I have fried my Imax B6 V3 charger by momentarily connecting a 5S pack with incorrect polarity on the output side. It beeped and notified of wrong polarity before emitting the magic smoke. I opened it up and found a small mosfet had been fried. It still powers up but says "Connection Break" when trying to charge anything. Before it fried, there were some bugs, the "Battery Balance" in the extra functions menu did not seem to actually balance, just slowly discharged all 5 groups. Has anyone else noticed this? It seems pretty buggy but I suppose you get what you pay for. Using the charger as a bench top supply ("digital power") was also fairly limited as the lowest voltage that could be output was 5V.
The battery discharge test has also not really worked well for me, giving inconsistent results for repeatedly testing the same cell. Has anyone tested cells with these or do you need more expensive equipment?
Are there any affordable balance chargers that work better?
IMax B6 V3 Link
More expensive, has anyone used these and are they worth the extra $?
toolkitRC link
toolkit M9
The battery discharge test has also not really worked well for me, giving inconsistent results for repeatedly testing the same cell. Has anyone tested cells with these or do you need more expensive equipment?
Are there any affordable balance chargers that work better?
IMax B6 V3 Link
More expensive, has anyone used these and are they worth the extra $?
toolkitRC link
toolkit M9