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Hi all I am just wondering what everyones experience with the battery has been like? I have had to disconnect mine for tonight as after 4 hours one cell was still not balanced. It's about 0.10 volt lower than the other cells. Should I hook it back up to the charger tomorrow evening or use it and charge it after a flight. Light went orange after a couple of hours then after a couple more cell one was still showing as discharging. Everything was set right and I had no errors. Thanks Shane Finished 3D Printer, RB7, Hummer, Skyrider drone & Combat tank collection http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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It took me about 8-10h to fully charge the battery for the first time until the light went green. I haven't done it second time yet so can't say if the time to full charge changes after it's initially balanced. Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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I will continue charging it later then. Finished 3D Printer, RB7, Hummer, Skyrider drone & Combat tank collection http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Kenjara, mine went through the balancing cycle with all 3 cells. Took around 10.5 hours all in, but I did have to disconnect it after 5 hours in the evening then re-connect in the morning, so that may have pushed back the full charge time a little.
I'd never leave one of these charging overnight though. I had one burst on me a couple of years ago that I bought to use in an Align TRex 600. Quite alarming when it goes!
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Mekon wrote:Kenjara, mine went through the balancing cycle with all 3 cells. Took around 10.5 hours all in, but I did have to disconnect it after 5 hours in the evening then re-connect in the morning, so that may have pushed back the full charge time a little.
I'd never leave one of these charging overnight though. I had one burst on me a couple of years ago that I bought to use in an Align TRex 600. Quite alarming when it goes! I have a fireproof bag I put my Lipos in to charge and then I put that in a casserole dish Carl
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I hope it gets a little faster after the first charge. 10 hours for 10 minutes is not great. Hopefully will get to do my maiden flight tomorrow. Finished 3D Printer, RB7, Hummer, Skyrider drone & Combat tank collection http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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I have the green light! Come daylight tomorrow I will begin my previous flight checklist.  Charge time approx 8 hours. Finished 3D Printer, RB7, Hummer, Skyrider drone & Combat tank collection http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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