Lipo checker going bad?

[jrwalte]

I have a Hitec Lipo Checker and it's acting weird recently. I do not recall it acting like this previously..but maybe it is my aging batteries?

With some 3 cell batteries, what it will sometimes do is when I connect it will say 4.2, 4.21, 4.17. Then a second later or so it will say 4.2 across the board. Then disconnect and reconnect and it will say 4.2 across the board. Wait a little and it will be off again. Maybe 4.2, 4.2, 4.18, which will then change to 4.2 across the board within a sec. But it's always the last cell that drops.

The batteries have a very close IR according to PL6 - say no more than .3 mohm and around 2.6-3mohm per cell (the last cell is always the highest, though).

[Gregor99]

Typical behavior for cell checkers when they are not making good contact with the balance connectors. I'd clean the contacts on the packs and the cell checker with a contact cleaner like Deoxit.

[jrwalte]

Thanks. I have some and will give that a try

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