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