Charging LiFe through balance connector

Hi,
Simple question (I hope). Charging LiFe batteries through the balance connector only. For Tx batteries especially it is convenient to not have to disconnect and reconnect the power lead.   Not so important for Rx packs as its not so difficult to plug through the switch harness for power in and then to the balance plug.
A multi output charger would be nice so TX and Rx packs could be charged at the same time. Which HobbyKing chargers are capable of doing this?
Thanks in advance,
Mark

The only ones I know of that charge through the ballance conector are the Revolectrix Cellpro range of chargers. Hobbyking only carry one at the moment and it's out of stock at the moment but according to the product page it should be back very soon. That one is the Cellpro 10S found HERE. It is a bit expensive but people I know who own them swear by them. You can find that charger elsewhere plus the smaller cheaper Cellpro ones. I won't add a link but if you google it you shouldn't have any trouble.
As for multiple batteries, there's several that do that in the range they carry here. The newest and most powerfull one is THIS ONE HERE. I bought one of those myself recently and so far I'm very happy with it. You can't charge through the ballance conections though.

You can make up a lead that will allow you to charge the battery through the balance port using any normal 4-button charger.

Originally posted by rcmodelreviews. You can make up a lead that will allow you to charge the battery through the balance port using any normal 4-button charger.

I never even thought of that, brilliant Bruce .
By doing that would that give a decent charger like for example an ICharger all the benefits of a Cellpro?

EDIT: It's a bit dumb of me not to have thought of that because that's exactly what I did myself with a couple of A123 receiver packs I made up a while ago .

Edited by Sawdust - 24/May/2012 at 9:16am

Originally posted by kaz1104 Thanks for the replies guys ... much appreciated. So how would I go about doing this? I have a HK 4 output charger that will do LiFe packs and 3 swallow charger that don't have LiFe listed as an option.

Take an extension cable for your type of balance connector. Solder one additional wire to each of the outermost wires of the balance extension. Then add banana connectors to the other ends of the extra wires. Max charge current should be 4A since current will pass through the smaller balance wires/connectors.

           --------------- Banana +
          /
L |--------------| (Balance cable +, red)
i |--------------|
F |--------------|
e |--------------| (Balance cable -, black)
          \
           --------------- Banana -


Fred

Edited by flarssen - 24/May/2012 at 3:24pm