I was going to put one of my 3s in storage mode, when I noticed the voltage was oo low for a 3s, 8.4v, when I connected the balanced lead I saw that one of the cells was at 0.xx volts. I was a bit surprised by that as the lipo is fairly new, about a month and a half. But it seems I got lucky.
If the charger won’t let you, then you disconnect the balance plug and try it that way, if necessary choosing a battery technology that doesn’t use a balance port.
You go really slow and keep an eye on it. Check for it getting hot, etc.
You don’t go anywhere near the capacity of the battery and you should regularly check to see if that cell is taking charge.
I suggest once it does that you then stop… see if it holds charge… if it does then you can tentatively try to charge the battery further with the balance lead attached.
Be careful… don’t leave it alone. Make sure none of the cells get hot or overcharge…
Have a way to get the battery to a safe place quickly if something goes awry… You live in a block of flats? That may make this more difficult.
If this looks like it will succeed then the recovery from 0V to just under 3V should be really fast… no more than a minute at most.
8.4 was on the main connector. After I plugged the balanced is when I saw that one cell was at 0…
The battery was fully charged before. Should I try to discharge a bit before trying to charge again?
This is a GNB 550mAh lipo, I usually charge at 0.6 amps, going with the process Richard mentioned, should I keep the same amps or lower it more?
Might as well open it up before anything and check if any cables came lose inside… ( On hindsight, if this was the case, the whole thing would not work right bc they are in series)