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Originally Posted by bigred5765
they need to be charged as a pair so they balance, ie same millamps and same vaultage,most saddles are made up of 2-3 cells per side, so 4 to 6 in total, the chance of them all reaching the same millamps and voltage if you charge them seperatley is small, im not saying do it everytime , but if the features there use it
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No they don't.
You are charging them till they are full, this is not the same as old cells where you emptied them and because they were (hopefully) matched they all filled up at the same time.
Yes each saddle is made up of a number of individual cells in parallel, but you don't have a physical connection to them all, so you just have to hope that the cells in each half of the saddle are close enough matched so they are all full at the same time.
Lipo chargers charge different, they charge at a constant voltage and ramp down the current until the cell is full. If both halves are charged on their own until full, then that is no different to charging them together and balancing them. All balancing does is only charge one cell if the other is full.