ISDT FD-100 Smart Dis-charger

[@Mantarr1]

Been using one of these for a while now and I really like it compared to the endless storage charge cycle on chargers which only do 1 amp at best. If the cells are balanced to start with it works wonderfully stopping at 3.82v/cell. If one of the cells is down to start with it can and will drop that cell below 3.82v so in that case the balance needs to be carefully monitored and manually stopped. I have also read that you can mass discharge a heap of batteries using a parallel board, I will try this soon, same rules to parallel charging would apply in that all battery cell voltages to start with would need to be close probably no more than 0.4v variance between all the cells and all batteries MUST have the same number of cells (3S, 4S etc). I recommend this item, it seems very good quality.

[@tomcutler5147]

Great review Lee, many thanks. Going to hold out for a while before purchasing after your comments in case we get a quickly released mk2, it’s probably still the best solution on the market currently however.

[@airwavested]

Said it all for me! Thanks.

[@Autocharge1]

I have got to get me one of these, fantastic.

[@peterihoy4908]

I would have bought one of these, as my charger takes ages to discharge. However, I don't like the lack of a balance facility but, the most important point, I find the lack of a overheat cut-off totally unacceptable! I'll wait for ver.2

[@mmmasterscross7915]

Thanks for sharing this video review! It was interesting and informative!

[@yfz450manny]

Did you check the cells after the discharger finished? If so, how many volts per cell more or less did it leave the pack at?

[@Painless360]

+yfz450manny a touch above the 3.8v per cell.. not bad actually..

[@yfz450manny]

Yeah, not bad. Thanks!

[@keithwilliams5151]

my fan is not coming on either....... any recommendations for a better one?

[@Painless360]

I searched for a 20mm fan that looked the same on eBay..

[@keithwilliams5151]

Well, after taking mine apart, i found the fan still works. It was binded down because ot was installed backwards. So i reinstalled the correct way and voila... its just fine and works great. lol-what a simple mistake...... thanks for the info, it helped me figure mine out 😉

[@horvatkevin]

Did someone actually manage to change any of the settings (like Discharge Voltage) on this Device? There is neither a software nor a menu on the Q6 Pro or D2 to change those settings...

[@juergenstremmler2286]

My up to 8S 1300W charger from Revolectrix ( www.revolectrix.com/ ) has a discharge rate of 10A. So why should I need a special discharger from ISDT???

[@cmulder002]

You don't; you might want to get a lead battery though so you can use that to discharge into at 40 amps speeding things up even more

[@norgtube]

That's such a half-ass device coming from the likes of ISDT. You'd expect to see a balance port, auto cellcount, auto shutdown, realtime feedback and USB setup instead of that dumb plug.

[@ChrisBalmforth]

Thanks for the good review Lee. I recently bought one of these cheap-and-cheerful devices from Banggood: www.banggood.com/AOKoda-CellMeter-8-150W-Discharge-Module-Set-with-Lipo-Battery-Balancer-p-1196376.html?rmmds=myorder&cur_warehouse=CN No fan to worry about, but the bulbs get blooming hot! After burning my bench top I mounted them on a piece of wood which I hold in my bench vice to keep them out of the way. It has worked fine so far both as a balancer and a discharger on 2200mAh 3s LiPos.