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Old 06-21-2006 | 08:03 PM
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Default Balancing without a balancer

I have a good hobby charger, but I don't have a balancer.
Would it be ok to charge a 3 cell pack one cell at a time?
Old 06-22-2006 | 02:25 PM
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Default RE: Balancing without a balancer

That would be fine. That is what I did before I got a balancer, just ran a tap out between the cells, measured the voltage and then if necessar charged them individually. I found that under normal use they stay pretty well balanced. It takes only seconds to measure them with your DVM so why risk going with them out of balance?
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could you explain that a little better Red? I know nothing about these batteries except how to charge and how to put in plane and fly. I have a Hobbico charger and could charge 1 cell at a time but I have this plug and it has 3 black wire and 1 red going to the battery. Do i make some kind of jumper to a deans connector to hook to my charger( please be specific about connectors and such) and do I make 3 jumpers that go to each black wire with the red to hook to the charger? this is my connector. Sorry to be such a novice but i dont want them to blow up on me!!! pics and part numbers would help too if you can.

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Jay
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