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Old 01-25-2010 | 08:33 AM
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I have the align style balance taps and deans plugs on my 2s lipos. I was wondering how to check each the 2 cells separately with my volt meter.
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Old 01-25-2010 | 08:53 AM
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Its not diff - on the back of the balance conn, you can see metal part of the wire going into the connector. Touch two of these metal pieces that are side by side - thats one cell. I started on the side with the black wire. Move both test probes over by one wire and its the 2nd cell - you will use one of the places you touch again, but with diff prob.

If you get a neg voltage, you've got the polarity reversed, swap and it will show up correctly.

I don't have a 2S, but I have a 3S Align lipo (heli) and it has 4 wires, so to read 3 cells, you have to reuse some of the wires in the conn.

Experiment, you can't hurt the lipo as long as you don't let your probes contact each other and short a cell.
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Old 01-25-2010 | 08:57 AM
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I got tired of doing it with a dvm and bought one of these - provides total and each cell voltage by just plugging it into balance conn -

http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...er_3_in_1_2-6S
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I was thinking of getting one of those. Anyplace in the states sell one? Just can't bring myself to buy straight from hk.
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Old 01-25-2010 | 09:31 AM
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This is about all I've seen -

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXXYN5&P=7
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I got a blinky balancer from the LHS that has the digital readout. For under $40 I got both the voltage checker and balancer. Works slick but I can't find any links to the model with digital readout.
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I'd rather buy from hk then integy.

Thought about going to radio shack and seeing if I could build one. Probably cost me 4x's as much but I like messing with things like that.
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Sorry, I don't like Integy either - here's another one thats bound to be better -

http://www.commonsenserc.com/product...ces96njt4kt0s0
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