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DETERMINING BATTERY TYPE & SPECIFICATIONS
IMPORTANT: What is your battery’s CHEMISTRY TYPE, RATED CAPACITY, AND RATED VOLTAGE?
To avoid
causing permanent damage to your battery, carefully read your battery’s label and/or instruction sheet or consult your
battery supplier and determine:
1. TYPE: Is the battery a nickel-metal hydride (NiMH), nickel-cadmium
(NiCd), lithium-polymer (LiPo) lithium-ion (Li-Ion), or lithium-ferrite
phosphate (LiFe, such as A123 brand)?
2. RATED CAPACITY: The amount of charge energy the battery can store
should be listed on the battery’s label in “mAh” (“milli-amp hours”).
3. VOLTAGE: If not printed on the battery’s label, consult your battery
supplier or determine the proper pack voltage as follows (refer to
the charts at right):
a. NiMH and NiCd: number of cells x 1.20.
b. LiPo batteries: number of cells x 3.70.
c. Li-Ion batteries: number of cells x 3.60.
d. LiFe batteries (A123): number of cells x 3.30.
GETTING STARTED
1. Connect the charger to input power.
2. The
“START”
screen will show after power is applied. The top line of this screen will show which of the ten memories
is active (0-9). All settings for this memory will scroll across the bottom line of this screen. If these settings match your
battery and needs, skip to the STARTING CHARGE section.
3. If the settings in the displayed memory do not match your battery or needs, refer to the chart below for the factory
default settings for all memories. To select one of these memories, while in the
START
screen press the CHANGE
button. The memory number will fl ash. Press + or – to select a different memory number. Press CHANGE to activate
this memory. Skip to the STARTING CHARGE section.
4. If none of the memories have settings which meet your needs, proceed to the
ADJUSTABLE SETTINGS section
below to change settings manually.
Battery type
Cell count
Capacity (mAh)
Current
Safety time (minutes)
Δ
Peak (mV/C)
Trickle current (mA)
NiMH
6
2500
4.0A
45
8
200
NiCd
6
1800
4.0A
32
10
200
NiMH
6
4200
6.0A
50
8
auto
NiCd
6
1500
3.5A
31
10
175
NiMH
4
1400
1.4A
72
8
70
NiMH
4
2000
2A
72
8
100
LiPo
2
650
0.6A
130
x
x
LiPo
2
1500
1.5A
120
x
x
LiPo
2
3200
3.2A
120
x
x
LiPo
2
1500
1.5A
120
x
x
MEMORY NUMBER 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
MEMORY CHART – FACTORY DEFAULTS
Number of cells
1 cell
2 cells
3 cells
LiPo, Li-Ion and LiFe Pack Voltages
Nominal voltage
LiFe 3.3V
Li-Ion 3.6V
LiPo 3.7V
LiFe 6.6V
Li-Ion 7.2V
LiPo 7.4V
LiFe 9.9V
Li-Ion 10.8V
LiPo 11.1V
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