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Technical, Techniques, Hints, and Tips => Batteries & Chargers => Topic started by: Paul R on November 24, 2011, 04:13:21 pm

Title: Advice needed for Accucel 6 charger
Post by: Paul R on November 24, 2011, 04:13:21 pm

Hi..

Not had this very long, using it for 3S li-po batts. I notice there is a program for li-po charge and li-po ballance charge.  On li-po charge, battery seems to charge and the cells seem to be monitered as you can check this via the display. The same seems to happen with the li-po ballance charge program, so whats the difference ? Is the ballance charge just to ballance the cells or does it charge the batt at the same time as well? Which program should I be using.  ????

Thanks.

Title: Re: Advice needed for Accucel 6 charger
Post by: DickyD on November 24, 2011, 04:21:05 pm

Instructions here  on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYFHQHQ1aD8


MANUAL here

http://turnigy.co.uk/downloads/accucell-6_manual.pdf  Suggest you print it off.  (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/DickyD_photos/Smileys/tumb.gif)

Title: Re: Advice needed for Accucel 6 charger
Post by: Paul R on November 24, 2011, 04:37:18 pm

Yeh. Got the manual, its not much help.....

If anyone has used one of these chargers perhaps they could advise which program to use for li-po charging..

Many thanks

Title: Re: Advice needed for Accucel 6 charger
Post by: DickyD on November 24, 2011, 04:43:03 pm

Try the youtube one, it says you need to balance charge when the battery has more than one cell.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYFHQHQ1aD8  (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/DickyD_photos/Smileys/tumb.gif)

Title: Re: Advice needed for Accucel 6 charger
Post by: barriew on November 24, 2011, 05:35:54 pm

You need to balance charge your lipos - not sure why you would want to charge lipos without balancing them. And yes it does charge as well :-))

Good to have you back on duty Richard :-)

Barrie

Title: Re: Advice needed for Accucel 6 charger
Post by: DickyD on November 24, 2011, 05:48:49 pm

Thanks Barrie  (http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p8/DickyD_photos/Smileys/drinking25.gif)

Title: Re: Advice needed for Accucel 6 charger
Post by: Tombsy on November 24, 2011, 05:54:50 pm

I balance every charge but I've read it's not always necessary on every charge maybe every 2 or 3 charges, I'm guessing it's faster to charge without balancing. You can get one of those $5 digital testers to see if the cells are in line.