Glossary
Balancing
The process that ensures that all cells in a battery are and will be evenly charged.
Batteries consist of several cells. Due to different aging or tolerances in manufacturing, they may discharge at different rates or charge at different rates. Lithium batteries have a battery management system. In this case, an electronic circuit, the balancer or equalizer, ensures that the charge is nonetheless evenly distributed. This allows the total capacity of the battery to be used in the best possible way and, at the same time, protects the individual cells against overcharging.