Bantam bc6 wont charge

[J_WOODY]

hi all,
i need some help, i've just gone to put my lipo's on charge on my bc6 charger,
and the display is reading : battery vol err , cell connect,
i've connected it all up a usual, all connections are good, the lipo's got 6.8v in it, so it hasn't discharged to far, anyone got any ideas ? or is it broke?

thanks in advance

Jay

p.s. it starts to charge and cuts out after 5 secs

[migsy]

you may have a dud pack or the internal fuse might have gone due to how hot they get.
my pro-trak did this regular. try to calibrate it.

migsy.

[sly]

Check your input voltage.

[J_WOODY]

Originally Posted by sly

Check your input voltage.

it on 240v , i've just tried it again, it wont charge lipo's as normal, but will charge if used in balance mode

[glypo]

Well fully charge and balance the pack, then you should be fine.

If you have balancing leads what is the point in any other kind of charging anyway?

[J_WOODY]

Originally Posted by glypo

Well fully charge and balance the pack, then you should be fine.

If you have balancing leads what is the point in any other kind of charging anyway?

no all my lipo's have the trakpower balance connector, so i'm unable to balance charge them all

[DCM]

demon do a lead, or make one

[J_WOODY]

Originally Posted by DCM

demon do a lead, or make one

i would of preferred to see if anyone else has had this problem, and get the charger repaired if its faulty,

[jim76]

you don;t have it set as 3 or 4 cells or something? therefore showing below recommended voltage.

[mark christopher]

take the balance lead out the charger when not balancing, mine did this last nite, when balance charging was fine, charged a pack i did not have balance cable for and it did fault as yours, i unplugged from the balance port and just used the main red/black output and it was fine

[J_WOODY]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

take the balance lead out the charger when not balancing, mine did this last nite, when balance charging was fine, charged a pack i did not have balance cable for and it did fault as yours, i unplugged from the balance port and just used the main red/black output and it was fine

thanks Mark,
that seems to have sorted the problem, its now charging ok

jay

[sim]

I use the BC6 as well and I made my own connector following the diagram here...
http://www.bantamtek.com/Manual/PB5-BC5-BATCON.pdf

You will need the #EAC120 connector and 2 normal 4mm corally plugs and one 2mm one.

[spud31]

i do the lead for BC6 to trackpower, but the pack has to low a voltage for the BC6 to charge as it should be below 7.4v really.
I will P.M a way to get it back as im not publically saying how to correct this prob.

[MotoRev]

Microtech racing sell the lead all made up for a fiver

[jim76]

they also sell all the balance boards to fit any make of pack for £4!
lovely piece of kit

[ianjoyner]

Originally Posted by J_WOODY

thanks Mark,
that seems to have sorted the problem, its now charging ok

jay

I came across this too, if you use the balance lead with the plug in the charger, but have the balance pin not connected to the batteries you get the error. So basically unless all the leads out of the balance connector go to something don't plug it into the port on the charger.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by spud31

i do the lead for BC6 to trackpower, but the pack has to low a voltage for the BC6 to charge as it should be below 7.4v really.
I will P.M a way to get it back as im not publically saying how to correct this prob.

sorry but your wrong re read my post and his reply, its working as it should, its NOT a pack or a charger fault, it is having the balance lead plugged into the charger and not the pack, the charger detects this and reports a voltage problem (problem being there is not pack on the balance lead)