Wierd charging problem - HELP !!
 

Hello guys.
im using a Robbe Power Peak Ultimate to charge my Li-Po APACHE 1200 Mah 11.1V pack from www.anyrc.com
anyway i set the smart charger to 1.2A charge - no go, it charges only at 0.2A, same when i set it to 1A and 0.8A, it starts to climb (up to about 0.3A) and then goes back down to charge at 0.2A ot 0.17A.
any idea why ? this is a new charger, the new model had the Li charge function.
thanks.

RE: Wierd charging problem - HELP !!
 

Could it be that the cells are already charged? If so then the charger will be in the constant voltage rather than constant current phase so it'll probably use a low current to maintain the voltage at 4.2V per cell. For a 11.1V cell the magic voltage is 12.6V. If the pack is already close to that voltage it won't matter what charge current you set you'll only ever see it at a low value like 0.1..0.3A

Cliff

RE: Wierd charging problem - HELP !!
 

Yep, that was it !
i just put the pack into charging again, this time its charging at 11.87V \ 0.81A - its still not 1C of the pack though... [:o]