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The IMAX B6 is a very advanced charger, able to charge, balance and discharge Lion, LiPo, LiFe (A123), NiCd and NiMH batteries.
Features; Microprocessor controlled Delta-peak sensitivity Individual cell balancing Li-ion, LiPo and LiFe capable Ni-Cd and NiMH capable Large range of charge currents Store function, allows safe storage current Time limit function Input voltage monitoring. (Protects car batteries at the field) Data storage (Store up to 5 packs in memory) Battery break in and cycling.
Spec. Input Voltage: 11~18v Circuit power: Max Charge: 50W / Max Discharge: 5W Charge Current Range: .1~5.0A Discharge current range: .1~1.0A Ni-MH/NiCd cells: 1~15 Li-ion/Poly cells: 1~6 Pb battery voltage: 2~20v Weight: 277g Dimensions: 133x87x33mm
If the idea is to charge notebook, it is no.
If you want to use notebook power adapter - you must check output voltage, current and power socket of you notebook power adapter.
On your picture it looks differently from official web site of SkyRC - your one has two (red and black) wires on left side whereas official picture has only a socket and no wires.
Why?
Is this unit really ORIGINAL?
Does it have protective label on the back side?
Thanks.
I have one and yes it has the label. The wires are not permanently attached they are removable and they do not come plugged in by default. HK no doubt took the photo of just the unit.
attn* Sir_orgim "When parallel charging lipos, simply add the capacities together, in this case 9000 mAh. This is a 50W charger, so with a 3S pack it is capable of delivering 50 W / 11,1 V = 4.5A. That means about 0.5C for this battery setup."
Sir, I would like to ask you a question. I have a battery pack which is made of 2 x series battery and 3 x parallel, (2S3P. They are all 3.7V and 3000mAh lithium battery 18650.
my question is will I be able to charge the whole pack which wil be 7.4 V and 9000mAh at once, just as you described above?
Is this charger suitable for Charge/Discharge "ZIPPY Flightmax 1300mAh 3S1P 20C" ( http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__6308__ZIP PY_Flightmax_1300mAh_3S1P_20C.html )? Does the AC to DC adapter comes with this charger? If NO, what is the input current mast be for it?
Yes, this charger is suitable for this battery.
This Charger don't have AC/DC adapter. If you want buy charger with AC input please search for "PRODUCT ID: B6AC". The input current depends on battery which you wan't to charge and how many amps you are using. The instruction manuals says input DC 11~18V and max Charge power 50 Watts. I'm using 12V DC from my PC (molex plug). For 3s batteries it is enought.
you have to setup all required information like cells number, battery type, operation (charging), and amps. After that press start button for few seconds. After that you should see charging time, battery voltage and curent amps.
Hi all, I have a question. Suppose I have 3x 3c 3000mah lipo packs I want to parallel charge. Can I parallel charge them using this charger with a full 5A output? Does this mean that each battery will charge at a rate of 1.66A? I currently have a 500W PSU (from a computer) that's capable of 25A on the 12V rail. Please let me know as I am confused.
When parallel charging lipos, simply add the capacities together, in this case 9000 mAh. This is a 50W charger, so with a 3S pack it is capable of delivering 50 W / 11,1 V = 4.5A. That means about 0.5C for this battery setup.
Hello Thomas. Buy
Male XT60 <-> Female T-Connector (ID: 601A-XTTB)
XT60 to T-Connector Battery Adapter Lead (ID: 258000018)
Or buy and make yourself
Nylon T-Connectors 10 Pairs (ID: 606A-606B)
Nylon XT60 Connectors Male/Female
they also need for speed controllers
O melhor a fazer, no meu caso, foi adaptar um xt60 em um dos cabos fornecidos junto com o carregador e que nã*o teria uso para meus componentes, ainda assim guardei o conector que retirei, caso precise posso recoloca-lo.Tenha cuidado com os polos e -.
unfortunatly, not at the moment...
however, it's certainly not the only charger on hobbyking.
You can also get from the international wearhouse, like i did
Hello I have taken the responsibility 'to disassemble and check the board I soldered a component everything ok now works well
Thanks again for the help
Very kind of you
I also imagined both power protection
With the car battery 12 volt 45 amp without having to put the battery pack in 'IMAXB6 after a few seconds the alarm.
Thanks again I'll 'check and I replace the Product
Saluti Maurizio ITALY
Hello to all of you
I purchased this product IMAX B6 but I have problems with the power supply
I tried with 3 different power supplies STABILIZED but always comes out the alarm
IMPUT VOL ERR
can you help
I might be wrong, but i am pretty sure you can. You just set the battery to lipo, voltage (4s = 14,8v) and charge (remember to always use balanced charging). you might have to modify the charge cord, my zippy battery have a xt60, and this comes with the old T conection, so remember to buy xt60 connectors
No it's just a blue box and some cables. LOL. Yeah mate it will work just fine, I have this one, my mate has the fake one, we are both very happy.
Hope this helps.
this charger can charge batteries from 1-6 cells. but the higher the voltage of the battery - the lower the charge current! for 5 cells - better choose another charger.
It is not good idea )
Batteries have different inner resistance in any case (even in case of same capacity). It's impossible to set right current in this case
Hi iStrom, presumably you are replying to
capitansalomon's question below, regarding charging multiple packs?
Whilst I agree that it is possible for the internal resistences to differ, I would say that it would generally make little to no difference.
Unless you are charging a brand new pack and a 5 year old crash damaged pack, I doubt that you will see significant problems at all.
Hey I could be wrong, I'm sure that everyone feels comforatable treating their packs differently, this is just my opinion.
BTW, I meant to also say that if the cells across the same pack aren't reasonably similar, then you will deifinitely have trouble. But you would notice issues with the pack itself, before you introduced it to parallel charging.
My apologies also iStorm, for mistyping your name before!
Luis, you are incorrect. Jonee, 12V*3.3A=39.6W* 39.6W*80%(charger efficiency)=31.7W* 31.7W/16.8V(LiPo 4S max voltage)=1.9A* It should work if you won't set current higher than 1.9A. I suggest 1.5A for safety.
Hi, to connect this type of battery there are two options. Rocking mode: connect the small connector white (JST-XH) to the corresponding output, and through the connectors supplied (you have to use a combination with crocodile connectors at the end) connect the large connector (XT60) battery. Fast charge mode: similar to the previous one that does not connect the JST-XH.
As I understand from reading the manual, one needs to connect both the balancing plug AND the charging plug. Wouldnt it be safer to use xt60 to banana type cable?
Rocking mode??? As Adi suggests, you should connect both the balance port and the charge/discharge lead. It's much safer to use the correct adaptor lead for the job also.
Hope this helps.
Hey guys, I'm a noob at this so I'd really appreciate some help here: I purchased both the B6 charger and a Turnigy 3S 2.2A LiPo battery. I have looked around to try and figure out what connectors I need to use and can't find any help. As I understand, I need to connect the balancing connector to the B6 3S input, but how can I connect the power itself?
Should one create a converter for matching up the Trunigy with the B6? Thank you.
Hi, to connect this type of battery there are two options. Rocking mode: connect the small connector white (JST-XH) to the corresponding output, and through the connectors supplied (you have to use a combination with crocodile connectors at the end) connect the large connector (XT60) battery. Fast charge mode: similar to the previous one that does not connect the JST-XH.
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Not a bad charger, has some good features and it's not pricey. Does not have precise measuring like my other charger but is good enough and within the specified range. Display of my B6 had developed a fault after only 16 uses. Got a replacement after spending fair amount of time and money. I would recommend e-Station BC-6, BC-8 or Mega Power Infinity-960SR instead of this medium quality product.
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Very good charger with only one problem: balancer is not accurate. Have found the problem ( 1 percent resistors used instead of 0.1 percent resistors). I am in contact with SkyRC about a possible improvement in the design.
But as said, besides the balancer incaccuracy this is a great product!
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works well but cell # 2 reads a higher voltage than reality. ends up with mismatched voltage when balancing.
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Nice charger. It will be pesrfect and complet with a proper balance function. Unfortunatelly the cell are unbalanced to the tune of 0.1V and this is to much. I end up using an external balancer. I hope to fix it in the future with the proper rezistors. Stefan
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This is just IMAX charger. It's cheap, but all of them suffer the same problem. Voltages they report differ from reality. My charger shows 4.20V on all cells when there is 4.19V, 4.17V, 4.21V, 4.16V, 4.22V, 4.27V. The last value is much too high. So before you buy one - read threads on rcgroups.com describing how to make it more reliable (resistors change and/or charger calibration).
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