Airing some Dirty Laundry

[suicideneil]

Thats a familiar sounding charger issue to me, happens pretty much every time I run my truck & then recharge the batts:

The cell voltage drops below nominal levels (~3.7v), so when you put it on the charger, it detects my 5s packs as 4s packs, and my 6s A123 packs as 5s packs.

All you have to do is charge the packs as whatever the charger detects them as until the voltage level rises to the nominal level for each cell (3.7v for lipos, or 3.3v for A123s). Once this level is reached, stop the charge, then restart it & as if by magic the charger will detect the correct number of cells, and you can finish charging the packs until they reach 4.2v (or ~3.65v for A123s) per cell.

It would seem to me that T-Bro didnt realise this, and when his old, outdated charger registered the number of cells incorrectly after possibly over discharging them ( or not, since the voltage only has to rest below nominal levels, not below dangerous levels ), he panicked and accused Linc of sending him bad packs- which they clearly arent.

User error, plain and simple- he has no reason to demand new lipos or to cancel the whole trade, he just needs to get an upto date charger and esc or lvc device, and read my cure for incorrect cell count detection on chargers with auto-detect software.

[JThiessen]

I had the same issues as Neil described trying to use my Superbrain charging lipo's and A123's also. As soon as I determined what was going on (I believe with Linc and Brians help), I ordered my Hyperion Duo. I sleep much better now....