TP-610C error : Voltage error or Wrong Polarity

[Destin]

UPDATE: never mind... it was a newbie moment. The battery was already charged. I was thinking each cell was going to be over 4 volts for a full charge, but since this is a 6S pack it was already at full charge.


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Trying to get my new Thuder Power TP-610C charger to charge a FlightPower EVO25 2500Mah 22.2v 25C Lipo.

I have verified polarity (negative to negative / positive to positive on battery right??)
I have both balancing wires from battery connected to the TP-Pack inputs on the PCB connector.

The charger is set for a 6S LiPo battery.

12 Volt input (I am using a Pro Peak 13.8B power supply)
C = .50 A (I am not sure what the correct value for this should be)

checking the balancer all cells are at 3.8V

So, why when I start to charge would it say:
The charger errors out with "VoltageError or Wrong Polarity" ?

The pack is new - so I am not sure... is it already fully charged when each cell is at 3.8V ?

[Skiddz]

3.8v/cell isn't fully charged - it's close to storage charge (3.85v/cell) Full charged each cell should be close to 4.2v.

You sure the charger isn't set to 50% or 95% charge?

[Destin]

The charger is set to 100% charge.

I'm beginning to think the charger is defective.

It wont discharge a battery either - gives the same error.

[Skiddz]

and cell voltage is at 3.8?? My 1010s sometimes complains with that same error if cell voltage is around 3.4v/cell so I'll let 'em sit for a bit on the balancer and sometimes they'll start right up. Other times, I can get 'em to start if I set the charge rate to about 0.5A (0.1C) Rarely I need to "jump start" 'em on the NiCd setting for a min or two to get the cell voltage up.

[Gwailo]

I had exactly the same problem with my tp610c charger. Everything "seemed" to be programmed ok but it gave me the same message.

I had a new 3s tp 1100 lipo. The Charger is set to 100% charge at 1.1 amps. It appears that the battery was over discharged. It wouldn't even show that a balancer was connected until the pack was up to the minimum level per cell. I had to unhook the balancer and use the recover mode to bring the cells up to minimum. Only then would the charger "see" the balancer connection when re-connected. Also the charger does not want to charge solely through the balancer connection. It seems that the main power leads need to be connected in order to charge a battery. This thing has a bit of a learning curve. (for me at least!)