One way to re-condition Breeze's battery

nikono · Dec 17, 2017

My experience.
When the charger's LED flashes blue color, that's abnormal charging, the charger won't charge the battery. The battery was likely unused for a long time, it discharged itself to too low voltage(s), or the battery was used to near 0% of battery level. That's when the charger design can't bring the voltages back to normal to flash blue LED.

The battery got 3 separate cells inside it to provide 3 separate voltages (5V, 9V, 12V) to power different electrical/electronic circuits inside the Breeze.

In my case when the charger's LED flashed blue, I found that the 12V cell was low, below 10V. I used an AC/DC (110VAC-12VDC) adapter for my external hard drive to re-condition the battery. The connection to re-condition was quite simple as shown in the pictures. After 1 hour, I took the battery out to insert it in the factory charger, it was rechargeable with normal LED flashing by the factory charger again.

The tip of the AC/DC adapter was +12DC. A small screwdriver was used to help connect the alligator clip to the +12VDC.

If you have a voltmeter, check out the 3 voltage levels to see which is too low to re-condition only that particular cell with the proper AC/DC adapter (5V, 9V or 12VDC).

Do it at your own risk.

neosunrise · Dec 17, 2017

I made my own balance plug & cable so that I can balance charge / storage the battery. I have four batteries so I actually made two of these cables. I can charge two at a time with 6-8A. I always charge / discharge my batteries to 3.85v / cell when they are not used.

I have never got any issues with my batteries.

CAMXposure · Dec 17, 2017

Is the connector proprietary? I’ve seen someone make a connector like this somewhere before - so I’m guessing the connector must be available..???

neosunrise · Dec 17, 2017

CAMXposure said:
Is the connector proprietary? I’ve seen someone make a connector like this somewhere before - so I’m guessing the connector must be available..???

A couple of weeks ago a folk asked for fast charge tips, I showed him this DIY cable which I made a month and half ago. I made it using the plastic base of pin header and the four prongs in a female USB plug. The balance connector and the XT60 plug were things that I already had. I have been flown RC helicopters and airplanes so I have plenty of these. I charge my batteries using hobby grade chargers, such as iSDT Q6 Plus, iCharger 406DUO, or even iMAX B6AC.

Scott_in_Colorado · Dec 28, 2017

This is a good idea. I fly RC planes (6S and 10S batteries, at 5200mah) and have good chargers, that charge and trace EACH cell of the 3, and keep charge voltages within .1V of each other. CellPro 10X as I recall - the charger name. I may do this too.. thanks for the idea.

Adro · Oct 1, 2018

nikono said:
My experience.
When the charger's LED flashes blue color, that's abnormal charging, the charger won't charge the battery. The battery was likely unused for a long time, it discharged itself to too low voltage(s), or the battery was used to near 0% of battery level. That's when the charger design can't bring the voltages back to normal to flash blue LED.

The battery got 3 separate cells inside it to provide 3 separate voltages (5V, 9V, 12V) to power different electrical/electronic circuits inside the Breeze.

In my case when the charger's LED flashed blue, I found that the 12V cell was low, below 10V. I used an AC/DC (110VAC-12VDC) adapter for my external hard drive to re-condition the battery. The connection to re-condition was quite simple as shown in the pictures. After 1 hour, I took the battery out to insert it in the factory charger, it was rechargeable with normal LED flashing by the factory charger again.

The tip of the AC/DC adapter was +12DC. A small screwdriver was used to help connect the alligator clip to the +12VDC.

If you have a voltmeter, check out the 3 voltage levels to see which is too low to re-condition only that particular cell with the proper AC/DC adapter (5V, 9V or 12VDC).

Do it at your own risk.

Thank you this was very helpful I'm glad someone shares this information! Thank you again