Thunder Power 1010 and 210 videos

[LITHIUMSTATIC]

I do have the solid yellow light. I will give it one more final charge and balance then I'm off to fly!

**EDIT Here is a pic of the wiring harness my buddy made for me. Thanks for your help Bob!!! :thumbsup2:

[odieser]

my 1010c sometimes stops charging because of a imbalance of over .2V but when I check the batteriy by reading the 205 balancer it only shows a imbalance of .005 volts what could be the problem
Mark

[Finless]

OK sometimes the balancer screws up communication with the charger especially if you restart the charger! If things arent making sence the best thing to do is unhook the batt from the balancer (DONT JUST USE THE BUTON) and reset everything.

If you still have a problem after that then something is either wrong with the balancer (mostly the failures I have seen) or the charger (rare).

Bob

[odieser]

Thanks for he reply Bob
So if the imbalance that I am reading of the charger is .005v I should not have to charge at the recomended .30A rate or should I just restart the whole procedure
of charging normally
Mark

[Finless]

Well if all is working well I would say yes... but make sure your balancer is not screwed up!

Under known circumstances I would say YES but you brought up a issue so please be careful!

Bob

[odieser]

Must be my balancer screwing up because I reset (restarted) and everthing ended up balanced and charged so I must have a glitch in the balancer that I will address with TP
Thanks for the input
Mark

[Finless]

No you dont... this is a glitch I see all the time! If I restart the charger and not reset the balancer then I too get screwy readings.... The charger code can be updated but NOT the balancer..... Just reset EVERYHING and you should be good!

Bob

[HFG]

If i ask really nice Bob can we get an updated video on using the charger with nimh and/or A123 ? And if that doesnt work i can ask really jackassory :D

[lour]

How do you check which firmware your charger has?

[HFG]

it says when you first power up the unit.

[lour]

If you do need to update your 1010 how do you go about loading it with the latest Firmware?


Thanks

[HFG]

YOU have to buy the USB programmer for it. If you can find someone with it in stock tell me :(

[Finless]

I cant find it in stock ANYWHERE myself... Been borrowing a friends :(

Bob

[HFG]

Why couldn't they have used a USB connector on the dang thing ? Or if they don't wanna go that extra mile why not just use an RS232 ?

[Finless]

Well they do use a USB but also a converter to talk to the main board over a propritary interface :(

Bob

[jyheli]

If i ask really nice Bob can we get an updated video on using the charger with nimh and/or A123 ? And if that doesnt work i can ask really jackassory :D

Yes that is what I need also. Video to use with A123.

[BarnOwl]

I cant find it in stock ANYWHERE myself... Been borrowing a friends :(

Bob

DraganFly has them in stock most of the time, that's where I got mine.......

http://www.rctoys.com/rc-toys-and-parts/TP-PCABLE/RC-PARTS-CONNECTORS-WIRING.html

[Doug Darby]

I have never been able to get the charger and balancer to work on any of my 9 different 3S 2150 packs. They are different brands (align, FlightPower, and DN) and the only thing that will happen is the balancer reads the pack levels, but when I initiate the charge cycle with 3 cells at 2.1 Amps the charger starts off correctly and then after reaching 1.9 to 2.0 amps it shuts down completely with no message at all. Only once was I ever to get it to work and that was without the balancer on just one try out of about 40 attempts. I even bought new EVO 25 packs this weekend and it would not work on either of them. But they are balanced almost perfectly and charge just perfectly on a different charger I have that also indicated they are taking the appropriate amount of charge. I am very frustrated to spend that kind of money and not be able to get them to work on all my packs. The combo unit has worked quite well charging my TP 5000 with only one error and I reset the charger balancer and it worked fine. But still no luck at all with the 3 cell 2150's.. Any ideas would be appreciated, My next move is take it back and ask to exchange it or at least try another one.

[Finless]

Hmmmmm no idea really... Works fine for me and all my FP packs from 3S up to 10S. Since your having this problem on more than one pack I have to assume something is wrong with your charger or balancer.

What code level is your charger? If it is an old version that might be it?
Also what are you using for input power? Have yo tried a car battery? The charger is picky about input power if it is noisy or low in voltage.

Bob

[Doug Darby]

I have a high end power supply but I also tried it on my Truck battery with no luck. Where can I find the code level? I will check the display when I start it up to see if it says it there.

Thanks

[Finless]

yes it says there on power up.

Bob

[Doug Darby]

Version 2.0c.. I don't think that would be the problem???

[Finless]

No that is an OK version. Sounds to me like you got a bum charger. If you dont hook up the balancer does it do the same thing?

Bob

[Doug Darby]

Yes... Only once out of about 40 attempts did it function on a 3s and that was one of many tries without the balancer.. The power supply provides 13.8 V at up to 30 Amp. But the truck battery yielded the same results. Still worked fine for the TP 5000 mah 6 cell I charged 3 times today..

[Doug Darby]

Problem solved... The charger was bad.. Exchanged it to day for a new one that worked perfectly..

Thanks for the suggestions Bob..