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Old 05-19-2012, 04:45 PM
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Lipo Balance Time

What is the longest time it should take to balance a 5000ma 2 cell lipo battery?
I've charged it 3 times and decided to balance it, I left it on the balancer for 48 hrs and it still was not done. What is the maximum time it should take?
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Old 05-19-2012, 05:34 PM
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What are the individual cell voltages? If they're within 0.01 or so, it's fine.

Some balancers will literally balance forever and never be happy.

What charger/balancer are you using?

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Thanks for the reply Eric, I'm using a Triton EQ charger, not sure of the voltages, was waiting for it to finish and then check the charge info in the charger memory.
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I didn't know those would balance outside of the charge mode... It may just keep going for eternity until you give up on it.

If you can measure the voltages with a multimeter that would tell me a lot.

If you're plugging the balance lead in while charging, it does it for you during the charge process.

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Thanks, I'll give that a try.
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