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Put a flashlight bulb on that cell and watch it to charge faster.
If end is set to continue instead of stop, it will keep charging after TCS END. So set it to Stop. There's also setting for TCS +/- that may be set to +something.999zip999 said:But why does it like to run my konion pack over 4.2v at 95% tcs ? I just don't think for a daily rider and battery life and no BMS I need it running over. Only go for a race pack.
docnjoj said:Well this Hyperion charger is giving me fits, and it may not work correctly. I found 2 bad connections in my balance harnass but I cannot get the Hyperion to start a charge cycle for Lifle battery. It asks me for the number of cells and shows 5 so I change it to 6 cells and it refuses to charge even without the balance connector. I can't believe it! The battery voltage is 19,6 which is 3.22 for each of 6 cells so it ought to work. Very frustrating. Sorry to rant here but I may have to give it back or get a new one that works. It previously charged a 12 volt tractor battery fine.I'm using a 15 volt 24 amp power supply
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docnjoj said:Well this must be the place to rant about my new Hyperion Charger! It charged a lead acid battery fine but it wont charge my 6 cell lifepo4 A123 pack at all. It wont do it as a bulk charger! It simply says Connection error and makes ambulance noises! What could I be doing wrong. The battery reads 19.6 volts or about 3.22 volts per cell on the DVM. Help!
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Yep it sounds good to me. So why won't it charge? I realizwd my balance wire are faulty but it should still bulk charge to 3.60 with the balancer not connected.Sacman said:How are you connecting the 1420i for bulk charge? It should just be the thick red and black wires connected only (no balance wires otherwise you do get "connection error"). And make sure it's set for LiFePO4 6s.
Then when you start it the "balance recommended" message comes up with 5s or 6s displaying above it. If it says 5s press the up arrow button once to change it to display as 6s then press the start button to begin the bulk charge.
docnjoj said:Well this must be the place to rant about my new Hyperion Charger! It charged a lead acid battery fine but it wont charge my 6 cell lifepo4 A123 pack at all. It wont do it as a bulk charger! It simply says Connection error and makes ambulance noises! What could I be doing wrong. The battery reads 19.6 volts or about 3.22 volts per cell on the DVM. Help!
otherDoc
If you try and set too high a charge rate that your psu won't support, you will get a connection error. Only solution is to get a more powerful psu (or turn charge rate down). I saw this lots of times when I was using an old computer psu before my 24v 600W got here.docnjoj said:Well this must be the place to rant about my new Hyperion Charger! It charged a lead acid battery fine but it wont charge my 6 cell lifepo4 A123 pack at all. It wont do it as a bulk charger! It simply says Connection error and makes ambulance noises! What could I be doing wrong. The battery reads 19.6 volts or about 3.22 volts per cell on the DVM. Help!
otherDoc
docnjoj said:Yep it sounds good to me. So why won't it charge? I realizwd my balance wire are faulty but it should still bulk charge to 3.60 with the balancer not connected.Sacman said:How are you connecting the 1420i for bulk charge? It should just be the thick red and black wires connected only (no balance wires otherwise you do get "connection error"). And make sure it's set for LiFePO4 6s.
Then when you start it the "balance recommended" message comes up with 5s or 6s displaying above it. If it says 5s press the up arrow button once to change it to display as 6s then press the start button to begin the bulk charge.
docnjoj said:Well this must be the place to rant about my new Hyperion Charger! It charged a lead acid battery fine but it wont charge my 6 cell lifepo4 A123 pack at all. It wont do it as a bulk charger! It simply says Connection error and makes ambulance noises! What could I be doing wrong. The battery reads 19.6 volts or about 3.22 volts per cell on the DVM. Help!
otherDoc
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wesnewell said:If you try and set too high a charge rate that your psu won't support, you will get a connection error. Only solution is to get a more powerful psu (or turn charge rate down). I saw this lots of times when I was using an old computer psu before my 24v 600W got here.
It's been so long ago, I don't recall the exact message. May have been input error or something like that. I've seen connection error a few times, but it was usually something so simple a quick glance and it was obvious.Sacman said:wesnewell said:If you try and set too high a charge rate that your psu won't support, you will get a connection error. Only solution is to get a more powerful psu (or turn charge rate down). I saw this lots of times when I was using an old computer psu before my 24v 600W got here.
FWIW... My experience is that setting the charge rate higher than the PSU can support doesn't give the "connection error". Instead... the the charger begins charging as normal but as it slowly ramps up the current and hits the power limit of your PSU, then the charger craps out and immediately exits the charging mode.
Yep I tried that too. No go!itchynackers said:I don't use Lifepo4, but if the battery is discharged too much, the charger may not recognize it as a 6s battery. A way around this is to charge it at 5s for a bit (while watching) until the battery voltage comes up enough. Then change to charge at 6s. Just a suggestion.
999zip999 said:I was charging 12s with 2-6s balance plugs. I was using one HP 600 12v 500w the charger set at 12amp. it could only supply 6a. so hook up the second P.S. for 24v1000w. It charged at 12a but the P.S started humming and shut down unpluged and it reset ( ? ). Then shut down again,.
999zip999 said:so I'm using just one P.S. And reset the amps to 6amp. Does it hurt to have the amps on the1420 set higher than the P.S. can supply, is it hard the on the P.S. ?