rotund blade
I wish we had a channel for chargers and batteries. Anyway, for a few weeks now my charger and by extension parallel board are not reading cell counts and voltage per cell correctly. I put it on a cheap 5 dollar cell checker and the numbers are fine. Im going to try cleaning the pins. Then retire it if same problems. Unless anyone has an idea.
-thanks
frail loom
if you connect the battery directly to the charger without the parallel board, what happens?
also, what charger?
rotund blade
Isdt sc608 w/isdt parallel board. Using a getfpv power supply.
I just cleaned the pins with a q-tip and isopropyl. Gonna give it a few and try. The parallel board for sure I'm not using. I've plugged in to many lipos backwards.
winged flint
it's not the first time I've heard of these cheaper ISDT chargers eventually going fucky.. Mostly it's the Q6 nano though
frail loom
I've plugged in to many lipos backwards.
what's that got to do with a paraboard 😂
rotund blade
> I've plugged in to many lipos backwards.
what's that got to do with a paraboar...
How many xt60's have you plugged in backwards?
rotund blade
I've done it about 4 times in 5 years. Once with my first kwad. Blowing the pcb
winged flint
ive plugged in the balance cables into the wrong ports more times than im happy to admit
rotund blade
And on this 3x
frail loom
ive plugged in the balance cables into the wrong ports more times than im happy ...
that I get
I don't get how it's possible on an XT60
rotund blade
I assure you it is.
frail loom
like, it'd require an unreasonable amount of force?
well anyway, never managed to do it fortunately
winged flint
well it shouldn't be lol 
xt30's are different though, relatively easy to force those in
rotund blade
When the pin is fused and you keep using it, good amount of force is needed to plug/unplug 
winged flint
that I get
this also results in sparks and fireworks ✨
frail loom
I've had a balance connector light itself on fire
rotund blade
Brutus LOVES that stuff
frail loom
not fun
and I've had XT60 weld together
took the full weight of 2 people to unplug that shit
winged flint
lmao
frail loom
I was like
hey, this XT60 feels a bit loose, I should fix it..
NAHH, NEXT FLIGHT
rotund blade
Ok, the charger itself looks to be working correctly. But I need to get rid of this parallel board. Probably safest to get a new charger too.
frail loom
well, when it came back, it sure as fuck wasn't loose anymore
frail loom
Ok, the charger itself looks to be working correctly. But I need to get rid of t...
might have messed up traces or connectors
shit wears out
rotund blade
The balance leads are the problem. So a trace is actually very possible.
It will randomly have a cell then drop it and show an error.
frail loom
yikes
definitely replace the cable as well
seen those get unreliable over time more than once
rotund blade
definitely replace the cable as well
The balance cable!!!
Yes!!! Why did I not think of that???!
frail loom
haha
rain maple
How many xt60's have you plugged in backwards?
how?
rotund blade
how?
The truth is people like me SHOULDN'T be allowed to have stuff like this. Yet here we are.
rain maple
I always look carefully.
rotund blade
Its a problem from the charger hurting the 3rd cell. I think I really hurt cell 3 in like 100 bux in lipos 😪
Buy a new one (and lipos 😌) today.
winged flint
god damn what a stinker.. what did it do to the lipos though?
and which charger did you get?
rotund blade
So...the charger charged a 1100mah 6s to 1500mah
At that point I unplugged and the lipo has a led on it draining
All on the patio.
winged flint
oh jeez
rotund blade
Thankfully Amazon is selling 1300mah 5s tattu lipos for like 17 bux.
winged flint
https://www.racedayquads.com/products/isdt-q6-nano-battgo-200w-8a-smart-pocket-c...
this one is sorta infamous for getting the IR wrong over time 😭
I have one and it's been perfect, so it's not guaranteed.. but i hope it's not your main charger and just a field kinda thing
winged flint
seeing it's the other cheap ISDT charger im guessing its plagued by the same issues the 608ac is
rotund blade
seeing it's the *other* cheap ISDT charger im guessing its plagued by the same i...
🤬
I have a budget of 140 bux right now. I need a charger and like 4-5 lipos
I didn't order that other isdt yet.
winged flint
I have a budget of 140 bux right now. I need a charger and like 4-5 lipos
thats gonna be tough
winged flint
you should get a HOTA d6 pro, but it sounds like you've got an external power supply so maybe you could save the 20$ and get the D6 non-pro instead, although i dont really think thats worth it.. being able to plug it in the wall is really nice
but if you just need it now, and can't squeeze the budget, get the isdt q6 nano and buy the HOTA for your daily charger when you get some more money in
it's only $35 bucks after all
rotund blade
I have a getfpv 24w power supply
But thank you, @winged flint I appreciate the help. 🙂
rotund blade
Well, that was fast.
winged flint
Well, that was fast.
less than 24 hours 
rotund blade
What is with the front of this package?? 9999mah.. every cell is different.
winged flint
hahaha