Balancing by charging saddles individually ?

[andys]

Seems obvious, but is it ok to charge each saddle pack cell individually as i don't have a balance charger ? Will the 2 cells be as 'balanced' as they would be by charging them together with a balancer ?

Also, does the trakpower V balance thing just fit onto the + / - outputs from any lipo charger, as I might just add one to my older lipo charger ?

Cheers.

[sparrow.2]

That will work just fine as long as you set the charger to 1S.

The Trakpower balancer or any other balancer will hook up to the positive and negative outputs of your charger, so that would work ok too.

[Col]

I use my trakpower v balance thing with a robitronic charger. Like you say, it just uses corally's to fit into the charger so should fit anything.

edit. beaten

[Edwinhpi]

i have one for sale if you are interested, a trakpower balancer never been used

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by andys

Seems obvious, but is it ok to charge each saddle pack cell individually as i don't have a balance charger ? Will the 2 cells be as 'balanced' as they would be by charging them together with a balancer ?

Also, does the trakpower V balance thing just fit onto the + / - outputs from any lipo charger, as I might just add one to my older lipo charger ?

Cheers.

charging like that you wont need a balancer.

[Adam F]

Can you balance them when charging both at once?

Guessing you just connect the balance lead to one of the positive terminals on one of the saddles? Can anyone confirm?

[Angel]

if charging the two cells of a saddle pack individually, they must be charged on a lower voltage setting than when charging the pair together - assuming the saddle pack is rated at 7.4v as a whole, then then each half must be charged on a 3.7v setting. mAh setting should remain the same.