imax B6 Problem

[Brian fred carr]

AAAAAAgh
After waiting two weeks to fly because I was worried about the state of my batteries
my new imax B6 lipro balance charger arrived today, so I unbox it and read the directions
and all seemed good to go so I set the battery type = lipo, amps=2.2, volt = 11.1
all set, so I enter confirm for 3 seconds and it starts to charge for about a second then
input voltage error comes up every time and with every battery. Now all the inputs are correct
so I was wondering if any one else has had this problem and how they got over it.
Thanks in advance if any one can help

 

[fred0000]

what are you using as a power source?

if its a 12v transformer (power brick) you had laying around, how many amps is it?

 

[jetpackninja]

Yup- The input voltage it's complaining about is the source voltage to the charger.

It's probably looking for about 12v.
A fully charged car battery is around 13.something and should work fine.
Thses chargers usually work well within a range of 12 to 16 volts.
Not sure what the specs are on your charger.

Same question as Fred, what are you using for the input power source?

 

[Brian fred carr]

Thanks gents...I think you 2 guys nailed my problem the input source is 12 volt so it must be
the ampage if i charge the batteries at 0.1 amp then i have no problem as soon as i up the
ampage to anything above i get the input voltage error so they are charging but i will be dead
before they finish, so i will source another power source
Once again thanks

 

[fred0000]

To get full performance you would want a 5a power supply. Glad you got it figured out.