Hello, a question, I have seen some photos that leave the cables of channel 2 and go to channel 1. What is that for? Where do they sell that cabble?

Thanks and best regards

Synchronous mode. It's mentioned in the manual and 2 posts ago in this thread when you last asked that question. Higher charge and discharge rates.

Just higher charge rates. Using both ports of the charger for synchronous mode charging eliminates having a separate discharger to discharge at a higher rate.

once my driving improves and I am at the spot I would be able to take advantage of the high charge and discharge cycle I will be picking up one of these most likely.

My question is, will the power supply I have now be able to power this charger for a 40 amp charge and discharge?

Here are the specs of my current PS:

Input Voltage: 100~240V AC
Output Voltage: 12v~18v DC +-0.5V
Output Amps: 30A+-1A
Output Watts: 540W

Thanks guys

Yes, though you'll probably need to turn the output voltage up - it'll be pushing the current limit when running at 12V.

thanks guys.
it would be for one 2s pack at a time.

If you get the 1305 error on one of your channels, try this fix:


It worked great for me, I didn't even take out the ribbon cable, just laid the top to the side. I did take out the screw next to the fuses. I bought the fuses off of Ebay for $7 for 10 fuses. https://www.ebay.com/itm/400916692175

I tried tinning the end of the fuses to do one at a time and I ruined the first new fuse. The end came off with too much heat. So I ganged all 4 together and used a clip to hold them together. Placed the 4 fuses on top of the other fuses and soldered each end, worked great. And don't be like me and put the charger back together without putting the board screw back in.

A question for the experts....

I just ordered 2- 6000mah shorty packs that are the high voltage type. I am replacing two I bought 8 months ago that have puffed up enough to make me nervous to use them.

I re-read the description section under the battery and saw the last line regarding to achieve peak performance charge these packs to 4.35 using a Li-HV charge. I have been charging my current packs to 4.35 in Lipo mode using a iCharger 406 Duo…. Ooops. Is this possibly the culprit that has caused my batteries to puff a little??
I should plan to use the Li-HV setting to charge the new packs, correct?
Should I use the Li-HV mode for storage and for discharge also?

I have been charging these at 3c and discharge to storage at 10a.

I use these in my Tekno ET410 baby truggy. We have a 10.5 blinky class we race in. I have plenty of power, should I limit the charging to 4.21 per cell and just use Lipo (or LiHV) mode to get a little more life out of these or is 8 months a good life time for a performance battery pack?
Thanks

Usually in racing, Li-HV packs are not charged to the HV limit (4.35V), but to 4.20V per cell only, since most rulesets require this.

Yes they are 6000 MAH HV 7.6 volt packs

Spec for the 1/10 truggy is 10.5 motor (set the timing as you choose), blinky mode on the esc, and 2-cell packs..... run it LOL

So my questions still stand...

1. Charge using Li-HV mode?
2. Charge to 4.21 or 4.35?
3. Discharge / Storage us Li-HV mode? or Lipo mode?

Check with your track if they have a voltage limit. I'd be surprised if 4.35 was legal.

I don't think there's a difference between Li-HV and Lipo mode on the charger other than the preset voltages.

So the battery supplier pretty much answered my questions with the instructions that came with the packs.

1. Use a quality charger that has a Li-HV setting. So I am using that setting now and adjusted the charge, discharge, and storage rates to my settings.
2. Max charge to not exceed 4.35v. Max 3c charge rate.

And a couple of more notes in the instructions:
-set esc to minimum of 3.5v for cut-off voltage
-set storage rate to not exceed 3.80v
-never keep batteries charged for more than a few hours. Important in warm weather.
-max discharge never below 3.2v

I wondered how to adjust the charger so it did not take so long to balance charge when the charger is in the discharge mode when cycling a pack.

So I played with the Discharge / End Current setting.
Default is 50%...
I set it to 10% and now the charger keeps the high current running a lot longer before it drops down to the 'trickle' charge as it does the fine tune on the balancing of the cells.

Is there any reason not do use this lower 'End Current' percentage??