Storage Discharge In 4 mins! ISDT FD-200 (read description)
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Love your statement on the media and weather LOL so true. I always use a FD-100 to discharge, these are something every flyer should have in there charging pack.
I had no idea these devices existed. They would be extremely useful. Right now I use the URUAV lipo killer boards (I have 6 of them) as well as the storage charge function on my chargers. These would save me so much time. Thanks for the video!
I just arrived home experiencing autumn at its finest (pouring) with a bag full of charged lipos. I knew your channel would present me a solution for future disappointments, thanks a lot! Today, however, I'm about to listen hours worth of 0.3A discharging on my D2.
Nice review, Andy. I really like my FD-100. It saves tons of time when I can't fly all my packs.
Very handy ... and ISDT makes good stuff. Thanks for the review. Cheers.
Purchased one on your review Andy, as I am also in the UK and over the past week or 2, I have had to leave Lipos charged, so will save me the price in the long run for sure. Thanks for the review, great as always.
I just bought the isdt fd100 this week haha. Works great. Perfect size too. The 200 is a bit big for my liking.
As always, stellar review.
Thanks for all.
Hi Andy I’m bit late to the party and purchased one this year I definitely should of got one earlier my only complaint is it’s very loud but the speed discharging is so much quicker now and it’s great having the app I did see there is another one out now I think but I will stick with this now it changed sitting around for hours with them
Great review, Andy! Pretty impressive tool! 😃
I imagine using it during a cold night... LOL
@@brightontilifly LOL I'm omnipresent, dude! 😂
Anyway, GO LDO crew! 🤘😊
Bravo, great and comprehensive review
I have the ISDT FD-100 as well as the ISDT lipo checker and a ISDT Q6 plus and love them all. The discharger has come in so handy. I live in canada so our weather changes on a dime. Thanks for reviewing this Andy. I almost waited for this one but am still happy with the FD-100.
I use the icharger regen function and set the storage voltage as my battery cut off, then I charge up my dead packs or some thing els.
Another great video Andy.👍
One-day Andy, I hope you can get me to do fpv. I've built one before, I built the one what ua... "stew" built, a couple off year's ago. But i couldn't give it any power, or it would hit the grass very hard.
Since then, I've tried to get back into the memory, but i can't seem to get in.
So I quit. And never did do fpv.
I even brought a tiny hawk off eBay, but that won't work. I plug the battery in to bind it, but it just keeps bleeping and flashing red.😠
That's what happens if you don't know what your doing. 😕
Anyway, keep them videos coming Andy.👍👍
I don't need one myself, but for those who do that is good discharger and the allied app works well. _I like good technology_
I know this is a year old but I finally got one! Saves so much time! You think it would be safe to use a parallel board?
Thank you, very useful information
@AndyRC Great review! I love my FD-100. I live in Washington state, which has weather similar to UK. Very handy device. The FD-200 looks very good. I have a ISDT PC-4860 for my ISDT D2 charger and that works awesome too, but D2 is way too slow in discharging. ISDT should do a high power storage charger with cell balancing built in.
All chargers built in discharge rate is slow. Some companies will advertize a 40a discharge rate but only in Regen mode. Which is basically hooking up another bettery to power the charger and transfer it to there. To me that is not discharging.
Hey Andy,
Where did you get the URUAV voltage checker?
"because I live in the UK where the weather-report are about as accurate as the news reported by the same media-outlets"
THAT....was a good one.
Does this fast discharge is ok for new batteries that have not much cycles yet ?
Hi Andy, just wanted to say thanks for your advice (via CurryKitten) on the dischargers. Hope your well, Steve
Be aware that its 200w max. A 6s will max at approx 8a discharge. So the only way to get 25a discharge is on a 1s or 2s. Thats not something most would ever need. A 3a setting would be handier. I have found the bluetooth app to be very buggy and semi-functional, android.
I ordered one of these recently but I noticed there is a high pitch / oscillating coil whine that happens at higher voltages - 6s+. Does that happen to anyone? If not then I might have a defective unit...
Finally someone with enough sense to know that these don't need to balance discharged batteries. I always see people complaining that these don't balance. Cells aren't perfectly matched so they will always be a little off balance when discharged. But when you charge it they will become mare balanced towards the end of the charge. Cells with lower IR will discharge a little more than ones with higher IR, but will charge a little faster when charging. My charger balances the cells at 3.8v each cell when put into storage mode and it drives me crazy bc when I balance charge the pack the cells will be off balance towards the end of the charge due to non perfect cell matching and the charger has to spend way more time tying to balance the cells.
What AMP setting should one use? Can I just keep it at 25a for everything? I don't think I own a battery that is less than 25C if that is the number we are comparing to?
I have the FD-100 and really like it. If I come back from the flying club with an unflown 4000mah 4S, I can just set it for a 6A discharge. I have to put it outside the front door due the noise of the fan (!) but it will beep to let me know it's finished so all's good. It's way better than running noisy fans for hours as my iChargers discharge at a whole 1A! New one looks good but, at over £60, I'm happy to wait a bit longer with the FD-100!
Yeah you will struggle to find people complaining about this device. I think when a few of the prototypes were sent out there were QC issues but that seems to have been sorted and then some! Cheers
@@AndyRCchannel There was a huge first batch that had problems, not prototypes. Lot of info is on rcgroups on how to repair them. My first had the problems, second has been fine.
@@JustaPoke mines never missed a beat but i found it very late.
Hi Andy, I purchased the FD-200, it works and gets the job done, the only issue I have is the bluetooth connection. I cannot get this working with my Iphone. Do you have any suggestions ?
I use an RV lightbulb and a beeper for my 1-4s bats. I don't have any 6s so this works for me.
i wonder if i need to recalibrate my cheapo imax, i've noticed it balancing and going slightly above 4.2, not by much 4.25 is the highest i've noticed,
most chargers have a calibration option so i would say yes especially if its overcharging. cheers
How does this compare to the SkyRc Discharger
That discharger is only 200 watts. You can only dicharge a 4S At about 12 amps. Not 25.
I should use mine more but the reality is I have a bag of packs that has been charged for a week or so. The little ISDT discharge though is super useful, bit loud but very handy.
@@brightontilifly what mean groups on the internet?
@@brightontilifly TBS Lounge is poison. I genuinely have not seen that side of the hobby to that degree anywhere else.
The last straw was some guy posted a vid on the DJI system, just a chat and we all love content right? They were genuinely horrible to him to the point he removed the post. Fuck that shit.
Glad you noticed, I ducked out after posting so I've no idea how it landed. Probably badly but hopefully made one or two people feel a bit guilty.
@andyrc I left TBS lounge with a post telling them that the group was exceptionally negative and I didn't want to be a part of it.
When I try to pair the APP it wants a pin# were is it?
Could this discharge 1s 5mm bullet lipo
I would expect this to work with the Spektrum Smart Batteries if one would make a cable to go from IC3 to XT60i. I would also expect Spektrum to just rebrand this discharger and sell it with their IC3 connector.
perhaps although it does not balance the cells from the info. Its just for the app
Wow! I really could use one of those in Sweden :)
Edit: Just ordered one with your 12% of code. Thanks!
yes i can imagine! enjoy
Just got it in the mail!
Already discharged 2 batteries in 10 minutes ;)
did you suggest isdt to change the firmware so you can cheat on the numbers of how many times it has been used so you can sell it for higher price...? damm!
Hi Andy, I'm thinking about getting one of theses now the price has dropped, and as you have had yours for over 7 months I was wondering have you had any problems, or are you still happy with it. Also is it any good for 650mah 4s with an XT30 ( I know I would need to make an adapter ) Cheers Andy
I have three. This one and the older one and the older one IV had for over a year now I think..never missed a beat and can't live without em. Cheers George.
@@AndyRCchannel Well in that case looks like I'm spending some more money "Thank you very much" cheers Andy
I use the full packs to charge the empty packs if I don’t fly them all. Alternatively I charge the e bike with them.
Sls in Germany sell the battgo battery’s. I have just got some 130c ones for my quad. Very good
I was looking at those but they are so expensive
AndyRC not really. Around the same price as your usual 1300ma 4s
I can’t seem to find ISDT’s website. Can you possibly give me the web address please?? Thank you
can you also use it with Li-ion batteries? I would assume if the li-ion can take 30A discharge while flying it should be ok to use this discharger for li-ion
Yes you can just don't draw too many amps maybe keep it at 6 amps max
@@AndyRCchannel Thanks for confirming. So far I never discharged anything above 5A. It only takes 5 minutes for most of my batteries with the FD-200. That thing is great.
@@digitalgrumpybear yeah it's a must have product but you can really dial the current up and iv made the mistake only once of nearly burning a battery up
you guys know you can discharge with a parallel board right? This thing with a Parallel
board is very nice.
Hi Andy, excellent review. I suspect you may have missed a trick tho regarding the usefulness of its discharge count. Here's what i mean..... Its highly unlikely that it only uses the fans to discharge @25amps. Its must have at least one other component to act as a load, like a resistor. Those massive heatsinks are likely sitting on it / them. So even if its just a simple resistor, at those types of current / heat going through it will affect its lifetime. Making that number a much more relevant one (for some people at least).
Afterall, if it was only using the fans, then you wouldn't need the heatsink, right? 😜
I thought It would be clear I was simplifying how it works considering neither fans or heatsinks result in bluetooth? However for your theory to be correct the manufacturer would need to tell us how many cycles It can take before Its no longer going to work. Coupled with the fact that once setup, people are barely going to use the app, or might not even want to use the app at all. If those figures are as important as you say they are. They should be presented on a display on the side? and the fd100 should also have one? Especially as It seems to get warmer and has a dedicated app that does not show those figures. But as a user who would run these until they no longer work anyways. Being able to reset the figures for a new batch of lipos would be more useful than an accumulated figure which tells me nothing other than how much it rained.
@@AndyRCchannel hmm, dont want to argue with you... so i'll just say... no (on all counts) and leave it at that :/ 😂
@@majorlee9714 haha Its a discussion not an argument and a valid one. But they would have to tell us how many uses it can have to justify not resetting that number. I think the trick we are both missing is that when that figure gets high there wont be enough digits for it to read correctly (look at the picture of the app on the site) Its had some 500 discharges and the watt hour accumulation has disappeared. So perhaps the trick is you will buy another when the figures no longer show up...a marketing trick.
Major Lee discharge count may be just so they know if a unit is returned, if it was really doa vs used for a while.
Hard to predict
Lifetime of a wire wound resistor (which is all I can
Imagine it uses) is probable years if it works for the first few cycles
Can it discharge bad batteries down to zero for disposal?
no just to 3.3v you will want the lipo killer boards for that. it takes about 24 hours to kill a 1500 4s bit.ly/2CGCm6f
do you have to store your batteries at exactly 3.8 or is there a little sway room in there?
it depends how long you are gonna leave them storage charged. you can charge them to 3.85 and after a while they will delf discharge. all lipos do over time but 3.8 is reccomended
@@AndyRCchannel O.k. Thanks.
Picked one up. Your discount code did not work tho. Thanks for a good review.
"Priviledged"?,....no,..............retired! lol Jeff
I just got one of these and took it out of the box and there are no finish plates on it that show cell count or watts selected and no plate covering the area around the xt60 adapter. They had not fallen off they were just not there at all and the box was new and shrink wrapped. Pretty bad QC. Starting to lose faith in ISDT. I have been using ISDT stuff for a long time but quality is deteriorating.
That's because this weekend they have made an update to it that lets it do lower current values so the numbers no longer make sense. Hope that helps
@@AndyRCchannel There is no plate at all over the lights or over the area where the xt60 plug is. They are both just missing. And no instructions in the box. Just bad QC. If the indicator lights now mean other things, it would be nice to know what those are. I really like the unit and it works really well. Just wish it was finished.
My cellpro 8 could discharge at 40 amps 7 years ago (and still does) so what is special about this besides you end up spending more then when you get the right charger to begin with?
it only does 40 amps in regen mode which isnt discharging. Thats just charging one lipo from another. Most modern chargers can do that.
@@AndyRCchannel How is it not Discharging?
It moves the energy from where you do not want it (the lipo pack) to a lead acid battery where you want it. (to be reused later)
Then you can use that again to recharge the lipo again at the field (minus the normal conversion losses)
This thing just converts the energy into heat with a voltage cut off.
The cellpro 8 does ALSO discharge at 10 amps normal (heater mode)
You should try them then you see all those "new" things are just catching up what already was done years ago.
@@AndyRCchannel www.store.revolectrix.com/Products/GT1200/GT1200_179
Only $25 more and all the charger quad racers need.
Use mine to charge 700 class 6s battery pairs.
@@cmulder002 I only use AC chargers because I cant stand clutter and a separate power supply leaving wired bricks all over my work bench. The ISDT AC chargers can charge up to 12 amps each from AC which suits my needs, If it doesnt suit yours im not sure why this video is of interest to you? The cellpro 8 perhaps can discharge internally at 10 amps although other users tell me they get no where near that but they also cost (for the v2 229 dollars) where as the cheap one you have linked to says it can discharge internally 0.24a They also dont seem to be geared towards miniquad pilots so I think you are preaching to the wrong crowd. As for discharging to a lead acid battery, that's definitely not where I want it. Although im not aware of the type of lead acid battery you are using (flooded, sealed sla) It would have to be pretty massive to safely charge / discharge at 40A and I dont want another brick in the process. Now I imagine you are not charging or discharging at 40 amps using regen but rather trying to make a point. Which is why Ill stick to these very convenient fast discharges which are wireless and dont take up any space, and you dont have to gain an understanding of how to safely operate lead acid batteries when there are enough things to keep up on in this hobby. Cheers
@@AndyRCchannel a external discharger or power supply is the same amount of items..
Take a look at www.revolectrix.com/DPL8T_specs_tab.htm
Mount the dual charger inside a case and have only the screen visible.
That makes for a tidy setup with just over 2.5 kw charge power.
It also logs the performance of each pack if you use there labels.
12 amps isn't even enough to charge my hobbyking graphene packs ; those are charged at 10c (one pack is lasting 3 years so far) that is why i use a dual charger setup
Rewire your house lights to run from lipos 👍🏼
Its a good idea until they reach 3.8 volts per cell then all the lights will turn off :P
@@AndyRCchannel So? That tells you your discharge is done! ;)
@@JustaPoke in my case it would tell me the lipo is dead because you would have to build in a cut off circuit as well as a way to regulate the voltage and current and I dont have the skills to build that haha
@@AndyRCchannel normal bms will work Andy.. I run my old halogen lighting with that :D
I am really interested in this dis-charger. I was looking at the FD-100 but after seeing this vid I may go with the FD-200. So I may just buy one. I am already getting a few other products of theirs. But the one thing I really want from ISDT is their Smart Power. But not the SP3060 which is their 1800 watt version. I am looking for the SP2417 400watt and or SP2425 600 watt. I can not seem to even find anything on either of those two other than they are listed on their site. The only one I can find is the SP3060 and that is more than I need. Maybe the other two are so new that they have not released yet or they decided to just not make them and forgot to remove it from their website. Anyways I really want one of those. If you get a chance to find them and test them, I'd really be interested.
Please can you post the link I cant find at all anywhere?
@@AndyRCchannel Here is the link. Hope it works. I copied it using my cellphone.
www.isdt.co/sp2417.html?lang=en
@@VectorRoll thanks yes thats a new product just been told later today so keep an eye on banggoods new listings here bit.ly/2ZaYHRm
@@AndyRCchannel Cool. Thanks for the heads up. I'll definitely be keeping a eye out for it. 😉
Hi Andy. I already asked on forum but no answer: does someone know why my isdt charger will go faulty when using parallel charging boards? Even with one battery?No issue when charging without board... thanks
LMC130 sounds like the parallel board might be bad. What one is it?
sounds like the fuse in the balance board has blown or its faulty. if the charger works with one battery then its not a problem with the charger.
Many thanks gents. But i tried 2 different boards that used to work with an Imax charger...
Channel selected first? No mix of different cell batteries? No strange settings that don't match the battery? balancing cable plugged in?... hard to say if you follow these rules.
@@Trolleydolly130 it's possible that the overall resistance goes to low due to parallel connection and the charger thinks it's a short.
What does it say, current operation not supported? Cause then you have a blown fuse in your charger
Can you use a balance board on the discharger?
no. A balance board requires a balance circuit which it does not have although i do wonder if you couple it with the BG8s balance functionality it could do it to some extent but its just so much easier sticking them all on a balance storage charger once the fd100/200 has done all of the work
@@AndyRCchannel I wasn't sure if the balance lead was required to send current through the main power connector. Although, if you made a big octopus wire running all the batteries in parallel, that should work, provided they are fully charged and the same number of cells. It will be the same amount of time as for each individual battery, but you wouldn't have to swap them out. It would also be less stress on the batteries, since each one is dividing up the amps.
@@dugggins well it does them so fast even at 5 amps I just do them one at a time and it takes 11 minutes a battery
Where did you find the pin code to the Bluetooth AndyRc?
there isnt a pin code... follow the instructions in this video you don't pair it in the phones bluetooth settings. cheers
@@AndyRCchannel there is look at your fb I have pmd you
@@adamjuszczyk1980 please could you share the pin code with us
HorizonHobby bought in to the batgo system and rebranded most of isdts line up under there spektrum label and jacked the price to match there other brands...
🥃Cheers🍻
didnt know that! do you have a link?
@@AndyRCchannel www.horizonhobby.com/SearchDisplay?searchTerm=smart+battery&categoryId=&sourceDomain=&storeId=10151&catalogId=10051&langId=-1&pageSize=40&beginIndex=0&sType=SimpleSearch&resultCatEntryType=2&searchTermScope=2&showResultsPage=true&searchSource=Q&sourceDomain=&pageView=
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www.horizonhobby.com/222v-5000mah-6s-100c-smart-lipo-battery--ic5-p-spmx50006s100
Hope that helps ! ! !
🥃cheers🍻
What is your voltage checker? Thanks
well I mainly use the feild charger but the one in this video is this one bit.ly/2K95hUO
@@AndyRCchannel As do I but that one looks cool and would be way faster than what I have which only shows one cell at a time. Ya know for when you've already got some charging but you want to match up some others to parallel charge 😉
Thank you sir.
I doubt this would discharge at 25A for a 4s battery as 200W ÷ 16.8V = 11.9A
How ever a 2s would be 200W÷8.4V = 23.8A
It seems like you don't understand what watts are? That discharger Will only do 25 amps with a 2s battery because it has a maximum of 200 watts. You are misleading people.
Shame it doesn't do 1s lipo
Do you want to make a buld video of a race drone
Iv made around 20 of them. have a search on the channel for the word "build" cheers
Why not just tie your quad down to a really heavy object firmly in place, and just slowly increase the throttle to a desired amp draw amount and let it run till storage charge arrives? Anyone else thought of this???
because its dangerous and highly inconvenient compared to these devices id say. Quad components are kept cool by the air flowing around them. They would overheat strapped down, hence the need for large heatsinks on these devices. You would also have to bypass the pid loop otherwise they would just go to full throttle held down and the only way to do that is have it teathered by USB which would just get mangled in the props unless you use the speedybee device. And unless you set your vtx to pit mode it would overheat and burn up. so id strongly advise against it for the inconvenience and safety of spending a few quid on a device that can sit
on your desk
@@AndyRCchannel true , but even if the air is rushing since the propellers are still on? Ehhh, starts sounding dangerous , yea I agree on that somewhat
put your 10 lipos on a parallel board and tadaaa !
No Balance cable is concerning..
No matter how you turn it, these ISDT dischargers would have been so much better when they had a functional balance lead connection:
A: It’s way safer, you would not need to monitor the cells.
B. Your lipos will last longer as now you basicly always need to balance when you charge again. And that involves continues charging and discharding of all the other cells when only ONE is a bit lower.
C. In general you have plenty of time when you discharge. Sometimes you need to charge for unplanned flights (the wheater cleared up for example) so if a pack in storage state is balanced than you also win time.
The Aokoda system remains a far better system in that way, sadly using the bulbs and the heat that comes out of them it aint that conveniant. So yeah I mostly use my 2 FD-100’s, but a balance discharge function remains missing on the ISDT’s. Saying you only use lipo’s that never have an unbalance is a bit of a fairytail I think, I have loads of lipo’s and having inbalances on them is not a weard thing ;)
A: Iv been using these for a while now and haven't had to balance a single cell they always come out the same and B I don't need a B because the A was so great (haha sorry couldnt help myself. Rik Mayall Reference)
@@AndyRCchannel Well measure your internal resistance from each cell on even your brand new unused lipo's for example. You'll might be suprised what you find. (Not that I have the idea you don't know that already) D. some use their lipo's for years, for fixed-wing for example you don't trash lipos after 10 uses ;)
@@JustaPoke which method are you using to measure internal resistance? the ones built into chargers are massively inaccurate. Something thats not talked about much. People can argue until the sun goes down about these devices not balancing the cells but does your plane or quadcopter balance the cells when it drains the lipo? for me this is just a safe way of doing it fast when it rains, and even if it had the balance function you would still need to monitor the cells. You should never charge lipos unattended. A simple lipo checker with a beeper attached to the balance port would put the overly caucious person at ease however I usually check the internal resistance of my lipos regularly so Iv had no problems with any storage discharge. If you go deep into this most people making DIY discharges agree that balancing them is over kill. You should be more worried about the condition of the lipo before you put it on a charger or discharger
@@AndyRCchannel I use the ISDT D2's or Junsi iChargers mostly for that. Not aware they are massively inaccurate but that again you need to know how to use the function and give it some time to give the reading. Can always use a simple multi-meter to compare. Even IF they are not super accurate, they will still give me a good idea what's going on inside a lipo. For example the Gaoneng brand you use I've notist very high resistance on some from a batch I bought. Was not that happy with them. One can have different opinions on what's prefered when to balance is ideal, but again I personely find over-charging a cell to balance another far less ideal than balance on discharge. I also find fidling around with voltage checkers is a bit dumb when you already have a rather smart device at hand. Especially now when we move from 6 to 25A on the 200 BT model! Would be happy to pay 10 bucks more if it removed the need of a battery checker alarm. And to let it turn the discharge simply OFF by itself when it reads someting is going wrong with a cell. Why would you NOT want that? With monitoring I mean you better stay in range of the discharger, I never leave the house but to many times I find myself using no checker with the FD-100's. If it had the connector simply on the device I doubt I would not plug the lead in. Ever. ;)
@@JustaPoke nah you need a dedicated Lipo ESR IR checker to get a proper IR reading. The Wayne Giles Module is considered the most accurate I think hobbyking may still sell it but you will find its as expensive as a charger on its own. You can figure out for yourself why that might be. I have tens of chargers and they all read massively different figures from the same lipo. Id argue they arnt needed though and Im afraid any IR reading from the isdt chargers or any chargers will give you duff information. If you are measuring the internal resistance of a lipo then you already suspect something is wrong with it, otherwise you have too much time on your hands. As the forums say, people go far to deep with this subject. My opinion as well as the many people who DIY this system agree that a balance system is overkill. But Its a device so useful to me so thats why I made the video and also bought two.
I still like my AoKoda.. it's nice and bright.
Interesting. I wish it could recover lipos into a bank of 18650s
the craft king #1 the hobbymate d6 duo can do something similar to that
@@proz71ful19 thanks 👍
the craft king #1 yup😁
Just build a lipo bank and charge it with an isdt or so
what i do is plug in into my drone and idle on the floor for 4-5 mins. and stop when it hit 3.8-3.7v per cell in OSD.. XD
removing of prop is recommended
Id say thats not a good idea because its dangerous with props on and highly inconvenient compared to these devices. Quad components are kept cool by the air flowing around them. They would overheat strapped down, hence the need for large heatsinks on these devices. You would also have to bypass the pid loop otherwise they would just go to full throttle held down and the only way to do that is have it tethered by USB which would just get mangled in the props unless you use the speedybee device. And unless you set your vtx to pit mode it would overheat and burn up. If you do it with the props off there is no load so you are only discharging at around an amp and with no airflow from the props the motors would burn up in minutes. so id strongly advise against it for the inconvenience and safety
First resistor with Bluetooth
my phones a resistor and has bluetooth? just playin ;)
@@AndyRCchannel well, indeed. you could discharge the batteries with your phone.
Shut up and take my money… I bought a venom duo pro but honestly not very happy with it takes forever to balance discharges super slow I definitely need to up my charging and discharging game think it’s time to buy one of these in a new charger
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It was unavailable haha
Cheaper than skyrc..
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