LIPO cell issue.

[rick bramer]

Can I still use a 3S battery if one of the cells only charges to 4.0 instead of 4.2?

 

[LitterBug]

Are you using a Balance charger? And if so, are you sure it is set on balance charge mode?

If you are balance charging it, chances are, you have a bad cell and the battery will sag badly under load.

 

[Mr Man]

Transforming a 'Dead' 3s Lipo into a viable 2s Lipo - Don't Discard it! - Step by step fix it video

I was testing an FPV tx the other day and like a fool forgot to disconnect the lipo until a while later. Put a meter on it and it read zero! Quite a recent 3s 800mA. I was not pleased. Checking cells I discovered that in fact it was only one cell that had gone to zero, two others were showing...

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