ORIGINAL: byoung466
So if you daisy chain 5 packs it will give internal resistance for each of the packs?
The average IR of all the cell #1's, cell #2's, etc will be given. The balance connectors for all the packs are connected in parallel, with only one set of balance leads connected to the charger.
I've been charging 6 packs at a time at about 25A. It's very convenient since you don't have to keep attaching new packs and then start the charge cycle over again.
The PL8 balances by throttling back the current to the higher voltage cells rather than bleeding off the higher voltage cells. I didn't have any luck with the the Thunder power balancers. I think they over heated and drove themselves out of calibration as they bled off the extra voltage.
You can see parallel adapter cables here..
http://epbuddy.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=7