BAD TekPower!

[th3tick]

Tonight, whilst charging a pair of 4S EVOLITE packs on my Cellpro 4s chargers, they suddenly started warbling. I look over, saw some error code, heard the fan on my TekPower 30A PS on high, then saw sparks out the back of one of my Cellpro chargers.

I turned everything off, then tried things on a different PS. Both Cellpros are dead - one will only give Error Code 28 over and over, and the other one won't even come on anymore.

SUCK! :arggg:

So, does anyone know if a) FMA might repair them, b) have any ideas what might have happened, and c) know any good, and terribly reliable 30+A power supplies I could find, quick?

Worst of all, I just sold off my 10A PS, and it's headed in the mail tomorrow.

Both packs appear OK, but it's hard to tell for sure until I get some more checking done. Fortunately, my TP-1010 was shut off at the time, and is working fine.

Well, at least I'm not having trouble staying awake anymore!

John

[th3tick]

Well, it doesn't appear that the failures of the two Cellpros saved the packs entirely. On my TP-1010/210, they show cell 1 at 0.136 low on one, and 0.146 low on the other - that is, lower than the other cells.

Not sure if this lends any clues as to what might have happened. At this point, I think I'm going to hit up Radio Shack and get one of their 15A power supplies I know they have in stock. That should drive my TP-1010 for the time being.

SO depressing, and probably lucky...

John

EDIT: a couple more notes:
1) the fuse on the PS didn't pop
2) the 30A fuse on the integy 12V power strip in the middle also didn't pop
3) suddenly, ozone doesn't smell so nice