i think I short circuited my battery pack accidentally and it won’t balance charge from my turnigy reaktor. it’s reading some cells are waaaayyy to high at 5v. the turnigy reaktor won’t balance charge it and just giving me an error. do I need to discharge the cells first at a certain level before I can balance charge them again?
Check them with a multi meter or lipo checker if they are indeed that high dispose of them safely. That is NOT worth trying to fix. Only fix when they’re too low
I tried discharging the battery pack, now it says voltage is too low, but one of the cell is still reading at 5v. will dismantle this and check each battery tomorrow. hopefully it’s just a case of a burnt balance lead. I was fixing the power switch earlier and the + and - terminals touched for probably a good 5 seconds before I could separate them from the ensure. after that, the reaktor read the different voltages for each cell.