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12-14-2012, 12:38 AM | #21 (permalink) | |
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I got it to work, charge and discharge. It claimed to have balanced the cells exactly, to three decimals. The IR was good except cell 6 was a bit high...I seem to have read something about that, I'll have to find it again. I was absolutely shocked at how fast it charged my packs... coming from a 100w charger I actually found it hard to believe lol. I even put it on the volt meter to make sure. Anyway, I'll try to get a pic posted up sometime tomorrow so you can have a look. There is no way I could have done this without y'alls help
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12-14-2012, 09:54 AM | #22 (permalink) |
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Why in the world didn't FMA go JST-HX like 99% of lipos use?
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12-14-2012, 10:34 AM | #23 (permalink) |
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They have both. but they have their own proprietary mode as well.
And Tim EP buddy has been making EC5 paraboards for over a year. FMA is behind on this one. deans are dead.
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12-14-2012, 10:40 AM | #24 (permalink) |
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What I meant was I cannot plug my packs balance tap (or a squid) directly into the charger like I have always done. You need that little balance board go-between (which I did solder directly to squid).. but still.
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12-14-2012, 10:42 AM | #25 (permalink) |
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They want people to use the adapter boards so ANY standard can be used which makes sense..
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12-14-2012, 10:54 AM | #26 (permalink) |
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yes.. but 99% of lipos are JST-HX. Why not go with the masses and have just the 1% buy boards for the odd ball connectors. Why not just use 1 board instead of 100?
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12-14-2012, 11:25 AM | #27 (permalink) | |
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in our hobby yes it is mainly that. but got to remember people use FMA for all kinds of hobby charging.
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12-14-2012, 11:42 AM | #28 (permalink) |
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There is a long and valid story behind this. I have posted bits of it from time to time. I'll put together a summary as time permits.
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12-14-2012, 11:49 AM | #29 (permalink) |
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6s packs have 7 wires. That sounds like FMA wiring mode (pack positve into pin 9). So something is still not quite right, which is way the IR is off.
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12-14-2012, 02:06 PM | #30 (permalink) |
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Yeah, the way I have it wired is two empty pins (7&8) on the FMA side. All wires from the jet are connected. I'll post a pic after I get home and.get the kiddos fed.
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12-14-2012, 08:34 PM | #31 (permalink) |
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Hey Kevin,
Here is a picture of how I wired up my 6S balance connection to the PL8. I converted a JST XH connector over to the JST PA plug using the FMA wiring convention. You can see that spots 7 and 8 are open on the PA plug.
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12-14-2012, 11:43 PM | #32 (permalink) |
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Paul, that's how mine is wired too. What mode do you have your charger in?
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12-15-2012, 12:09 AM | #33 (permalink) |
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That will use FMA wiring mode. If you are getting errors in FMA wiring mode then there is something wrong with the adapter.
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12-17-2012, 11:14 PM | #34 (permalink) |
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I just got one of these and plug my balance squid into it. Has worked flawlessly.
http://www.progressiverc.com/fma-pl8...nce-board.html |
12-24-2012, 04:57 PM | #35 (permalink) | |
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i just recieved a EP BUDDY parabord for x-mas and have to use the adapter to use the parabord..
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12-24-2012, 05:25 PM | #36 (permalink) | |
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If a plug and play solution is more of what you are after, the MPA is the way to go.
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12-24-2012, 05:35 PM | #37 (permalink) | |
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but just a quick look at the two ends it looks like all i have to do is switch the pos. and neg. on one end.. but im not real positive...
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12-24-2012, 06:29 PM | #38 (permalink) |
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Correct. If its wired incorrectly its often a matter of removing all wires from one end and re-inserting them in reverse order. Observing correct wiring mode (FMA or JST-XH) and pin 1.
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