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Originally Posted by eq1
I was just thinking charging is charging, now it's like 'What's this balance charging thing?' But let me take a stab at it...
Perhaps "balancing" is equivalent to what I'm calling "detection stuff?"
Anyhow, I'll leave it at that for now...
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Maybe if I try a different way to explain it.
The Super Brain has one +/- battery connection for power ... that's it ... from that it can try to do 'detection stuff'.
The PL8 can do the one +/- if you like ... and the 'detection stuff' ... similar to but with more options than the Super Brain ... but the PL8 goes a step further ... it has a balancing plug that allows it to do multiple +/- at the same time.
Picture of PL8 using single +/- Super Brain like battery connection
Picture of PL8 using both +/- AND the separate balancing connector:
( Note: The balancing connector can be used by itself, if you wish )
Picture of the DYI general version of the balancing connector.
Sense not everyone wants to wire up their own battery each cell at a time ... some battery OEMs put their own cell level connections in when they build the battery ... they sell some of these adapters for the PL8 balancing port ... but those battery specific adapters are battery specific.
As for multiple sticks from one PL8 ... you could do multiple in series or in parallel ... either way hasn't it's pros and cons.
In Series as you wrote individual cell level detection becomes more difficult... balancing is only done with current ... different cells see different voltage.
In Parallel , you are balancing each parallel connection via voltage ... so if multiple batteries are connected together in parallel they all see the same voltage... each one connected in parallel could see different current.
The PL8 can only do Voltage AND Current balancing for up to the 8 or so it can connect to via the balancing port... you can connect each of those to others in series or parallel ... but you then run into a similar problem from above ... only advantage is that it is now ... 8 pieces instead of 1 big piece.
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Originally Posted by eq1
Wasn't able to do that for whatever reason...
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EM won't let me attach it (?) .... send me PM with email and I can send it directly to you.