What Balancer to Use with Tahmazo T15AC/DC Charger?

[clai]

I have been charging my lipos via a Deans male connector from my Tahmazo T15 AC/DC charger and with the balance taps connected to a balancer.

Recently, my balancer has been acting strangely. It seems to be discharging all my 3 cells at the same time..:-(

I am looking for a new balancer. Just wondering what other non-Tahmazo balancers will work with my charger. I don't think I need the data interface capability that the Tahmazo balancers have. Any advice?

Thanks.

[swatson144]

I use astro flight "blinky" I have 3. Two are .1 pin spacing and the other is 2mm (TP) these fit every battery I've happened across with no adapters. There is no outer shroud (the cause for all the adapters) you just have to make sure you plug it in correctly. The last wire on the - (neg) pin and the red wire out in the middle.

If you don't use TP packs the standard blinky will probably be all you need for 1-6S. You may need to move one wire in PQ packs as they skip and leave a blank (very easy to do).

Here's a pic of a standard blinky and some of the packs I am using it with and no adapters needed.

Steve

[clai]

Yes, I have 2 TP packs and two other packs with JST-XH balance taps. Could it be because of the adpater that was made to fit my TP packs with the supplied wire harness? (which I believe, have the PQ-type of balance taps).

I have a wire harness made for the JST-XH packs that works like the supplied harnesses. They can be charged with no issues that I faced with the TP packs with the additional adapter. Does the adapter changes the readings of the cells in any way?

Cheers!

[swatson144]

Really I don't know. Since I don't have to deal with adapters I have no knowledge of the nominclature. PQ packs from the original charge protector move the last wire (farthest from the red) out one space and leave a gap. *note* many others use the same connector with no gap.

So if the adapters from PQ to TP don't consider the gap it would be a problem. I don't see this as a problem since the balancer wouldn't likely do anything let alone discharge all 3.

Some balancers discharge the cells to 4.0. There could always be a slight difference between what the charger detects and what the balancer detects. If the charger charges to 4.2v/cell and the balancer detects 4.2+ the balancer may pull them down until it is happy.

Steve

[clai]

Thanks, Steve for the info. I'd really like your sources of power... :-)

Here are some pictures (pardon the poor quality) of the harnesses that I use with the balancer.

Does anyone know where I can get these TP-style connectors so that I can make the appropriate harness for the Tahmazo T6B Balancer?

Charles