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BL_RV0 · **Hooking balancer to charger... -** 08.30.2009, 08:51 PM

Hey guys, I've always had a hyperion 1210i and a LBA10 but I never hooked them together because I never had a dataport cable, just did non-balance charges, then standalone balancing. Anyways, I plug the male bullets on the balancer into the charger, plug in the dataport cable to the charger and balancer, plug in the balance tap on the battery into the balance board, plug in the deans on the battery to the deans on the balancer, go to charge mode (I don't see a balance charge option) press enter, and get "OUTPUT BATTERY CONNECT ERROR". What am I doing wrong?

BrianG · 08.30.2009, 09:48 PM

Push the Mode button on the LBA until the single LED (not the cell LEDs) blinks.

BL_RV0 · 08.30.2009, 10:10 PM

Under what circumstances is it supposed to blink? (Deans plugged in, balance tap plugged in, both plugged in?)

BrianG · 08.30.2009, 10:58 PM

Hook up your pack main leads, then balance leads to the LBA. At this point the mode light should be on solid, and the cell LEDs may blink depending if they need balancing or not. Hook the LBA to the charger. Then press the mode buttonl the mode light should now blink slowly.

BL_RV0 · 08.31.2009, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by BrianG

Hook up your pack main leads, then balance leads to the LBA. At this point the mode light should be on solid, and the cell LEDs may blink depending if they need balancing or not. Hook the LBA to the charger. Then press the mode buttonl the mode light should now blink slowly.

Brian! You rule! It works perfectly now!

MetalMan · 08.31.2009, 02:30 AM

I thought it was balance lead first, then main battery lead? That's the way I do it. Also, make sure the LBA10 is in M (master) when used alone. If the red LED flashes very briefly, that means it doesn't detect the balance lead. Blinking green LED means it's in charge mode, as Brian mentioned.

Using 2x LBA10 can get a bit tricky, took me about half an hour to get it right.

BrianG · 08.31.2009, 11:36 AM

Hmmm, not sure on the order. I always do the main leads, then the balance connector and it always works for me. Maybe it doesn't matter as long as it is done within a certain amount of time. I'm sure the manual would say for sure, but since it works, I don't look at it.

Yeah, make sure it's on Master setting. I never touched this before, so I tend to forget about that one.

MetalMan · 08.31.2009, 11:29 PM

Just out of curiosity, did you use Brian's order (main battery lead then balancer lead), or my way?

BL_RV0 · 08.31.2009, 11:33 PM

Either way works for me.

BrianG · 08.31.2009, 11:41 PM

Yeah, I think I've done it both ways and it does work. Once in a while, I get the fast mode blinking thing, but I simply disconnect and reconnect.

Think of the mode button as an on/off switch. When the mode LED is solid, the connection of the main leads is off between the charger and the pack, so it doesn't see the pack at all and errors out. Once you press the mode switch and it blinks, the "switch" is on and the connection is made.