Geek said:
Cherry67 said:
I will have to write it about B6ACs, but i can ask here as well : Do you have a clone ?
Dont trust it.
( and there are many different ones, and all are in a different way buggy and faulty)
Do you have SkyRC one ? You MAY trust them.
I have many details still to write about this, stay tuned.
( But, if you always get the same number as capacitiy, it may just defect)
Not all Clones are completely useless. They do have their shortcomings, but I have one, and it performs just fine. It does not supply the same current as a genuine iMax. Also its balancing is not to be trusted.
I didnt say the clones are useless. I say they are not to be trusted,
except you have tested the very function you want to use.
I have 3 clones here in operation, and they are imho buggy crap.
I wanted to put that into a separate thread, but you can get a short list of the bugs they have: (summary, not all have all bugs)
- NIMH/NiCad charge detection is corrupt.
- Clock ist running wrong ( plus one second), you can recognize this type of clone by this bug)
- Charge end of one cell does not only stop charging but starts to discharge uncontrolled ( about 50 mA)
- Current measurement is wrong. It fakes higher amps for 50+W Types. In general, they do 5 A max, not more, even when they show 6 A.
- Gets REALLY hot at 5 A. I never use that much.
- Capacity measurement corrupt , and DIFFERENT corrupt to different Amp settings, and different to charge and Discharge, and ALL THREE are different on this - i built a table....
- once i saw a cell going zero at 6s discharge. Didnt stp discharging, couldnt reproduce it.
What you can do is use it for charging and balancing for LiIon. The still go up to 4.25 V. That is what i use them for, I found no error on this so far.
Thats why i have bought an Opus for discharging and capacity measurement.
The SKYRC original is far better as the clones. You can recognize them on the hologram, on the V2 version, on Resistance measurement.