heirloom hamlet
life my way
So I've been following the direction on the forum for top balancing these cells and decided to use the little 5a charger to get them to 3.55 individually, and I have 32 of them. I thought it would at least help me see and feel some progress as I check cells off the list.That was 4 days ago. I set up a single cell at 3.55 and checked on it daily. Still slow. Soooooo sloooowwwww. Like watching the grass grow. Painful. One cell? This will still take a year. I have time, but not a year. Plus, it's ridiculous. Who can do this?
So I decided to up the voltage a bit last night. I figured, like Will said, it would push it faster low and with good monitoring you could just catch it when it's close and adjust the setting accordingly. I thought I'd at least have a day or two from the snail's pace I'd seen thus far. Nope.
One night, and this morning this cell went to 3.75v.
My question is, what have I done to this cell, did I train it to have a (too) high ceiling? Will it always be the one that takes off and screws up an entire pack?
So I decided to up the voltage a bit last night. I figured, like Will said, it would push it faster low and with good monitoring you could just catch it when it's close and adjust the setting accordingly. I thought I'd at least have a day or two from the snail's pace I'd seen thus far. Nope.
One night, and this morning this cell went to 3.75v.
My question is, what have I done to this cell, did I train it to have a (too) high ceiling? Will it always be the one that takes off and screws up an entire pack?