15
Charger Operations
Initial Setup of the charger
After connecting the battery, you are now ready to setup the charger to charge your specifi c type of battery.
When the charger is fi rst powered on, you will enter the last program mode selected. The default mode of the
charger is for a balance charge mode of a 2 Cell 2000 mAh Lithium Polymer battery. If this is not the battery
you plan on working with, then you will need to make changes to the operation programming based on the
following instruction.
BEFORE SELECTING AN OPERATION, IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU KNOW THE
TYPE OF BATTERY YOU ARE WORKING WITH AND WHAT THE MANUFACTURER
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE
MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATIONS CAN RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE BATTERY AND
POSSIBLE EXPLOSION.
Depending on the battery type, diff erent operations will be available. The chart below shows which operations
are available for the diff erent types of batteries the RDX1 Mini is capable of working with.
It is highly recommended that you have the fl owchart handy while learning to operate this charger.
Warning
Batt Type Operation Program
Description
LiPo
LiIon
LiFe
LiHV
Charge
This mode is for charging LiPo/LiFe/LiIon/LiHV battery.
Discharge
This mode is for discharging LiPo/LiFe/LiIon/LiHV battery.
Storage
This program is for charging or discharging a Lithium
battery to the storage level if it is not going to be used
within 24 hours.
Fast Chg
The charging capacity may be less than normal charging
but the process time will be reduced.
Bal Charge
This mode is for balancing the voltage of lithium-polymer
battery cells while charging and is recommended the
majority of the time.
