Charger balance extension cable

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Here is a useful little cable from SpeedyBee. Which makes charging easier. In the days of old. Chargers used to come with long leads. Which meant plugging in the battery was pretty easy. These days, chargers are more minimalistic. The main power and balance ports are flush installed in the charger. It looks nice. But it can be a pain to plug in the battery. Especially when the battery has short balance leads.
In the past, we could have used regular balance extensions to make life a bit easier. But, you either had to force the balance lead in to the extension. Or cut down the socket on the extension to allow batteries of different cell counts to fit.
SpeedyBee have released some balance lead extensions that allow us to have an easier time. The sockets can accept 2S to 6S packs without any forcing or modification.
✈️ Contents ✈️
00:00 Introduction
00:24 How chargers used to look compared to now
00:45 Why are the flush balance ports a problem?
01:08 The answer to the problem
02:47 Any problems with these leads?
03:32 It's not needed for parallel charge boards. But here's why I stopped using them
04:08 Conclusion
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[@amax2624]

This is what I had missed for a long time. Only with DIY I got away. Thanks

[@davidhodgson2669]

Have been using similar cables from Banggood and Aliexpress for over a year and a half.Very good with no problems so far.Keep up the good work and thanks for your advice.David

[@MatCron]

Got the speedybee balance lead extension a month ago, they're super.

[@AErefrigeration]

I ordered a pair. Thanks Mr. D

[@DugDiamond1]

In the "history lesson" you showed us all 2 balance lead extensions that would still work perfectly fine... plus they have silicon cables !!!!

[@MrD]

With that charger, it is not a JST XH that plugs in to the charger. So wouldn’t work with a modern charger.

[@M-H433]

Wow Darren long time buddy,there pushing you hard at work Sir😢....miss your content a lot

[@lukeattubato]

Thanks for the shoutout, hopefully someone will make one with some nice silicone leads!😄

[@MrD]

Silicone leads and an option for an 8S version. Then it’d be spot on.

[@blackbirdboy1]

I like the idea of them. I do have a couple of parallel charge boards but having seven chargers on 1 power supply, I very rarely charge more than one pack per charger. I may buy a couple to go with chargers than aren't connected to a parallel board.

[@helidude71]

Nice! But I have a 8S charger...

[@DJI_Silesia]

Nice, but do they come with 4s max version? Because some chargers only work up to 4s and then these leads are not going to fit the charger.