Howdy,
I have two of the Phantom branded 2200 batteries that came with my Phantom.
For all my other planes and 'copters where I use 2200 batteries, I use a Triton Jr with an Equinox LiPo cell balancer to charge. My other 2200 packs are all Zippys and I have to trouble charging them.
When I try to charge the Phantom packs, they seem to charge and about the time when I expect the charger to beep, telling me that the charging is done, instead I get an error beep and a message that the battery has an open circuit. I get this on both of the Phantom battery packs. Are the balance leads of the Phantom packs wired differently than other LiPos?
I have also tried the charger that came with the kit but I believe it to be faulty. The cable with the banana plugs has not been removed from the charger so there is no chance of reverse polarity there. When I have tried to use the DJI charger, I plug it into the AC, plug the batteries output cable into the charger and then plug the balancing cable into the charger. The only then that happens (again this is for both packs) is that the charger will alternate lighting between the 2s led and the charging led (both being red). I can leave a pack on for 24 hours and this pattern of blinking red from charge and 2s led doesn't change.
Also in all my years of RC and LiPos, this is the only charger I have ever seen or used that requires the LiPo pack to have both the output and the balance leads to be connected. Why is that?
I have two of the Phantom branded 2200 batteries that came with my Phantom.
For all my other planes and 'copters where I use 2200 batteries, I use a Triton Jr with an Equinox LiPo cell balancer to charge. My other 2200 packs are all Zippys and I have to trouble charging them.
When I try to charge the Phantom packs, they seem to charge and about the time when I expect the charger to beep, telling me that the charging is done, instead I get an error beep and a message that the battery has an open circuit. I get this on both of the Phantom battery packs. Are the balance leads of the Phantom packs wired differently than other LiPos?
I have also tried the charger that came with the kit but I believe it to be faulty. The cable with the banana plugs has not been removed from the charger so there is no chance of reverse polarity there. When I have tried to use the DJI charger, I plug it into the AC, plug the batteries output cable into the charger and then plug the balancing cable into the charger. The only then that happens (again this is for both packs) is that the charger will alternate lighting between the 2s led and the charging led (both being red). I can leave a pack on for 24 hours and this pattern of blinking red from charge and 2s led doesn't change.
Also in all my years of RC and LiPos, this is the only charger I have ever seen or used that requires the LiPo pack to have both the output and the balance leads to be connected. Why is that?