tamiya or deans plug besides, but they have to be used together. Read the charger'due south transmission carefully earlier using information technology.

Special professional level chargers are bachelor which we have from ASG. We will do a video on those specifically.