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Originally Posted by flores
I'm not an expert at this, but isn't 200mA a bit small for balancing? Is it possible to increase this by decreasing the resistor?
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The resistor is 1W, cannot lower the value. I don't want to have a bigger balancing current because :
- It's a generic board, no need to have a big current for small cell capacity
- The balancing algorithm can be improved, to have the balancing
during the charge and no only at the end of the charge. For a 10h charge for example, it's almost 2Ah balancing at 200mA !
- A bigger current will perturb the on board temperature measurement
But for those which really want a bigger current, I put on the board 2 big and beautiful pad, to easily solder an external power resistor. The mosfet I put on the board can switch more than 4A, more that enough for everyone
