#Newbie battery charging

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hybrid crane
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I am entirely new at self build drones and have to charge my first lipo now. When I plug in the balancing cable, the cells seem extremely unbalanced and as soon as I plug in the tx60 cable, the balancing disappears completely. I will attach a video.
Also in betaflight, it stopped recognizing the battery as 6s but instead as 2s. Is that because of it's low charge?

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severe stream
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Is it a new lipo?

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5v is WAY too much for a lipo and under 3 is way too low

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Although 24.3 is okay if every cell had the same voltage

hybrid crane
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It's brand new, I never charged it

severe stream
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Have you another lipo?

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To test if the charger is broken

hybrid crane
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No, I'm gonna order another one now and probably send this one back

severe stream
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You should at least get 3-4 batteries

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And maybe from a better brand

hybrid crane
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What brand would you recommend?

severe stream
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Cnhl, gnb, dogcom

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Not cnhl black though

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It's best to ask this in #🧾shopping-advice

wraith shard
cunning meadow
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Wait what

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I have heard good things about cnhl

wraith shard
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same

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prob bad experience

cunning meadow
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@heavy wing You shall decide(I’m so so sorry for the ping)

cunning meadow
wraith shard
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o

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for xl5 eco

severe stream
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I've heard some people don't recommend the black because of the voltage sag and short lifespan

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I use them and the voltage sag is really noticeable

heavy wing
cunning meadow
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I trust you

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In that case I prolly wouldn’t get them

severe stream
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Some people said the cnhl speedy pizzas are better, haven't tried them yet but I'll order a pack for christmas

feral zodiac
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i had one with a DOA cell and 3 of them just slowly having cells die

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ive had like 6 cnhl blacks just to put it into perspective

worn quarry
hybrid crane
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A friend who works with drones balanced each cell individually and told me he couldn't reproduce my exact problem as seen in the video. I will soon be getting the battery back. Maybe it's my charger that's faulty

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Thanks for all of the help here btw!

hybrid crane
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i got the battery back and now it shows each cell at over 5v....

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i checked each cell with a multimeter and the are at the correct voltage, so the fault is with the charger

severe stream
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Oof

heavy wing