Question about the B6 balancer

[magman]

http://www.rc-monster.com/proddetail...balancepackage


I am thinking about using this w/my conversion. I know nothing about this, could someone chime in on how it works and how good it is

Thanks
Brian

[The Dan]

Mine gives me mixed information about my batteries. When I plug it up to my batteries to stand-alone balance them, it gives me the signal that the cells are within .02v of each other. Yet when I try to use it for balance charging, it has only ever given me the signal that the cells are much further apart than that, and my charger says "overvoltage." The packs run fine in my Slash and 8ight buggy, so it's rather confusing.

The packs I'm using are two Venom X-Pack 5000 20C 2S2Ps and one MaxAmps 6500 30C 2S2P. Charger is the Pro Peak Prodigy 2. I've been running the Venoms in my 8ight for about four months with a Novak HV 6.5, excellent performance. The MaxAmps has only ever powered my stock Slash for four months as well, and has held up thanks to the low amp draw.

[lincpimp]

What charger are you using?

[BrianG]

Yeah, it sounds like a charger issue, not the balancer. To prove this, hook up the battery straight to the charger and see if it does this.

I have a Hyperion EOS7i that does the same overvoltage error (with or without a balancer) if charging more than ~3.6A but only when the cell voltage gets to ~4.0v. Below ~3.8v, I can go to the full 7A rate of the charger.

[The Dan]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Yeah, it sounds like a charger issue, not the balancer. To prove this, hook up the battery straight to the charger and see if it does this.

I have a Hyperion EOS7i that does the same overvoltage error (with or without a balancer) if charging more than ~3.6A but only when the cell voltage gets to ~4.0v. Below ~3.8v, I can go to the full 7A rate of the charger.

I've been using the same charger (Pro Peak Prodigy 2) for months now, as long as I've owned the packs, and have never had a single overvoltage error when charging them without the balancer. I charge all those three LiPos at 5A, the maximum the charger will flow. I tried charging at a lower rate, 2A, with the balancer to try and remedy the overvoltage error, but it didn't help.

Hopefully this somewhat-off-yet-on-top discussion is helping YOU, magman.