LBA10 Balancer with M1 Cells?

[Serum]

Brian; i am using a Graupner type of thing of these chargers, i can confirm that they are very precise in balancing.

With or without the charging process active, it simple balances them.

If your charging voltage stays at the fixed 3.6V i see no problems for using it for balancing. A nice safety feature is that the 4.3V cutoff really cuts the balancer loose from it's charging signal.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by Serum

Brian; i am using a Graupner type of thing of these chargers, i can confirm that they are very precise in balancing.

With or without the charging process active, it simple balances them.

If your charging voltage stays at the fixed 3.6V i see no problems for using it for balancing. A nice safety feature is that the 4.3V cutoff really cuts the balancer loose from it's charging signal.

That's good to know. I saw that there were several chargers capable of charging M1 cells, but didn't see anything meant explicity for balancing them. Once I realized how the balancer actually works, it made sense that it would work for these cells even though it wasn't explicitly designed for them.

Like I said, the charger will provide the floor and ceiling cutoffs for the pack. The balancer will simply keep each cell equalized with respect to each other.

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by BrianG

That's good to know. I saw that there were several chargers capable of charging M1 cells, but didn't see anything meant explicity for balancing them. Once I realized how the balancer actually works, it made sense that it would work for these cells even though it wasn't explicitly designed for them.

Like I said, the charger will provide the floor and ceiling cutoffs for the pack. The balancer will simply keep each cell equalized with respect to each other.

I just read that Astroflight is coming out with an A123 Blinky balancer and a 109 charger that will support A123 cells (not sure on the specifics, though).

[neweuser]

Originally Posted by MetalMan

I just read that Astroflight is coming out with an A123 Blinky balancer and a 109 charger that will support A123 cells (not sure on the specifics, though).

that will make brian happy!