Michael Dearden Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 After much reading in this forum I realised that one has to have a good charger if you are going to play around with Lipos so I have splashed out and bought the Fusion Elysium LX60B Pro. Is this as good as it gets for the money? Certainly seems very comprehensive.Having said that, I am finding the manual a bit lacking with no screen shots showing exactly what you see during what function.For example, I am currently charging one of my Tornado Professional 3300mAh 11.1v 22C batteries. I set the charger to Lipo, 3300ma 11.1v. It came up with a charge rate of 3.3A to begin with (this has reduced to 1.3A after almost an hour.The top row of the display has from left to right CHG/BLC (charging and balance cable connected)alternating, a clock counting up and then on the right five(5) digits which also keep changing. What are these five digits telling me? They seem quite random??Also I am a bit surprised that there were no charging adaptors supplied for the price. I had to make one to connect the battery! I appreciate that there are probably dozens of different ones out there but they could have at least supplied a couple of 4mm male connectors to go into the charge sockets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Post us a piccy of the screen Mike. sounds like it may be the individual cell voltages - these will fluctuate during a balance charge. The charge current will reduce as the battery "fills up". LiPo is charged with a CCCV algorithm which means constant current, then constant voltage...so as the pack reaches a preset voltage level the constant current phase ends, and the constant voltage phase starts and this CV continues until the pack is full. balance charging will always take longer than simple charging....varying of course dependednt on how out of balance the pack was to start. Some chargers apply a balance straight away...whereas the smarter ones (like my I-charger 1010) wait until the pack has reached a pre-set level which speeds things up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dearden Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Thanks again Timbo. Always a comfort to know you're there Here's a pic of the screen as it is at this moment. Hope you can see it OK.The battery states not to exceed 4.2v/cell while charging but I notice that towards the end of the charge the voltage goes up to around 12.7v (4.2v/cell). This isn't a lot over the recommendation so hope its OK.The numbers at the right are 01613??? I would expect six numbers if it was individual cell voltage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 OK - this is fine.... very slight overvoltage readout of the LCD is normal and often the length of leads can alter the true reading....nothing to worry about. The long 5 digit figure is the total mahr that has been put back into the battery during charge.I am guessing that to see the individual cell voltages during balance you will need to press the > key or simialr and then scroll through the cells IYSWIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dearden Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Thanks Timbo. Yes, on completion of charge, like now, I press the "BatteryType" key for 3sec and it goes to a data page and by using the inc/dec arrow keys I can see all the battery and charge details. Each cell now reads 4.19v so look pretty good!Ok, into the Tiger and off I go (only problem is it is peeeeeeeeeing down so will have to postpone first flight until tomorrow! Phewww! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Most combo units allow you to see the state of each cell during charging - does this one not ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dearden Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 It would appear not but then I haven't pushed any buttons during charge in case I do some damage. Nothing in the manual about it that I've seen yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Mackey Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 try it......wont harm anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalflyer Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Anyone actually know what the 3 pin servo socket on the left side of the LX60B Pro is for? I keep digging on the web, and the hole seems to get bigger with nothing to fill it... Anyone any ideas, or is a phone call to LOGIC required? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalflyer Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Anyone actually know what the 3 pin servo socket on the left side of the LX60B Pro is for? I keep digging on the web, and the hole seems to get bigger with nothing to fill it... Anyone any ideas, or is a phone call to LOGIC required? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tee Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Just done a Google chrome search and it appears (according to another forum) to be a battery temperature sensor point. John Edited By John Tee on 24/04/2012 22:23:40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalflyer Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Thanks, but, was that the posting on RCMF Forum, that was the only place I could any referance to it maybe time to give Logic a bell and see what they say Edited By digitalflyer on 25/04/2012 14:18:51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalflyer Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Ok one quick call to Logic, and all was revealled - Its's a DATA Link Conection, if you go on their site and type in USB in their search it shows them there. The one needed is retailing at the moment is £14.99 and there's a link to Logveiw Software (Free Download) http://www.logicrc.com/default.aspx?ItemId=O-FS-USBADAPT&s= and http://www.logview.info/vBulletin/downloads.php?do=cat&id=2 Hope that helps others wondering too. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tee Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I use a Sigma charger and seperate balancer, which has a servo type plug. This gives areading of each cell when connected, but you said you could do that on your charger so I didn't mention it. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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