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Old 04-18-2005 | 05:03 PM
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bdavison
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Default RE: Hanging in a tree

While the Triton is almost "un-decieveable", It still cant tell if a multi-celled lipo is unbalanced.
And Ive got a 3cell battery here to prove it. One bad cell and two good ones. Basically it knows something is wrong, it just doesnt know what. The Triton is a superb charger, but not perfect.

Basically the triton will adjust amperage rates to keep the pack from overheating and to maintain max performance. So with this one bad cell lipo I have, it just tries to charge it at a low amperage rate.....for a LONG time. No error messages, etc. I wont fly it again, but I do use it as a test battery when Im just tweaking on my planes at home. I figure one day, Ill take it out back and do one of those lipo explosion demo videos. Crank about 5A to it and watch it go boom. Get it all on video

Most chargers cant tell if the cells are imbalanced. Thats why Tanic and a few others put taps on each cell, so you can manually check them.