right, but when mine is balaced, the balancer automatically shuts off, then i need to restart it maybe, but the packs stay well balanced and only need to balance generally in the beginning stages

Balancing doesn't even need to be done at the beginning. In fact, if you can wait until the charging process is about halfway done, and then connect the balancer, any imbalance there might be would be more recognizable since the cells are closer to being fully charged. Then, if the imbalance is large enough (based on how long it is flashing the LEDs for) you can slow the charge rate in order to let it finish balancing before the charger finishes.

That's what i meant Metal, (beginning stages)when charging to first few charges to make sure you balance. Sorry for the confusion.

Well, my 989 works totally great to charge both packs in series! i love this thing!