I believe equalising before first charge on IB's is more important than any other cells. Because they seem to self discharge at different rates more than any other cells, if they have been in boxes for a few/many months they could be all out of balance. So in normal conditions a perfectly matched pack through the normal part of the discharge curve could be all out of wack!
The last ones I had, 2 cells were really low from new and took quite a while for the rest to equlaize. But then from first charge and now they continue to be great cells.
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