Battery Overload Question

[Reg32]

I have a Lectron Pro battery 7.4v 5200 35c and a ULTRA POWER UP200, and when I did a balance charge on it at the correct settings, at the end of the charge it said it was overloaded. Should I de-charge this battery? Is it safe to run in cars? What needs to been done? Or just run it and not worry about it?
Thanks for your help and advise

[Jim85IROC]

overloaded how? Over voltage? If so, it might be your charging rig. If your charging cable has too much internal resistance, it can cause the charger to raise the voltage and throw a fit. I used to use a multi-plug adapter to charge my batteries, but with my new charger, I kept getting over-voltage warnings that would make it stop charging. I swapped out the multi-plug adapter with a direct bullet to xt60 connector, and it's worked fine since.

How are you charging? Are you doing a balanced charge? If you are, the charger should be monitoring each cell, and you should be able to see if one is being difficult or if they're staying pretty close in level.

[JatoTheRipper]

I'm assuming it was the charger that said overloaded, correct? Sometimes you can't trust cheap chargers.

[amanc96]

What does each cell read?

[Reg32]

Yes,
I used the balance charge, and did not see which each cell was reading, but good advise, I will check that out. Also I amuseing a couple connectors because this battery is used in my Traxxas trx4. I will try without connectors.
Thanks all for help,

[JatoTheRipper]

Originally Posted by Reg32

Yes,
I used the balance charge, and did not see which each cell was reading, but good advise, I will check that out. Also I amuseing a couple connectors because this battery is used in my Traxxas trx4. I will try without connectors.
Thanks all for help,

Don't trust the readout on your charger. Either read the battery voltage with a multimeter or get one of these very inexpensive battery checkers.

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