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OPERATION
Self-Test:
Upon applying mains power, each TWIN will initiate a self-test
mode. This mode is indicated by the LED’s on the unit. Each position
will light the red LED followed by the green LED. Upon completion of
the self-test, the green status light will light steadily, indicating that the
unit is ready for operation.
Charging:
As with all Anton/Bauer chargers, charging with TWIN
is fully automatic. Mount any applicable battery to any open Gold
Mount
®
position on the charger and it will automatically determine the
appropriate charge routine and execute it.
IMPORTANT:
In order to ensure correct operation when charging the
Titan TWIN should be positioned with cooling vents vertical as shown
in the Figure on page 1.
Applications:
The TWIN models will charge any combination of Anton/
Bauer Logic Series
®
Gold Mount
®
batteries including models: ProPac
®
13/14, Compac
®
13/14, Trimpac
®
13/14, ProFormer
®
, Digital ProPac
®
13/14, Digital Compac
®
13/14, Digital Trimpac
®
13/14, Dionic
®
and
InterActive
®
2000 HyTRON
™
batteries.
Each TWIN incorporates the exclusive Anton/Bauer InterActive
communication between battery and charger, which allows the charger
to identify any Anton/Bauer battery attached and determine the precise
charge routine for that battery under the prevailing conditions.
This information is communicated to the charger by the battery and
is incorporated, through specialized programming and algorithms to
optimize the charging of the DIGITAL battery.
IMPORTANT: Due to the specialized communications between the
charger and the battery, batteries without the Logic
Series
®
construction and communication capability
(manufactured by Anton/Bauer before 1989 as well
as so-called “rebuilds”) can not be charged with this
TWIN. The InterActive
®
communication of Logic Se-
ries
®
batteries is the key which allows the TWIN to
safely identify and address new style and chemistry
batteries as they are developed. Moreover, this com-
munication ensures that batteries contain the qual-
ity cells, workmanship and safety of genuine Anton/
Bauer products. If non-Logic Series
®
batteries are
placed on the TWIN, the red and green LED indica-
tors will
fl
ash alternately. This indication means that
the battery cannot communicate its identity to the
TWIN and is not charging.
THREE STAGE CHARGING METHODOLOGY
In general, the TWIN Charger will deliver a
three stage charge routine
to each battery.
1. STAGE
ONE
will deliver a charge matched to the capabilities of the battery.
During this stage, six separate cutoff methods are in operation, simultaneously,
ensuring the fastest, safest charge for that battery:
TCO -
Temperature cutoff that stops the Stage one charge precisely
when a temperature indicative of full charge is reached;
Dt/dT -
A microprocessor based algorithm that measures a rise
in temperature over a speci
fi
c time, very accurately indicating
full charge. This method is also the recommended method for
charging Ni-MH technology;
Δ
V -
A method to determine the end of stage one charging by
identifying a characteristic “reverse slope” of a Ni-Cd cell. Since
this characteristic can be disguised by the age, temperature and
the number of the cells in a battery, it can never be employed
alone;
CCO -
This method requires the identi
fi
cation of the particular
battery size (capacity) and chemistry, an exclusive Anton/Bauer
Logic Series
®
feature. The charger determines the maximum
charge time for the particular battery and uses this information to
ensure that overcharge conditions are avoided.
FUL -
This determination is made when a fully charged DIGITAL
battery is returned to a TWIN within speci
fi
ed parameters of
time, temperature, and battery voltage. The DIGITAL battery
communicates its fully charged condition and the charger con
fi
rms
the parameters and immediately indicates a fully charged condition,
without additional veri
fi
cation.
TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED VCO –
For HyTRON™ series
of batteries. Similar to a VCO, however, only operates within
certain temperature parameters.
2. STAGE TWO
charging is a BALANCING or “equalize” mode which
calculates each battery pack type to offset any imbalance of the
battery’s cells, created by unequal self discharge or any capacity
mismatch of the individual cells in the pack. This stage can vary
in duration from zero to as much as 16 hours, depending on the
condition of the battery. A battery will typically leave Stage Two in
2-4 hours under average operating conditions.
3. STAGE THREE
charging is the Anton/Bauer exclusive Lifesaver
®
maintenance mode. This patented pulse routine keeps batteries fully
charged, free from self-discharge - inde
fi
nitely - without damaging
heat associated with a so-called “trickle charge”.
NOTE: Anton/Bauer strongly recommends that batteries are kept on
the TWIN until ready for use. The Lifesaver
®
mode will keep
them 100% charged and ready for use.
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