Which charger?
#18
Nobody's gonna mention this for the limitless budget??
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDLR5
Only one pack at a time though.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDLR5
Only one pack at a time though.
#19
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From: RIP 'Chopper', 4/18/13 miss you bud:(
IMO they are way over priced for what they are.Back in the day a Turbo Matcher was the cats ass for cycling and matching cells but with lipos that's old news.
Brushless and lipos are the best thing to happen to R/C in the last 20 years!
#20
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From: RIP 'Chopper', 4/18/13 miss you bud:(
#22
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From: Houston, TX
http://www.allerc.com/product_info.p...oducts_id=4632
THis is where I've gotten all my Hyperion gear, great place!
You're very lucky you have one that makes the error on the low side and better hope it stays on the low side. I hope you're using a lipo sack......
Nobody's gonna mention this for the limitless budget??
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDLR5
Only one pack at a time though.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXDLR5
Only one pack at a time though.
Last edited by Duster_360; 07-17-2009 at 08:07 AM.
#23
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Thats a huge imbalance- 60mv!! My hyperion 0610i - they usually come off at 4.200 and 4.200. I've not seen any more than .003 diff (3mv). The charger's balance spec is 3 -5mv.
You're very lucky you have one that makes the error on the low side and better hope it stays on the low side. I hope you're using a lipo sack......
#24
Well i use a muchmore silent charger (not ac/dc) but i love how it charges and u can get adapters like cell balancer to attach and other attachments like charging deans, taymia, or bare wires so i would not trade it well id trade it for an ac/dc one but i love my much more and there are a ton of other muchmore equipment like a lcd discharger, tire warmer, motor cooler, battery warmer (niham, lipo)
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#25
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From: RIP 'Chopper', 4/18/13 miss you bud:(
What happens if you have a cell go over 4.2v but your pack's still under 8.4v???? Good luck.
#27
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At least the error is on the safe side, but you are not getting a full charge of 4.2 per. Given the way lipos charge I suspect you are giving up quite a bit of run time. Are you then balancing the 4.15 cell down to match the 4.09? How long does that take? Weird that you get a .06 imbalance everytime, something doesn't seem right.
#29
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From: RIP 'Chopper', 4/18/13 miss you bud:(
Shaggy I don't like the fact that your useing that charger and that's my opinion but have you tried balancing it BEFORE you charge it? And what is the voltage on each cell after it's charged then? I'm not sure but it might be safer to balance it first, with enough charge in it to bring one cell down, and then charge it.
#30
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when i balance it first the cells come out at 4.12 and 4.15 and there is always one cell that comes out at 4.15 so it is cutting off. ok so since it is cutting off early do you thing i could watch the cell voltage and just charge it twice cause my balancer displays the volage of each cell while its charging.



Well maybe no smoke but that's still not balanced.