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Old 01-27-2010 | 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by scrawl
On a similar topic, 2S lipos typically have a balancing port which makes sense - each cell is charged (or discharged) independently from each other.

However, saddle pack lipos are typically 2S2P or even 2S3P for 5200+. So if you balance charge, you're effectively charging 2/3 cells at each point.

Doesn't this kind of defeat the purpose of balance charging in the first place?

no, because of the way its wired, if 1 lipo cell(in parallel) starts to overcharge, it will automaticly discharge to help bring the other cells up the the right voltage
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