04-25-2020, 01:24 AM
So the Shorai charger was telling me there was a fault, instructions said to put in storage for 24 hours - but it refused to do so.
Blundered across a video on YouTube about the iMax B6 V3 charger (iMax B6 chargers are a whole 'nother topic with copy cats and forgers - its' target customer is the RC crowd). So I got on Amazon and got me one.
Now you need a "special" cable from the charger to the Shorai so you can balance the 4 cells in the Shorai. I used the cable from Shorai and the 6 cell port on the B6.
What is nice about the B6 is that it has a read out screen, and several functions you can tell it what to do (also, what type of battery, if it's a simple charge or you need to balance the cells first, voltage, amp and temp limits etc.).
Long story short I was able to balance the battery (and if I ever get a 4 cell to 4 cell cable I can properly read out how each cell is doing) and charge up the battery.
I picked up the SevenChip B6 V3 Smart Charger; which near as I can gather is a knock off from India. There are more; but it appears even the cheap knock offs will work fairly well. Legit ones are sold by SkyRC. All are considerably cheaper and much more useful than the Shorai branded charger.
The user interface is maddening, instructions are meh. So spend some time on YouTube to get a better feel for the charger.
Blundered across a video on YouTube about the iMax B6 V3 charger (iMax B6 chargers are a whole 'nother topic with copy cats and forgers - its' target customer is the RC crowd). So I got on Amazon and got me one.
Now you need a "special" cable from the charger to the Shorai so you can balance the 4 cells in the Shorai. I used the cable from Shorai and the 6 cell port on the B6.
What is nice about the B6 is that it has a read out screen, and several functions you can tell it what to do (also, what type of battery, if it's a simple charge or you need to balance the cells first, voltage, amp and temp limits etc.).
Long story short I was able to balance the battery (and if I ever get a 4 cell to 4 cell cable I can properly read out how each cell is doing) and charge up the battery.
I picked up the SevenChip B6 V3 Smart Charger; which near as I can gather is a knock off from India. There are more; but it appears even the cheap knock offs will work fairly well. Legit ones are sold by SkyRC. All are considerably cheaper and much more useful than the Shorai branded charger.
The user interface is maddening, instructions are meh. So spend some time on YouTube to get a better feel for the charger.