Bantam bc6 problem

[traffman]

Ive been charging my mimh cells , and recently when ive been charging the cells all of a sudden the charger will go off then on an then off , this will continue until you unplug it.
Its hampering my charging so its an issue.
Should i contact where i purchased it from or can anyone shine a light on the problem?

[Bungleaio]

Do you mean the amps drop to zero then back to normal?

[MATTY]

Originally Posted by traffman

Ive been charging my mimh cells , and recently when ive been charging the cells all of a sudden the charger will go off then on an then off , this will continue until you unplug it.
Its hampering my charging so its an issue.
Should i contact where i purchased it from or can anyone shine a light on the problem?

Mine the same with mimh & lipo! only when full charge
its the charger overheating, i put 12v fan from the 12v input leads blowing air over the charger, and now its sorted.
cheap crap, im used to charging with a CE Turbo gfx 35 must get it lipo ready.

[mark christopher]

is this on mains or 12volts?

if mains are you powering anything else off the 12volts?

what goes off the charge or the whole unit powers down?

ive used mine for months and its never done this even taking its full 5 amps????

matty good look with your overpriced shoe box!!

[DaveG28]

Originally Posted by MATTY

Mine the same with mimh & lipo! only when full charge
its the charger overheating, i put 12v fan from the 12v input leads blowing air over the charger, and now its sorted.
cheap crap, im used to charging with a CE Turbo gfx 35 must get it lipo ready.

What do you mean only when full charge?

[traffman]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

is this on mains or 12volts?

if mains are you powering anything else off the 12volts?

what goes off the charge or the whole unit powers down?

ive used mine for months and its never done this even taking its full 5 amps????

matty good look with your overpriced shoe box!!

The whole unit goes from on to off , it keeps switching from one to the other.
The unit gets hot , but this surely shouldnt happen , should it?
I use the mains supply at the club .
At first i thought it was a bad connection from the mains , but since i moved the unit it still appears to happen.

[Dagger Thrasher]

This certainly doesn't sound right. Getting hot is expected, but it should never keep switching on and off. What voltage of pack are you charging (6 cells I assume)? It seems to be acting like you're overstressing the internal PSU, but it should limit charge current before that happens...so perhaps you have a defective unit.

If it's only started happening recently, then I'd imagine something has failed inside the charger. Might be warranty time.

[MATTY]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

is this on mains or 12volts?

if mains are you powering anything else off the 12volts?

what goes off the charge or the whole unit powers down?

ive used mine for months and its never done this even taking its full 5 amps????

matty good look with your overpriced shoe box!!

4 five min

You just have to have a dig


Not over priced, you pay for what you get in this world, pay peanuts you get !!!!
I have been using gfx35 for years and it has never failed, coughed or spluttered nothing, it just does what is stated on the box.


Now I only buy quality equipment and having read up on the bc6 I thought that this charger would be great as I would now need a lipo charger. Having never used the charger before or charged lipos before, I charged my mimh's on the charger to get used to the menus ect. Just over half charge at 5amps the charger starts beeping and switching it self off and on repeatedly. Not a good start !!! have I set-up the unit wrong, so checked settings nothing wrong so tried again. Same thing happened !!! this did not fill me with much confidence when I needed to charge my lipos !!!! the charger has always been powered with the mains input and nothing connected to the 12v input. Now the charger works fine when I only half charge cells/lipo ie finish race and charge. But when I need to fully charge a pack of cells/lipo the charger still over heats and off & on repeatedly. SO I put a 12v fan on the 12v input knowing its 12v live when its mains powered to blow cool air across the charger and voila the charger will now fully charge a pack of cells/lipo.


So mark when I say the charger is cheap crap, the proof is in the pudding my friend....


it does not do what is stated on the BOX !!!!!
I even think that on a hot day with charger in a tent that it would not even half charge or peak a pack of cells/lipo without overheating

[DaveG28]

Originally Posted by MATTY

4 five min

You just have to have a dig


Not over priced, you pay for what you get in this world, pay peanuts you get !!!!
I have been using gfx35 for years and it has never failed, coughed or spluttered nothing, it just does what is stated on the box.


Now I only buy quality equipment and having read up on the bc6 I thought that this charger would be great as I would now need a lipo charger. Having never used the charger before or charged lipos before, I charged my mimh's on the charger to get used to the menus ect. Just over half charge at 5amps the charger starts beeping and switching it self off and on repeatedly. Not a good start !!! have I set-up the unit wrong, so checked settings nothing wrong so tried again. Same thing happened !!! this did not fill me with much confidence when I needed to charge my lipos !!!! the charger has always been powered with the mains input and nothing connected to the 12v input. Now the charger works fine when I only half charge cells/lipo ie finish race and charge. But when I need to fully charge a pack of cells/lipo the charger still over heats and off & on repeatedly. SO I put a 12v fan on the 12v input knowing its 12v live when its mains powered to blow cool air across the charger and voila the charger will now fully charge a pack of cells/lipo.


So mark when I say the charger is cheap crap, the proof is in the pudding my friend....


it does not do what is stated on the BOX !!!!!
I even think that on a hot day with charger in a tent that it would not even half charge or peak a pack of cells/lipo without overheating

I realize you've been narked into saying that, but I think one/two people having problems does not make it cheap crap!! Lots of people have said they like these, so has anyone used it in hot conditions/had lots of experience and if so what have they found?

I used mine first time yesterday, was putting in @2800mah into my Lipo's at 5A no probs, but obviously am now concerned it would struggle to put say 4000 in!?

Has anyone had any issues Lipo charging on it, unless I've misread your problems and traffman's are on nimh yeah?

[MATTY]

DaveG28 try yours, discharge your lipo to 6v and then try charging. see if yours does the samething at 5amps.

It may just be mine, but certainly does not fill me with confidence seeing as we have to be super safe when charging lipo's.

ps there is no way mine would cycle my 4900 trakpower lipo's without using a fan!!!

[MATTY]

Originally Posted by Dagger Thrasher

This certainly doesn't sound right. Getting hot is expected, but it should never keep switching on and off. What voltage of pack are you charging (6 cells I assume)? It seems to be acting like you're overstressing the internal PSU, but it should limit charge current before that happens...so perhaps you have a defective unit.

If it's only started happening recently, then I'd imagine something has failed inside the charger. Might be warranty time.

Always done it from new.
+ had the charger 6months now

[DaveG28]

Originally Posted by MATTY

DaveG28 try yours, discharge your lipo to 6v and then try charging. see if yours does the samething at 5amps.

It may just be mine, but certainly does not fill me with confidence seeing as we have to be super safe when charging lipo's.

ps there is no way mine would cycle my 4900 trakpower lipo's without using a fan!!!

Will try if I get chance tonight, only have 3200's though so may not be representative.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by MATTY

DaveG28 try yours, discharge your lipo to 6v and then try charging. see if yours does the samething at 5amps.

It may just be mine, but certainly does not fill me with confidence seeing as we have to be super safe when charging lipo's.

ps there is no way mine would cycle my 4900 trakpower lipo's without using a fan!!!

but mine does.......................... so mine is not cheap crap............

Originally Posted by MATTY

Always done it from new.
+ had the charger 6months now

if its bought from trakpower, contact them you may get a pleasent suprize

[Bungleaio]

Originally Posted by MATTY

ps there is no way mine would cycle my 4900 trakpower lipo's without using a fan!!!

Why would you want to cycle your lipos?

[traffman]

I didnt want to cause any problems ! I dont consider it cheap crap , i rather like it and i certainly want to see it work properly .
I didnt purchase it from Trakpower but from Microtech . Obviously its not Microtechs fault .
Ill give them a phone on what to do next .
It does seem Mattys problems mirror mine . And im charging nimhs at the moment , ranging from 33oo to 4600 ones. And allways set a safe level aswell.
I will contact Microtech the morrow . And keep you posted.

[DaveP]

Slightly related...but does anyone know of anywhere with the Bantam BC6 in stock ?! - having trouble getting hold of one!

[Tyson]

My Bantam BC6 does the same as yours. When the BC6 overheats it resets the unit to stop the charging process, and will continue to reset until the input supply (12v or 240v) is removed. Possibly resetting an internal timer.
I have found this to be a major problem on race day with limited space and constant charging. At the moment i place the charger in a cold place (i.e. on the floor) or near an open window for better cooling.
After reading the some of the other post i will take the advice and cut the case and add some fans !!
This problem aside i find the BC6 a good cost affective way of charging LIPO and NiMh cells.

[ianjoyner]

Got mine from Modeltech, website says they're in stock:

http://www.modeltech.co.uk/catalog/p...roducts_id=742

I've seen this overheating thing come up a few times, I guess it must be an issue on some of the chargers, I would suggest people take them back to the retailer I don't think it's 'by design'. I've regularly used mine on 5 amps for long periods without problems.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by traffman

I didnt want to cause any problems ! I dont consider it cheap crap , i rather like it and i certainly want to see it work properly .
I didnt purchase it from Trakpower but from Microtech . Obviously its not Microtechs fault .
Ill give them a phone on what to do next .
It does seem Mattys problems mirror mine . And im charging nimhs at the moment , ranging from 33oo to 4600 ones. And allways set a safe level aswell.
I will contact Microtech the morrow . And keep you posted.

microtech are your first port of call as the selling shop, thay will have got it through Trakpower, in sure kev or keith will send it back for check/repair for you.

[traffman]

Cheers Mark , ive complete faith in the guys at microtech , theyve been spot on with me everytime.