Real Time Battery Charge 49.5W Anker PD Charger

QuadKid · Jul 21, 2018

Well just charged up my 1

battery from flying this morning 10% > 100% using these / 100 minutes :45s / Available at Best Buy.

ronnieb52 · Jul 21, 2018

I like that

Sure hoping that we can buy more batteries soon.

Jeff · Jul 21, 2018

QuadKid said:
Well just charged up my 1 battery from flying this morning 10% > 100% using these / 100 minutes :45s / Available at Best Buy.

Yup, my BB also has this charger, didn’t know for sure as to get it, but I do now. Tks.

QuadKid · Jul 21, 2018

Jeff said:
Yup, my BB also has this charger, didn’t know for sure as to get it, but I do now. Tks.

Make sure you get the ThunderBolt cable as well you will see the difference in quality and thickness required to handle the PD protocol.

FlyHigh · Jul 22, 2018

Any pd charger of 15watts or higher should do.

IM35461 · Aug 2, 2018

I use my Karma Drone charger

8% to full in under 120mins.

Also good for the controller.

IM35461 · Aug 11, 2018

I thought it was time to try a PD Power Bank and the Anafi manual is correct it does not work.

The one I tried was a Omars Power Bank 20000mah (75Watt Hour).

Works via the other USB ports but only charging at 5v / 0.85amp so really slow

Anyone found one that does work with battery packs?

Also reading the manual, like DJI, these batteries also auto discharge to a lower level after 10 days.

EDIT: There is already a thread on Power Bank compatibility...
Can you charge the Anafi battery with a batterypack?

Grim Reaper · Aug 20, 2018

Any other recommendations for a mains charger for the Anafi battery pack?
The Anker one is 30W output on the USB C port.
Would a charger with a higher output be quicker or is the charge rate limited by the battery?

Dirk_ANAFI · Aug 21, 2018

I use helperinc 73W USB C PD3.0 charger.
Works well and reaches a charging time of 98 Minutes.
I think the charging current is limited by the battery and a faster charging is not possible, but a charging time under 100 Minutes is good for me.
Any USB C PD charger with min. 36W should reach this charging time.

Jagerbomb52 · Aug 21, 2018

It has been proven a few times already on the RCGroup forums the most one can get with a PD charger is 18W on an Anafi pack. That's 12V @ 1.5A

Eencke · Aug 21, 2018

Eencke · Aug 21, 2018

See above picture , this one charges a complete empty battery in 1 hour 45 minutes. Pd power.

Grim Reaper · Aug 21, 2018

OK so I already have a USB type C mains charger, an IMUTO 60W 6 port charger station.
I’ve ordered another two mains chargers, (I bought the anafi with 2 extra batteries from drones direct in the UK) so I can charge all 3 at the same time.
I went for an Inatek 60W USB C charger from Amazon and a 48W Syncwire Quickcharger 3.0 from ebay.
I already have an AUKEY 1m USB C TO USB C cable, I’ve ordered the 0.5M Belkin Thunderbolt 3 USB C cable listed earlier and the Inatek charger comes with a 2m USB C TO USB C cable.
I’ll let you know if I find any differences between them and in what combination they work best.

Grim Reaper · Aug 22, 2018

I dropped in to Lindy UK today and bought a couple of their cables, one of their 20cm USB A to Micro B for connecting the controller to the phone, a 50cm USB 3.1 C to C with Power (rated at 100W Power Delivery) and one of Lindy's USB C Power/Voltage monitors.(DC<24V/6A)
I used battery 1 (of 3) today down to RTH level. Plugged it in to the Imuto mains charger C port with the Lindy cable.
The monitor indicated 4.94V charging at 1.75A. This took 3 hours to charge the pack fully.

I don't think the Imuto charger is up to the job.

Lets hope the new chargers arrive soon.

IM35461 · Aug 22, 2018

Charge typically under two hours.

Grim Reaper · Aug 24, 2018

I used battery 2 (of 3) yesterday down to RTH (about 5%) level. Plugged it in to the Syncwire mains charger C port with the Lindy cable.
The monitor indicated 12V charging at 1.4A. This took 1 hour 45 mins to charge the pack fully.
What was said before about max charge rate seems to be holding out here.
In which case the (normally £11.19 but get 1 at 30% off if you buy another) charger and £17.99 cable would seem to be the way to go.
If only someone made a 3 port USB C PD charger...

Dirk_ANAFI · Aug 24, 2018

Yes, 105 min is what you can reach with a good USB-C PD charger.
I measured 98..105 min from 7% to 100%.
Thats the fastest way by now to charge the Anafi battery.

Grim Reaper · Aug 24, 2018

Battery 3 (of 3) that I used yesterday, down to RTH (about 5%) level.
Plugged into the Inateck 60W charger with the Belkin Thunderbolt 3 cable.
The monitor indicated 12V charging at 1.45A. This took 1 hour 25 mins to charge the pack fully.
A little faster than the others but the charger is rated higher and subsequently more expensive at £29.99.
I'll try again with some different (less expensive) cables to see if it's the cable is making the difference or the charger.