Hi:
I just bought a 3 cell lipo transmitter battery from Hobby King. For My Airtronics radio I had to switch the positive and negitive posts in the plug. As the voltage is higher with the lipos then in the nicad pack, I was going to install 4 diodes,2 series sets set parallel to cut the voltage by 1.4 volts. The reason for 2 parallel sets is in case one diode gives up the ghost the other set will continue working. This transmitter has a 9.5 volt alarm and I figure that with the 1.4 volt drop the lipo will still be 10.9 volts which is about 3.6 volts per cell which seems good. I have heard of people doing this, but cannot find any thing now that I am thinking about doing it. Is there any draw backs to doing this? Will the diodes draw current and heat up in the transmitter? Does anyone have any feedback or reasons one way or the other to do this or not do this? Any suggestions?
Thank in advance for any thoughts and or help with this.
Don