TP 1010 error message

[MarkFlysHelis]

I have the TP 1010 charger w/ tp210 balancer. Trex 600cf, XL motor, 6s EVO25, 5000mah.

After my 3rd flight after construction, All seemed well, did some simple rolls and loops, landed the right side of the heli on the right side of the grass. :shock:

When I got home to recharge the battery, I got a [1] voltage or polarity warning. I went to the read out screen of the charger and it shows cell 3 @ 3.220 and cell 6 @ 3.045..

Does anyone know what could've caused this how can I fix it.

Thanks for any help,
Mark

[odieser]

the only time I have seen that error message when I forgot to hook up the main leads to the charger and only had the balancer hooked up once I started to charge
As soon as I hooked that up and charged everything was fine

[MarkFlysHelis]

I'm at somewhat of a loss. I think there's some sort of fail safe in the charger when the cell's Volts are uneven. Still don't think this should happen with a brand new $300.00 battery and a $300.00 charger/balancer.


" If I could only find the parachute button on my transmitter, I'd never crash" :dontknow

[MarkFlysHelis]

I figured it out thanks to Eayl @ RCHover. Apparently when the volts on a cell get below 3.2 the charger doesn't recognize the cell count as 6. He said to do an inital charge as a 5 cell then adjust accordingly. I've already done this and it worked perfectly.....

Mark

[Finless]

DONT drain your packs that low! While EVO's are tuff packs draining the pack that low will reduce life!

Bob