Yes, 95% of the time, I don't use the balancer and it takes little time (15 minutes?) for it to do its thing as a fairly low amp discharger.

Supposedly, the balancer is no big deal with lipos. I have only used mine twice over the past two months after having my issue with using it while charging.

Interesting that yours initially worked and then quit...I would contact Checkpoint considering you are exclusively using all their product. Then, we will know how they stand behind such.