Just bought a Bantam BC6, question about balance boards

[Steve-O]

Just bought this charger to replace my old old Apache 2500 and Polyquest PCM guard lol

Anyway, I need to be able to charge 2 and 3 cell Polyquest / Hyperion Lipos and from the looks of it Bantam dont use the standard universal style balance boards.

The charger does come with a Bantam balance cable for 2s lipo but unsure of the make.

I have Polyquest Male / Female connectors and from the looks of balance boards all they do is link the required pins to the pins on the charger.

Hyperion / PQ 2 and 3 cell packs use the same balance adaptor (just one less wire) So my question is, can I not wire a new connector upto the Bantam balance adaptor thats with my bantam? Seems silly paying £10 for a board when I have connectors sitting here...

Does anyone have the pinout / wiring diagram of the Bantam port?

This shows you how simple these balance boards are, look at the tracks joining them -



Oh and another question, Is this a good charger?

Thanks

[Steve-O]

bookmarked this site, should help - http://sites.google.com/site/tjinguy...ce-connectors/

[ianjoyner]

Yes it is just a case of connecting the right pins up, but take care with the BC6, the first two pins of the connector are both negative (rather than -ve then +ve of first cell). There is a diagram in the manual:

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct...DmKlcxEjQNhDSg

[dale]

The Bantam is a fantastic charger. It's the original high-quality charger that all of the current HK clones copied. Unlike a lot of the cheap clones it's calibrated properly so won't overcharge and puff your cells up.

As for balancing, no board is needed, its just a matter of connecting the pins up correctly. Then you just have a lead which looks a lot tidier.

[Big paul]

If you Have j u s t plugs on your battery have a look on Giant cods site for j u s t balance board for both 2s+3s in one board.£3 tops .

[Steve-O]

Thanks, looks easy from looking at the manual.

Will look at the other site as well but if I can make it I will just do that

I was wondering what that extra wire did... Seems strange how they connect two upto the negative at the end, is there a reason or is it just to make you buy their board and not one from ebay that fits all??