Tutorial: Tenergy TB6B Balance Charger for NiMH/LiPO/LiFe Battery Packs | All-Battery.com 

8 years later, this is still a very useful tutorial. Thank you.

My charger came in the mail yesterday and this video helped more than the poopy instructions that came with the machine! I am not a smart man. Thanks!

Thank you so much for making this video, I bought the Tenergy TB6B because of the relatively good reviews and low price. I couldn't make heads or tails of the instructions that came with it. Your video cleared it all up for me, and I've been having great success charging my batteries. I'm new to the non plug'n'play RC battery world when it comes to charging, but with your help I feel confident and safe.

Thank You, Your video is so much easier to follow than reading the directions that come with the charger.

10 years later and still usefull

This was great! I can't believe this charged my 3200mah in 48 minutes!!! I was so use to 2-3 hours

thank you so much for this video.. i just got my first rc car ( drift car ) and it came with this charger ( newer version so the text on the front is a little diff but same color scheme etc ) . i didnt know how to use it.. this is the first video that popped up when i typed in the charger in search. thank you again.

Insane charger! Incredible. I just got back into R/C and technology really has evolved. This charger is very good.

Glad it helped out! We know it can seem intimidating at first, but it actually is a very solid & versatile charger if you're into any kind of Hobby runs batteries.

Thank you I have a little brother who has an rc car and we don't have a father figure to teach us how to so tha k you for this tutorial 😅😅😊😊

Very helpful, thanks!

Thank you for making this video. I read through the instructions at least 3 times and still couldn't understand it. I kept not holding down the enter button to move to the next set of screens. Great guide!

@Jeff - there will be a loud beeping noise, and the LCD also displays/flashes the text "FULL".

How can charging a battery be so complicated?

Under Program, for some reason Lipo was disabled, very strange, not sure why. May have been a hiccup on the charger, going through the settings several times, turning it on and off resolved the problem. Thank you, works like a charm, awesome charger.

How do I know when my battery is done balancing

How do I find out the A for my battery it is a lipo 5000mah 7.4v 2s2p 50c 37wh

All Battery thank you so much for this video. This is by far the best tutorial on youtube. Very helpful.

Are there any detailed videos out there on NiMH charging, especially the automatic charge/discharge setting? There are lots on LiPO but I haven't found any for NiMH.

Thank you for making this video it was very informative and made it a lot easier to run through the settings

How do i know how many amps to charge with?

They both essentially support (charge & balance) the same range & type of batteries. The only differences are the overall looks, the layout of the side ports, and the number of connectors offered. The TB6B offers a few more connectors.

Just got one thx for a little better understanding of how it works I'm ready to charge on 👍

@Joselito - the discharge should follow the same settings process as if you were planning to charge it: 1) Set to Discharge instead of Charge, 2) Set Correct Battery Chemistry, & 3) Set Discharge Rate. If you meant something else, let us know and we'll try to best answer the question.

I'm reading these comments so many people confused about not being able to find lipo or life. You can't answer that when your the one selling the charger. It's simple this charger does do lipo or life or lion. But will only display one of the three depending which lithium style voltage you have entered into the programming you can very easily switch between the three in the settings. Go to the program mode I believe not sure cause I don't have my charger with me but get into the programming and switch between lithium voltages when you choose 3.7 it's in lipo mode 3.3 life mode 3.6 lion mode. When I get to my charger ill comment again on how you get to this screen.

For anyone looking, a replacement LCD power supply rated 120v at 5A works perfectly as an A/C power supply. You can find one on Amazon or eBay for cheap.

I wish you would have showen how to discharge a lipo battery and how to storage charge !

Try it at both rates to see the performance differences of the battery. Many RC folks claim that charging at a faster rate gives more punch. Other than that, it essentially takes longer.

Reason why we did not include a video on the Temp Sensor is that very few people actually use this feature. It can be difficult to accurately measure temp readings for LiPO. The temp sensor cable should be universal for these chargers, but I believe the one this takes is a Hitech connector.

Thank you for the help because i didnt know when it was done and i didnt want to brake it

We would recommend to use the LiPo Balance option. For any LiPO or LiFe battery pack that is for Hobby (RC Cars, Heli, Airsoft) it is recommend they be balance charged. The balance is essentially charging your batteries.

Very good step by step video.. I'm glad I found this before charging my batteries. Thank you!

I just got last night and its not bad im use to using a hi tech charger i like there inerface better feel like its more user friendly its display shows more charging info but besides that this thing works just as good and gets the job done👍

Yes, you can charge it at 1.6 Ah. Generally, if you would like a safe charge rate, set a charge rate (in amps) that fully charges your battery in 3-5 hours. This 3-5hr timeframe is also a guideline for RC Car battery packs to maximize battery efficiency & runtime. We're assuming you have a mini Airsoft battery pack? So, to charge in 3 hours, it would be..(1600/3 )= about 500mah or 0.5Ah charge rate. This applies for both your LiPO & NiMH battery packs.

Each connector has its own scientific name, good luck remembering them 😂😂😂

Ok so it's around 30 minutes for a 3s. Not too bad. I'm very new at this stuff and this really helped. Thanks and I'll be sure to pick one up

tattu 22000mah battery, cells voltage hi check main port ..... this problem comes to me from skyrc 1080 charger ... how solve the problem

I want to charge my Holy Stone LiPo Model SF 8333106 batteries used in the Holy Stone HS700 Quadcopter but there are no connectors that come with the charger that will work for this application. I would welcome any suggestions. For now, this product is useless to me.

I don't see the Mh's show up on this display. and it does not show the model number of the charger but everything else looks the same. Is the newer versions automatic for knowing what the MH's are?

Alarm when charge complete -- won't it stop on its own- what if you are sleeping can alarm go away?

Does this not balance the battery in charge mode but only in balance mode? What is the point of the individual wired plug if it isn't used for balacning?

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It is very informative, yet simple to understand.

Thanks

If you have this exact charger, it should have LiPo. If other options like NiMH, NiCad, & LiFe are available it should be there unless there is a defect with that particular one you have. As for the voltage, you have to select LiPO for it to show 7.4V. You must have it under the NiMH setting if it is showing 7.2V. If the videos are still not helping, I recommend you contact our service team to give you some help. They can do an exchange if it is defective and IF you bought from us.

Ok something's wrong with the charger I just purchased. The "manual" is rather confusing so I followed this video step by step. But when trying to defining LiPo chemistry it just cycles through all the other chemistries and LiPo is option is missing !!!!!!!! How is this possible??? Anybody - please let me know, thanks.

I would like to know more about the discharge> charge feature, and how it works.

yeah when i press and hold to begin charging it says low voltage and starts beeping at me

Have searched in Google, RU-vid, and airsoft forums, nowhere there is any information about the temp option. You state it takes any Hitech connector (I guess is Futaba as well), but the charger says USB temp. Not true about not measuring temp, if the lipo gets hot for any reason, it would be a great safety feature to automatically stop charging at a specific set temperature. I have bought two uni temp gauges, one stays at 75, and the other one at 0. The Temp Sensor USB is a marketing tactic.

My battery is 9.6V 11.7Ah LiFePo4. What setting should i use please. I keep getting low voltage or high voltage. What setting should i charge it? It is 27 cell battery. What should my mAh and V be on my charger? Please help.

Tcells want to charge my Taxas Power cell 8.4V NIMH 30000MAH7 cell Battery T6B charger doees not work like the video no input for voltage does not ask how many cells should it? what will the uto feature do if I can get it to switch to it the voltage that is says is charging is higher than 8.4 like 20.3 it says

I believe you that is the model of an RC Heli? It would be easier to give us the battery pack that is used, and we can tell you if it is supported. We do have a Table on the main product description that lists all the battery types (chemistry), and the voltage it supports. See video description for link to product on our website.

Love my TB6-B!

i just got into drones.. is this still a good value for money charger out there guys?

If you have a LiPO battery for RC Cars, you should balance charge it like shown as in our example. Be sure to set the charger for LiPO, 3S (11.1v), & 4.0A Charge Rate (takes ~1 hr in charge time). You can do also do 2.0A charge rate (takes ~2hr to charge) if you'd like.

How can I discharge my battery with this charger also my battery is a 5200mah 50c 7.4v

My 2s Lipo battery has a small orange discharge plug, so can I not charge it because I don’t see an adaptor for it

why does it say reverse polarity for me when I plug my battery in?

Also, there is no program voltage setting for 7.4v. Tenergy charger has 7.2v. On pre-program settings I do not have Lipo, I have Nihm, Nicad, Lilo, but no Lipo...!? Please help.

Great work in explaining this. Keep it up!

I wish there was a way to lower the damn volume lmao I still like this charger very much

What "Connection Break" means? Thx

My battery volts are 14.8 4s , when balance charging the volts are going up, will that cause any problems? I have all the right information saved, but I was just wondering.

In other words it only displays the lithium mode that has been chosen. If you have this feature set to 3.3 it will be in life mode and when you scroll through the choices will be life,nicad,Nimh and pb lead acid. When you have it set to 3.7 it will display lipo along with Nimh nicad pb. It will not put all 3 lithium choices in the selection menu only will the style of lithium you have the lithium voltage set too.

Sweet video

What does the number in the bottom right mean while charging?

Thanks for making this. Really helpful!

Hey me again, love this charger it's great! Is there a way to buy a longer cord balance board?

I found a programming fault you guys need to watch for. When charging a 7.4v lipo, the default charge type comes up as "charge", not as balance. The balance setting can't be saved and recalled through "load settings", it reverts back to "charge". So make sure to change it to balance when you get ready to charge a lipo.

So how do you know the amps of charge.. I have a nihd 7.2v 2.000mah

Lipo Balance only has the setting to 1600 mAh. My battery is a 2000mAh battery. What setting do I follow for mAh for such specs?

I see that it goes from 7.4 volts right to 11.1 volts. Can this charger charge a 300 mag lipo that’s 2s with a 7.6v rating?

How do you know what ampage to charge the battery at? Is the way you use the ampage different for the different types of batteries? For example, if I had a 1600 mah nimh and a 1600 lipo, would I set the ampage to 1.6 amps like she did in the video?

What about lihv?

How do I know what to set my amps to for my specific battery

Good video thanks! I have a 7.4v 2200 mah Traxxas battery. Charge rate is 2.2 but max charge is 4.4a- can I use the 4.4? Alse, I'm going to solder a connector on to it. How do I balance it if there's no balance cable? The Traxxas batteries have the balance built in to the charge cable, I'm assuming that won't work here. Thanks for the help

What does the numbers on the bottom right mean when it has finished charging? How do I know that it charged the proper Mha?

How does one set this charger to charge a 9volt 500mah LiPo Battery? it only offers 7.4v & 11.1v options in the save menu.

So I know there are lipo battery options, and balance charging is one of those options as is rapid/quick charging. Do you do one or the other and not both? I mean is rapid charge not a balanced charge?

Thank you this helped me a lot!

How do I find out the current amp on my Tenergy v6 2000mah?

i selected balance charge mode for my 7200mah 3s Lipo battery but it wont beep when its done charging. Any ideas why?

Excellent instructions! Thank You!

Subj: Temp Sensor Could you please post a video how to use the Temp Sensor? Why does it says USB if it is a Futaba (3-pin) connector. IF I buy one of those temp sensors with Futaba plug, the ones used for the Imax charger and cost like 4 bucks on Ebay, Would those display temperature on the charger screen? I have heard a software is needed and a special cable to connect to the computer etc, which sounds like too much hassle for such a simple feature. Thank you for all the quick responses.

I cannot find the LiFe mode, could you explain how to charge LiFe batteries using this charger?

Mine didn’t have a traxxas plug

One problem....when powered up the screen automatically sets to LiLo batteries and you can not change it.

A universal temp sensor only works with Nihm batteries, other battery there is no readings available. Have checked the programming settings this time, and all is good. Its terrible how a company sells, and states the charger has temp feature, where the instructions are very general. Dont get me wrong, its a good charger, I can charge anything with this charger. Have changed some of the plugs and I charge from my R/C receiver/ transmitter, glow plug, to airsoft batteries of all kinds.

as soon as i connect it says reverse polarity brain new charger and battery

Does it have auto stop for charging lipos

Do you balance discharge and charge or just balance discharge? Also does it have a cell voltage checker?

will a timer also go off for the nimh batteries or do i need a temp detector

Can I use a balance charger to charge a 12v lead acid batterie.

Where were those times where only the batteries were inserted in the charger? :'(

Does anyone have a part number or link for the temperature sensor that plugs into this charger? I have a sensor for a PassPort charger (same hitech plug) that does not work in this charger. Will the IMAX B6 sensor work?

I charged my 1800mah battery, it said it was full, checked the reading and it was barely full. Maybe I got a dub/fake one.

Can I charge a 3s 5200mah with just the white plug in ??? The ec5 plug doesn’t fit on any of the extras plugs ..

hi, just want to know the difference between the tenergy tb 6b and the tenergy vantage ?? thanks........

Really Great video!! Thank you so much for the help

You rock! Thanks for the video!

Does it works the same way for laptops with lipo as well? I believe it has to have another connection for that, correct?