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Old 07-17-2009 | 05:56 AM
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I think the Hyperion duo eos 615i looks like it would be a great choice. Where can I buy one and how much?
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Old 07-17-2009 | 05:57 AM
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I love my 977 and I tested the voltage up against my balancer and they came out exactly the same. One cell was 4.09 and the other was 4.15 every time i charge.
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Old 07-17-2009 | 06:01 AM
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Originally Posted by racer1812
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.
Yes only one pack at a time and it doesn't look like it does anything more than the Hyperion. I do know that the turbo 35's are popular among racers though.
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Old 07-17-2009 | 06:07 AM
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Yes only one pack at a time and it doesn't look like it does anything more than the Hyperion. I do know that the turbo 35's are popular among racers though.
I just thought I would throw it out there simply because you said price didn't matter.. 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!
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Old 07-17-2009 | 06:09 AM
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Originally Posted by shaggy11
I love my 977 and I tested the voltage up against my balancer and they came out exactly the same. One cell was 4.09 and the other was 4.15 every time i charge.
That's not balanced!!!!!!! I smell smoke in your future Well maybe no smoke but that's still not balanced.
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That's not balanced!!!!!!! I smell smoke in your future
Thats y i balance after cause its not a balancing chager and at least its reading the correct voltage.
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Old 07-17-2009 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by dont slow down
I think the Hyperion duo eos 615i looks like it would be a great choice. Where can I buy one and how much?
Shows in stock here -

http://www.allerc.com/product_info.p...oducts_id=4632


THis is where I've gotten all my Hyperion gear, great place!

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I love my 977 and I tested the voltage up against my balancer and they came out exactly the same. One cell was 4.09 and the other was 4.15 every time i charge.
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......



Originally Posted by racer1812
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.
I thought about it, but its too outdated and way overpriced in todays lipo world. I had chance to buy one last week - like new c0onditioon, no lipo capability and just let it go.

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Old 07-17-2009 | 11:33 AM
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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......
thats great that yours comes off like that but you have to remember that your charger is a balancing charger and i use a stand alone balancer after I charge it so it ends up being good
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Old 07-17-2009 | 12:38 PM
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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)

http://muchmoreracing.com/news/news-...out-at-gp.html
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Originally Posted by shaggy11
thats great that yours comes off like that but you have to remember that your charger is a balancing charger and i use a stand alone balancer after I charge it so it ends up being good
What happens if you have a cell go over 4.2v but your pack's still under 8.4v???? Good luck.
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Old 07-18-2009 | 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by racer1812
What happens if you have a cell go over 4.2v but your pack's still under 8.4v???? Good luck.
That's why I said I hope he's using a lipo sac.....
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Old 07-18-2009 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by shaggy11
I love my 977 and I tested the voltage up against my balancer and they came out exactly the same. One cell was 4.09 and the other was 4.15 every time i charge.
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.
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Old 07-18-2009 | 05:42 PM
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well could it be the battery cause its a pretty well used orion 3200
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Old 07-18-2009 | 07:12 PM
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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.
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Old 07-18-2009 | 08:48 PM
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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.
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