Hello all,
I do have a problem with my most recent charger - iMAX B6 mini.
The problem is so annoying that every NiMH cell charging / repeaking / etc stops with "overTemperature" error.. measured 53*C with vellman multimeter (iMAX overtemp set to 50*C).
I then started to charge the battery... it stated 1.34V and later on when I put it into my Liitokala charger, I see 1.48V...
I instantly measured the output of the iMAX charger and i noticed about 0.15V at 1.5V... Here`s a link with every check:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dY9mRTNn52L3MRJt6It seems the charger has an offset of -0.20V at 0.20V which gradually decreases as the voltage grows:
- -0.09V @ 0.09V - reads 0.00V (probably software-limited)
- -0.19V @ 0.19V - reads 0.00V (probably software-limited)
- -0.20V @ 0.39V - reads 0.19V
- -0.20V @ 0.50V - reads 0.30V
- -0.18V @ 1.00V - etc
- -0.15V @ 1.50V
- -0.13V @ 2.00V
- -0.06V @ 3.30V
- -0.03V @ 4.20V
- -0.02V @ 5.00V
- -0.03V @ 6.00V
- -0.03V @ 10.00V
I`ll make a better measurement in the afternoon, at every 0.25V...
I had not tested individual cell voltage readings, but I hope to be able to also do that.
Anyone has any idea what might cause this and how can it be fixed? (either hardware or by calibration). I will try to perform a calibration with a 25.2 voltage source and 6 identical resistors in series (eventually also in parallel to try and avoid resistance manufacturing error / tolerance). I`ll probably buy 30 pieces of 680-ohm, 1% resistors and solder them 5p6s (or.. I`ll see what 1% resistors they have)... that will end to 136ohm, it will eat up to 300mA and dissipate about 103mW/5 resistors. Should that be ok?
Anyway, I haven`t opened the charger so far and I hope I won`t find dragons inside.. anyone has any schematics or advice on what might cause this or how can it be fixed?
Thank you!