Balance Charging 1s LiPO

[Chequered Flag Racing]

quote from another thread

Originally Posted by mark christopher

you can not balance a 1s cell?

looks like you can with this one

so how many cells are in a 1s lipo?

[metalmickey0]

Err one? Thats why its a 1 cell lipo. Perhaps that isnt a 1 cell as not seen one with that capacity

[Chequered Flag Racing]

if it's one cell then why have a balance port

1s Lipo's from Nosram/LRP are at 6700mah, but that's another story
http://www.nosram.com/en/products/ba...c-37v/details/

[sosidge]

The balance lead only has two wires... it has no balance function.

Perhaps it is there for the very small market of people who use trickle chargers that connect via a balance connector. More likely is that it is there because the supplier builds the packs with a balance lead and hadn't bothered to remove it from the design.

More importantly, does it really matter?

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by sosidge

The balance lead only has two wires... it has no balance function.

Perhaps it is there for the very small market of people who use trickle chargers that connect via a balance connector. More likely is that it is there because the supplier builds the packs with a balance lead and hadn't bothered to remove it from the design.

More importantly, does it really matter?

Ditto

[Chequered Flag Racing]

thanks all

a club member was asking on FB and I didn't have a clue

[smarkham]

Its so you can use a cheapo charger some only charge through the ballance leads think the bottom line orion lipo chargers like the Orion Advantage IQ240 use ballance leads only.

[neallewis]

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

so how many cells are in a 1s lipo?

I'm just guessing here, but maybe its a 1S2P pack. So to get the capacity they have paralleled two 1 (3.7v 2300mAh) Cells, hence the need for a balance charge lead. I'd expect it to be printed on the label though, so you can set your charger correctly?