Balancing can be active or passive. In active balancing, the balancer circuit enables transfer of charge between different cells of the battery, i.e., transferring energy from cells with a higher charge to cells with a lower charge. The term battery regulator typically refers only to devices that perform passive balancing. A full BMS might include active balancing as well as temperature m. Battery balancing and battery redistribution refer to techniques that improve the available capacity of a battery pack with multiple cells (usually in series) and increase each cell's longevity. A battery balancer or regulator is an electrical device in a battery pack that performs battery balancing. Circuitry that includes designs. The individual cells in a battery pack naturally have somewhat different capacities, and so, over the course of charge and discharge cycles, may be at a different (SOC). Variations in capacity are due to. Balancing can be active or passive. In active balancing, the balancer circuit enables transfer of charge between different cells of the battery, i.e., transferring energy from cells with a higher charge to cells with a lower charge. • • • • • • •.