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Originally Posted by eq1
Here's what I was looking at:
"Cellpro PowerLab 8 v2 EC5 Combo 2 w/ CP8S-PAR (JST PA) Adapters
Combo Contents: 1 Cellpro PowerLab 8 v2 EC5-equipped Battery Workstation with basic Cellpro adapter, 2 red/black safety banana plug-to-bare wire cable, 1 FUIM3 PC USB Interface, 2 CP8S-CP8S-PAR Safe Parallel Adapters
This combo designed to support charging 2 same-cell-count packs in parallel, packs must be Cellpro/Revolectrix type 2s-8s, one per adapter
New to REVO USA
Price: $289.95"
Cellpro PowerLab 8 (EC5 version) |
The PowerLab8 is the core device... the rest are accessories to it.
EC5 is the modular cable connection for the power supply side ... other options come with different power supply side options... I got mine about a year ago with bare wire connections.
The banana plugs are just pretty much conventional banana plugs that allow the single output to the battery being tested to still go out but have a second connection plugged in to the same point ... it is electrically in parallel.
The "FUIM3 PC USB Interface" is what it sound like ... it's the adapter to interface with the PC via USB.
The "CP8S-CP8S-PAR Safe Parallel Adapters" is just a type of balancing connector ... it does not have to be used if you don't want to ... and you can buy other types if you wish ... etc ... it plugs into the PL8 balancing jack ... The verbage at the end of your quote is just referring to the specific restrictions of that specific balancing adapter ... not the PL8 itself ... more adapter options can be seen
HERE... they are interchangeable ... unplug A and plug in B ... unplug B and plug in C ... etc... the core PL8 device can use any of them.
The idea of the specific OEM adapter is that if you happen to be using a battery pack with connection points setup a certain way already by the OEM manufacture of that battery pack ... it is easier for you to just buy the adapter that fits that OEM setup ... if the battery pack you are working with does not happen to be one of these OEM options ... then you have to wire it up yourself to each individual cell ... or skip the balancing option ... they sell the bare balancing adapter if you want to use it ...
HERE.
Is that what you were asking?