Frosty0769 Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 I'm charging my LiPo for the first time. I've attached it to the charger and the charger is showing that one cell is charged and cell 2&3 are not. Annoyingly there were no instructions in the box and the WE website is down. The charger is the WE L3 compact LiPo charger. Any help would be great I font fancy burning the house down tonight.
Supporters Ian_Gere Posted October 17, 2014 Supporters Posted October 17, 2014 I'm not familiar with the charger, but assuming it is a balancing charger (it has a socket for that extra little white plug with the 4 wires), which it should be to charge LiPo's, it should balance them automatically. Note: I edited your title to comply with our 'what it says on the tin' policy. team flex 1
team flex Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 so is this charger a smart charger? Basically you will want to plug the balancer in. I'm not 100 percent sure however if you overcharge cell 1 then it will be very bad I believe. This is why the balancer gets plugged in to balance it. That might only be for nunchucks though, don't quote me on it
Frosty0769 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Posted October 17, 2014 It's not s balancing charger it's the compact. The battery is a nunchuck
Supporters Samurai Posted October 17, 2014 Supporters Posted October 17, 2014 If it's this one, then it's a standard B3 and it is balancing. It only has the balancer plug. If it doesn't blink then it's charging. (On the side note: holy cr*p £20 for a B3? You can get that from ebay for £6,89 with a different sticker.) Ian_Gere 1
Frosty0769 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Posted October 17, 2014 Samurai. Thanks for that, mine isn't flashing just showing a constant green on one light and constant red on the other two. Nothing flashing.
team flex Posted October 17, 2014 Posted October 17, 2014 is there another thing with the battery, that you haven't plugged in? a small white connector?
Frosty0769 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Posted October 17, 2014 There is the mini Tanya cone to for the RIF. Which obviously does not fit. I have then plugged in the other white connector into the charger. I have put this in the three pin female socket as this is a three pin male pin clip. The charger is warm and the batteries are cold.
Frosty0769 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Posted October 17, 2014 Giving up for the night. Starting to think I've been sold a dud.
Supporters Samurai Posted October 17, 2014 Supporters Posted October 17, 2014 It is a balancer charger. It only connects with the balance (little white) connector. Each cell is charged separately. Keep it on until all three leds are green. If there is a probem with a cell, then the corresponding led blinks red. This charger operates on a bit low current level meaning it is slow. It charges a battery in quite a few hours. If the battery has never been balanced, it is very well possible that the cells are on a different level, and one of them is above the "charged" voltage (4.2V if I remember correctly). If you had a multimeter you could measure each cell's voltage to check it. Ian_Gere 1
Frosty0769 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Posted October 17, 2014 Not got a multimeter. Will put it on again in the morning. It's had about 2 1/2 hours tonight will give it another couple if hours in the morning before I set off to play.
Supporters Ian_Gere Posted October 17, 2014 Supporters Posted October 17, 2014 Samurai is right, that is a B3 with another badge - it will balance all the cells automatically eventually.
Frosty0769 Posted October 18, 2014 Author Posted October 18, 2014 I put it on again this morning as soon as my son woke me up with the thought that I had two hours before I leaver so should be ok. Left it for half an hour and had two lights. Then not 5 mins later it went three lights. Thanks all for your help on this. Samurai, Airsoft_Mr B, Ian_Gere and 1 other 4
Frosty0769 Posted October 18, 2014 Author Posted October 18, 2014 Just got back. Battery ran faultless all day no need to recharge at lunch. Very pleased with it an glad I didn't give up on it last night. Ian_Gere, team flex, Airsoft_Mr B and 1 other 4
joshcowin Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 To add on to this topic instead of making a new one is this charger worth getting,starting to go into lipo batteries
Frosty0769 Posted October 24, 2014 Author Posted October 24, 2014 I didn't get any instructions but it worked fine in the end. I'm sure there are better ones on the market though.
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