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    Cannot identify balancing wire of laptop battery - tension between the different wires does not make

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jmsprof, Jul 19, 2017.

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    I need help identifying the balancing wires of a laptop 3 cells battery - the tension I measure between the different wires does not make sense.

    I have a laptop (Toshiba Chromebook 2) with a 10.8V li-ion battery (3 cells).
    I am trying connect an external powerpack made of 3 18650 cells, in parallel with the laptop's battery.
    Like this:
    - https://sites.google.com/site/keyboarddriver/laptop-battery-mod---adding-more-batteries

    - https://sites.google.com/site/keybo...g-more-batteries/step-4-soldering-and-testing

    The idea would then be that I can either charge this external powerpack with an RC lipo/li-ion charger, OR if connect to the laptop, then the laptop power supply would charge both the internal battery, AND the external powerpack.

    However, I am having trouble finding the balancing wires of the internal battery.
    If I measure the tension between the +ve and -ve, I get 12.5V when fully charged, but for the balancing cables, I don't get plausible values (either it's too heigh (9.15), or too low 3.16 / 3.27).

    The laptop's battery is:
    http://www.laptop-battery-shop.com/toshiba-pa5208u1brs-108v-3860mah-original-batteries-p-5298.html

    The internal battery has 9 wires:
    1-2 : RED
    3 : Yellow
    4 : Blue
    5 : White
    6 : Green
    7 : Orange
    8-9: RED

    Here are the tensions between the different wires:

    FULL BATTERY (37Wh):

    2-3: 0.13V
    2-4: 12.48V
    2-5: 12.07V
    2-6: 9.15V
    2-7: 9.15V
    2-8: 12.48V

    3-4: 3.16
    3-5: 2.83
    3-6: 0
    3-7: 0
    3-8: 3.16

    4-5: 0.30
    4-6: 3.28
    4-7: 3.28
    4-8: 0

    5-6: 2.95
    5-7: 2.95
    5-8: 0.30

    6-7: 0
    6-8: 3.28

    7-8: 3.28


    EMPTY BATTERY (1.5Wh):

    2-3: 0.13
    2-4: 10.08
    2-5: 9.72
    2-6: 6.77
    2-7: 6.77
    2-8: 10.08

    3-4: 3.16
    3-5: 2.84
    3-6: 0
    3-7: 0
    3-8: 3.16

    4-5: 0.30
    4-6: 3.28
    4-7: 3.28
    4-8: 0

    5-6: 2.95
    5-7: 2.95
    5-8: 0.30

    6-7: 0
    6-8: 3.28

    7-8: 3.28

    Thanks a lot in advance for any feedback!