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BrianG · 01.05.2007, 12:45 AM

Can't comment too much on the charger since I haven't had any experience with them, but your settings (Ah, cell count) look right. Maybe the timer is a safety feature to prevent overcharge? IMO, makes no sense to me to use a time limit with lipos, except to give them a partial charge for storage or something like that. If it were me, I'd set the time to the highest value (120 minutes?) and let the charger do the CC/CV charge properly with no chance of early charge termination.

Hookup to the balancer goes like this:
- Hook up balancer connector
- Within 12 seconds, hook up the main Deans connector.
- plug balancer into charger
- press the button on the balancer. As soon as the button is pressed, the balancer internally connects the input to the output. So, if the input leads are floating around, they could short out and blow the fuse.

Not sure on storage. I usually stop the charge at about 3.9v or 4v/cell.That way they have a partial charge, but not full.

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BrianG RC-Monster Admin Offline Posts: 14,609 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Des Moines, IA	01.05.2007, 12:45 AM Can't comment too much on the charger since I haven't had any experience with them, but your settings (Ah, cell count) look right. Maybe the timer is a safety feature to prevent overcharge? IMO, makes no sense to me to use a time limit with lipos, except to give them a partial charge for storage or something like that. If it were me, I'd set the time to the highest value (120 minutes?) and let the charger do the CC/CV charge properly with no chance of early charge termination. Hookup to the balancer goes like this: - Hook up balancer connector - Within 12 seconds, hook up the main Deans connector. - plug balancer into charger - press the button on the balancer. As soon as the button is pressed, the balancer internally connects the input to the output. So, if the input leads are floating around, they could short out and blow the fuse. Not sure on storage. I usually stop the charge at about 3.9v or 4v/cell.That way they have a partial charge, but not full.