[NSRCA-discussion] Blinky balancer

[Chad Northeast]

TP charger and balancer....charging 10s all the time is great....I would 
never want to go back to charging the packs seperately.

I think for the moment only Schulze and TP make balancers that are 
capable of dealing with 10s packs, the TP one is far cheaper than the 
equivelent Schulze.

I use the Full charge setting and normally recharge about 3500-4200 
mAh....takes around 45-60 minutes for those charge levels.

The one issue at the moment is that the over-voltage cutout in the 
charger is a bit conservative and has a habit of being set off while 
charging the big series packs....there is an update coming in June that 
can be done through your computer that will improve this (need a cable 
from TP to do it though).  For the moment I have been charging without 
the data cable to bypass this problem...works just as good but you lose 
some safety features.

Chad

John Pavlick wrote:

>Does anyone have any experience with the Astro "Blinky" Li-PO balancer? It
>looks like  a neat little device. I need to put together a charger setup for
>5S LiPo's. All of my chargers are only good for 4S / 3amps. I guess the T.P.
>1010 is the hot setup, but with the T.P. balancer it's not cheap. What are
>you guys using?
>
>John Pavlick
>http://www.idseng.com
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