How to charge li-ion battery pack using IMAX b6 18650 lipo charger
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- How to charge lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack using IMAX B6
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The correct process for charging this type of batteries is as follows there are 2 stages in charging the 18650 batteries comparing to the lead acid batteries that require 3 stages of charging.
In lithium battery first stage is constant current witch is recomanded to be 0.5 C rate until 4v and then constant voltage till 4.2v or less thats way most cheap chargers provide just constant voltage so eliminating on process result in short life of the batteries and decreasing the li-ion life cycle in theory a 18650 lithium battery can deliver 5000cycles meaning charge-discharge-charge full that is a full cycle and some diy enthusiasts found out if the full cycle is diminuated slytly not charging all the way or discharging can extend the life of this lithium battery with 40%.
The Imax b6 is a specially designated lipo charger that has the function to charge lipo, Li-ion, nicad,nimh and lead-acid also a very important function is balancing and discharging for lithium single or multi pack.
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Thanks. Got my charger secondhand, and was trying to charge tool battery packs without the instructions to the unit. The press-and-hold ENTER at the end of the programming had me. She rollin now
John Bobbitt glad that I could be useful and guide you to using the gadget properly all the best friend and don't be a stranger
hello sir, you have no idea how much of a pain it was to find this page and post again. lol. But I had a question and thought of you.
I've got two car jumpstarters that both have issues with their internal boards. ones power switch broke off, the other has a component that kept cycling so hit as to melt the plastic (do NOT buy Schumacher brand). I also have an audio sound bar that has it's own psu internally that converts 110ACV into 24DCV before providing power to the amp circuit board. Maybe you see....?
I'd like to stack both those lipos inside, wire them in series, and output to the amp board. instant portable soundbar rechargeable with the imax. see any issues, other than being the coolest guy in town and needing a big stick to fend off women?
John Bobbitt the general rule for batteries in series is unbalance with time, iMax b6 is good for that. You have to keep in mind that lipo are a little different from li-ion,they are meant to be discharged fast meaning they can provide great amount of amps for a short period of time that's why are used in jump starters, but with some current limiter it may work
@@NoSkillsRequired and then what about the use of the same type of battery in our smartphones? Granted, a different voltage, but nonetheless....they must have then an inbuilt current limiter?
John Bobbitt it is exactly the same battery but flat to fit inside why do you thing most of the phone are Charged with USB, 5v and yes there is a current limiter in the phone and in the charger as well
18650 are not lipo, they are li-ion 3,6 volts
It doesn't change that much....
i have 18650 of 3.7 volt. printed text on the cell 3.7v. what option must i use? li ion? or lipo?
@@carlos5r li-ion
The LI ion battery 3.7v need to charge 4.2volt max on lipo setting. LI ion setting max volt is only 4.1v cut voltage. Nothing issues use lipo setting to charge LI ion battery. I've been use 4yrs
Wow...he doesn't have a clue...using lipo function when it's a Li ion battery!
Why would you recommend people to parallel charge 18650’s?
With a charger like this you should wire the 18650 battery holder in series and add a JST-HX balance leads. This will allow all the cells to fully charge.
Charging in parallel like your showing wont charge all the cells to max cap because when the first cell reaches max cap charger will turn off leaving the rest of the cells only partially charged.
I have a ebike 48v battery well that charger work for that
WTH did I just watch. Damn lol
Great, now i know how to use this charger, thanks it works fine.
Have the exact same charger works perfectly charging my LI ion batteries (lipo 3.7v setting)and battery packs made up of li ion cells (they have battery management systems ) just set the capacity max before you charge and off to the races works perfectly. Haven't gotten the discharge function to work yet
Can this charger use for a car battery pack 12V 15Amp lithium battery as I noticed it can only charge 0.1-6.0A . If it is possible how many hours it need to charge up to 15Amp? Thank you.
I have one like this and everything works except, charge in balance mode and balance battery . Work couple seconds and then on the screen at mah shows 0 and stay like this hours . In simple mode charge in series reach's at the end, but in balance mode charge or balance battery do nothing . You tasted yours it's ok ? Thanks
I'm new to this, can you charge parallel and series batteries or a mixture of both on this charger
Can i replace my old li polymer battery with lion lithium battery using same charger?
Yes you may do so if respecting the voltage and current charging data
This video is terrible and completely wrong. It will only charge at a constant current for so long and then it has its own charging algorithm built into the charger so you can't follow the manufacturers guideline. Buy a Li-Ion cell charger...you're gonna burn your house down. And you're charging current is completely wrong. If it was a constant current per the graph it said 0.6mAh.
DO NOT FOLLOW THIS VIDEO.
Pros would choose 'LiIon' to charge 18650 Liion. &'LiPo' for Lipo.
+auricom24 on this model lion and lip are in the same option and there is the same specs with the difference that lip need to be balanced
power on the charger, press leftest button to 'Programm: user set'. There (maybe) you schould be able with rightest button to choose between Liion/LiPo and LiFe. On my chargers sis is da wae.
All Batteries with more than one cell should be balanced.
auricom24 This one doesn't have multi option for lithium and if you group your cell to have close capacity you don't need to balance them I have a pack of 12v and 10a for 2 years now no balancing nothing no bms and the cells have drifted 0.1v
Your charger has an Liion option! i've seen it on youtube.
oh. I have to correct myself:
i said 'you should balance'. my meaning was 'i fell better when balancing'
(At least LiPo for RC should be balanced.)
auricom24 yes lipo need to be balanced because they are different from liion. Lipos are power cells capable to deliver huge amount of power for short period of time that's way you need to balance them to protect them from drifting in a multicellular pack. You need a 4v constant current and then till 4.2v constant voltage any charger that can do that is a good charger in my opinion all the best
You should change battery type from menu. This is not lipo. As you can see at battery type menu, there are three different kind, lipo, liion and life. Lipo is 3,7v and liion is 3,6v
the last 10 videos of big cell harvesters have said 4.2 li ion. what the hell. I can't find a straight answer or reply. 18650 are not lipo. not 4.2 but they are all doing it. driving me crazy.
Of course, correct method of charging extend battery's life ..thanks pal
gazaziho Thanks buddy this batteries are expensive and we have to extend the life as long as we can all the best
can we charge them with imax b3 battery charger
how much vold limit can be charged if using this charger? if i charge the vold 5s 21v is it suitable to use this charger.help me friend.
Max 24V 6A
It would be more helpful, and safer if you told people the correct information, and how to use the charger correctly.
When charging Li-ion, choose Li-Io setting. Charging Li-Po, use the Li-po setting.
Charging LiFe, use the LiFe setting.
To select between battery types:
Go to - User Set menu - Enter.
Press + Hold Enter until Amps flashes - Adjust charging Amps as required pressing Inc or Dec.
Press Enter to switch to voltage position.
Now you can use Inc + Dec buttons to change between the 3 different Li** voltage types
3.6v = LiLo.
3.7v = LiPo.
3.3v = LiFe.
Select what you want to charge + press Enter.👍
What about the Balance? if you charge more then one
The balancing is another chapter and the opinions about that are many theoretically if you will match the cells with the similar capacity you will not need a balancer circuit,and li-ion are different than lipo(must have a balancer) you have to experiment with it and choose what works best for you
I think the internal resistance of li ion is much higher than lipo. Also li ion discharge rate is much lower than lipo. So with that, they would balance self out easier, but i suppose if ur charging more 3s than yeah i would use balancing port to be on safe side.
It is extremely dangerous to charge this way . If charging more than one cell at a time it must be balance charged . Don't risk a fire charging like this .. this video is what not to do !
Ok I'm far from a battery expert so if I'm full of shit then so be it, but I don't think this is right. Balancing is for multi-cell packs, and these are 1 cell batteries, so even if you're parallel charging one of them, the charger still sees them as just a bigger 1s battery so I don't think balancing is necessary. Or even possible for that matter since there's nothing to balance. Like I said if I'm no expert so I might be completely wrong, but that's how I've always seen it done with 1s batteries. How would you even go about balancing without a balance lead?
Never charge unmarked 18650 above 800mA. Best ideal charge current is 500mA. If you have proper branded 18650s with C rating then it's safe to charge with the given amps.
Shouldn't You change the li-po into li-ion in the settings before doing this?
It doesn't matter. LI ion battery need charge max 4.2v each battery on lipo setting
Show us the hook up
Charging li-ion cells with these charger : By default Li-ion menu isnt showing. Go user select program --> there will se Li-ion charge menu , select it and activate it there.
not see that in this charger:(
Can it charge a single cell with 3 amps? also, when i put 2 18650s then i set the current to 2 amps, so it can charge the batteries at 1 amps each right?
If you charge 18650 on lithium iron setting on charger cut of voltage is 4.10
Lithium Iron😆
You had the setting in lipo not Li ion??
I have a 13s pack. Can I balance charge it with this 6s balancer?
No.
What is input voltage for charger for 4s lipo battery
tushar bhalerao for lipo and liion you have to know 3things starting voltage or nominal voltage 14.8v, max charge 16.8v and a battery pack 4s is considered discharged at 12v.constant current till 14.8 and then constant voltage till 16.8 and one more important thing lipo need to be balanced charge all the best
Hello. How can I charge lion cells to 4.1v not 3.6v ?
Exactly like in the video and check the dwsceiption as well you got all the details
@@NoSkillsRequired I don't see where...
thank you that is a very clear explanation for someone that has never used the imax b6 before.
I am trying to charge some Makita 18v batteries that have discharged too low for the Makita charger to work. (12v )
I am assuming that I can charge the 1500 mAh 5S cell pack at 0.5C safely yes ?
John Cooper 0.5c is safe enough, be careful one or more could be faulty so check them first and then try to charge and monitor for heat
@@NoSkillsRequired thank you for your quick reply. You hit the nail on the head, I opened the battery again and checked all the cells and found another faulty cell. ? once I had replaced the cell the battery showed 18V and worked perfectly. Not sure yet if it will charge normally on the Makita charger but could always use the IMAX B^ if not .
John Cooper so if you had one cell bad you have to charge all individually and discharging them there is a video "how to discharge 18650" and you have to match the new one with the other ones to have same or near capacity to have a balanced pack, otherwise you are risking to damage the next weak in line, the simple way is to make another pack with new cells and reuse the rest of batteries for other projects
@@NoSkillsRequired thanks for warning but all cells had been previously balanced charged and 2x faulty cells replaced . When reassembled the Makita battery wouldn't drive my cordless drill and showed 12v total. When i took it apart again I found one of the replacement cells had failed probably from soldering heat . i replaced it and charged it to match the other cells and reassembled . Drill now works fine and will check it on the Makita charger when it has discharged
John Cooper nice glad that you fix the problem it's not hard when you know what you are doing and with a little bit of help from RUclips its not useless after all 😃
Ii expected an explanation how to charge 18650 instead I lost time listening that your charger needs a power supply.
Piotr Zerynger this is a way to charge, what did you think you will plug them in USB and done no friend there is a complicated process
@@NoSkillsRequired sure. Rocket science.
Charging these in parallel like this can cause a fire or explosion if they are not balanced, they will draw massive currents. This is a balance charger, why not use it as intended?
Normally if you wanna do it propper you have to charge every cell individuality and discharge it in a pack but is not cost effective
@@NoSkillsRequired That is completely wrong. The balanced charger you have in this video is specifically designed to charge multiple cells in a pack at the same time, making sure they are all balanced safely. You can get even cheaper chargers that charge them individually at 4 at a time for less than the price of the cells. This would be cheaper than the iMax B6 you've already paid for and thus better cost effectiveness. Seriously, rethink what you're doing as it could cause a fire or explosion, burning your house down and hurting or even killing people, how cost effective is that?
I find it weird that your using the world's most popular balanced battery charger, but your not even using that function, but instead just using it as a power supply endangering people in the process.
@@Ziplock9000 i am not talking about the charger in the video not everyone has this one this is a special designet charger one of the best
@@NoSkillsRequired So your talking about a charger not in this video, what? Anyway, the iMax B6 this *is* in this video that I commented about is not special, it's the worlds most popular battery pack charger/discharger/balancer. Like I said, you can get even cheaper ones that charge individual cells 4 at a time at low cost and are safe. But the point is, *IN THIS VIDEO* you're using a balanced charger in a very wrong and *potentially* really dangerous way. While you might be willing to take that risk, there's a responsibility on your shoulders as a broadcaster to the people who watch your videos. They may go and hurt themselves. You should really brush up your understanding of how this charger works, balancing works and the dangers involved.
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Nice info, thanks
Any thrift store....old Xbox 360 power brick is 12v16a. All you need and more.
fell asleep formost of this
I cannot believe you are telling people to charge lithium Ion batteries on lipo settings
Exactly
The fact that i can hear you swollow and hear the spit in your kouth is going to make me not like. That shit bugs me so much
unknown kid the important stuff from this video is the know how and the informations that you receive for FREE multiple experiments that saves you a lot of time and you can learn something useful
He dont know most lipos written on it how much you amp it is, and some times you can even dubble it or tripple the charging Ampere !!
Once again another video that doesn't show how to charge one battery by itself.
Thank you for nothing more than your written explanations and behaviour plot inserted on the video, cause I feel I waste 8 minutes of my lifetime. Please, call things propperly, because this is most an unboxng than a way to charge li-ion batterys.
Dude this is the best tool for charging li-ion,lipo,and acid batteries in case you didnt know the rest ...
??? Lipo setting??
You never actually show it charging
Thanks man good video.✋
glad to help enjoy and be safe this li-ion can be dangerous if treated bad all the best
that lip smacking really annoying
example if 6 cells want to charge in Parallel what is the calculation ...?
for 1 cell required 4-5v 1amps then
if 6 cells volts , amps?
if 12 cells volts , amps?
kindly reply.
+kmurali krishna in paralel 4v 6A,for other voltages you have to bring the voltage down to the same value 4v with step down converter or with buck converter which steps down the voltage and increase the amps
How to charge li-ion battery pack
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Pierre Picotte meci pour votre comentair. For charging 4 battery you will need 4s charger around 16v and 1a I will take a look and reply back in the time you can check jehugarcia channel bon chance min amis
Please stop teaching people stupid things. Charging batteries in parallel is a very bad thing. Also, 18650 are not LiPo.
Why is there no translation into the Hebrew language?
You should balancing them also. If a cell is charging quicker than the rest it will continue to overcharge waiting for the average to come up.
Look here - use the correct mode for ease of use.
ruclips.net/video/8WqxADd7uGQ/видео.html
thanks for the link
I can not deal with the smaking, its driving me nuts drink a glass of water or something.
how can I charge 12v 7ah battery? 🙄
Orhan İyidogan what type of battery? This charger can do liion, lead acid, nici and nimh
NoSkillsRequired
its a little motorbike battery. 😔
Orhan İyidogan ok so it is a lead acid for that you will need a 14v charger at 0.5A for 14hours or check my video `incredible 12v battery charger`
Just to let you know, that is not a Genuine one .
Speed Freak possible these days we are surrounded by fakes but this a well made fake and works it wasn't cheap but I am seeing more and more Chinese stuff on Amazon starting from a standard product and they branded and advertise and sell for higher price. As you can see in the video I am doubting if is genuine
NoSkillsRequired , The Genuine one up the top above the screen says iMAX B6 mini SKYRC, and where the banana plugs go in there gold looking and underneath there is a holographic sticker where you can scratch off and there is a number there to look up on the SKYRC website to confirm it is a genuine item, and it comes in a white box not the black one 👌🏼👍🏻. I am sure yours does work fine but there is a difference , I have one and there a good beginners charger but I like the ISDT Q6 Pro. it can charge big LIPOS 6S at 10 Amps easy.👍🏻
Parallel still 1s, watehel all this mf tallkin abt
😵💫😬🤔😳🤯🧐🤨🤐WTF ❓❓❓❓
That took along time to listen to nothing of any interest, could be a political bloke
18650 works the same as lipo
18650=3.2-4.2volt
lipo=3.2-4.2volt
with 18650 dont go over 1amp charge (???)
with lipo you can go 1C charge
Wrong. So wrong.
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