Got The Balance Charger. Now What?

[pdmike]

Taking suggestions from a number of guys here, I purchased a LiPro Balance Charger. It came today. I don't have the slightest idea how to use it. Here is what my battery looks like:




I ran all the YouTube videos I could find on how to use this Balance Charger, and none of them showed it being used on a battery like mine. All of the cells in my battery are encased in a plastic shell that slides in and out of the drone as a single unit. There is no way they can be removed from their plastic case without breaking it.

There do not appear to be any adapter cords that relate in any way to my battery. How do I hook a battery like mine up to a LiPro Balance Charger like the one I bought?

 

[Gyro Doctor]

... That appears to be a battery for a Syma X8SC ???
I don't know first hand, but if you look at the connections I believe there's only two contacts inside that three pin connector under the edge of the head ?

If that is so then your balance charger won't work on it unless you take the head off the battery's fancy container each time, then jumper
onto the wires inside (NOT RECOMMENDED), but it's only a two cell battery so I wouldn't be overly concerned about cell balancing anyway.

IF there are actually 3 pins there (and assuming they're all connected) then just tell the charger it's a 2-cell 2000 mAh Lithium Polymer pack and plug that puppy in !

As for the balancing charger (in any case) keep it for when you start the flying higher quality quads which don't use gimmicky battery shells and just
rely on the ubiquitous 3 or 4 cell packs that are made to be balanced

I'm a big fan of the iMax chargers (Symas not so much ... lol ...)

 

[pdmike]

... That appears to be a battery for a Syma X8SC ???
I don't know first hand, but if you look at the connections I believe there's only two contacts inside that three pin connector under the edge of the head ?

If that is so then your balance charger won't work on it unless you take the head off the battery's fancy container each time, then jumper
onto the wires inside (NOT RECOMMENDED), but it's only a two cell battery so I wouldn't be overly concerned about cell balancing anyway.

IF there are actually 3 pins there (and assuming they're all connected) then just tell the charger it's a 2-cell 2000 mAh Lithium Polymer pack and plug that puppy in !

As for the balancing charger (in any case) keep it for when you start the flying higher quality quads which don't use gimmicky battery shells and just
rely on the ubiquitous 3 or 4 cell packs that are made to be balanced

I'm a big fan of the iMax chargers (Symas not so much ... lol ...)

Excellent. I kind of figured that I was getting ahead of myself with this charger. I will do exactly as you suggest - hang onto it until I move up in class with my quad. And BTW - I notice that I inadvertently purchased a knock-off in my balanced charger. When I really need one, I will pay more attention and get the main brand. They don't cost that much anyway.

And yes - you nailed it. That's exactly what it is: a battery for my new, Syma X8SC.

Thanks for the reply. Most informative.