Help - LBA10 balancer

Originally Posted by JerryF504

I wouldn't charge without the balancer especially if the battery is that far out of balance. That will cause the high cells to charge to way over 4.2 volts possibly causing the pack to swell or catch on fire.

You don't completely charge the pack... just enough to get the balancer to recognize it with the low cell. Assumign the problem is that one cell is too low. After about 30 minutes, hook it back up to the balancer and finish off the pack with the balancer in place.

[JThiessen]

Don't you also need to use the network cable when you use two LBA10's together? This allows them to communicate with each other (as best as I understood it).

I'm currently doing a standalone balance on both my Maxamps 6000mah.

One is balancing with cell led1 quickly flashing (discharging that cell at low/medium rate)

The other lipo however was fully charged and when I connect it to the balancer the status led flashes twice meaning this is an error (battery voltage higher than expected).

Does this mean I have to discharge it a bit for the balancer to be able to do its work? Or is something wrong with that lipo?

How do I measure the voltage of each cell in a lipo ? Do I have to take it apart or do I measure it at the balancer plug ?