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rsking45
08-20-2007, 11:13 PM
Hey all,
I have a few questions for ya all concerning checking the lipos.I have 2 eflite 7.4v 800mAh 2 cell, and 1 dn power 7.4 900mAh.
When I check the 3 batteries with my meter I get 8.10 8.09 8.10 checking at the red and black wire that gets plugged into the 4 in 1.
Being that these batteries are 7.4v and the reading are above 8v are they being over charged?
When checking the 3 lipo using the connector that gets plugged unto the charger the reading are black and blue wire 3.86 3.84 4.0
black and red wire 8.10 8.09 8.10
What do these reading mean?
I am using the stock charger, balancer that came with my cx2

logger1
08-21-2007, 11:09 PM
A fully charged cell should be 4.2 Volts. So for your 2 cell battery you should be reading 8.4V. The minimum voltage should be 3.0Volt per cell for a total of 6V for you 2 cell.
Your batteries seem poorly balanced.
If I understand your measurements this is what you have. Battery 2 has a overcharged cell.
Battery1 cells = 3.86, 4.14
Battery2 cells = 3.84, 4.25
Battery3 cells = 4.00, 4.1