your supplier). While “REFLEX” is highlighted a note will be shown at
the bottom of the screen for “reserve” time. See the “Reserve Time
Function” section below for how to use the reserve time function if
desired, otherwise leave it set to “off.” To START CHARGE, place the
arrow cursor next to “charge” and press and hold the dial for 2 seconds.
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Reserve Time Function
When NORMAL or REFLEX charge mode is
selected, “reserv (00): off” will show at the
bottom of the screen. This “reserve time”
feature can be thought of like a charge
scheduler, by setting a timer which will cause
Ice to finish putting a full charge on the battery
immediately before the start of a race so the
pack is at optimum race-readiness.
Referring to the diagram at right, the number
inside the parenthesis is the “expect” time –
the number of minutes that Ice calculates to
be needed to fully charge the battery (based on charge current and battery capacity
values entered). The number on the right is the “reserve” time – the number of minutes
from now that you want the battery charge process to be finished.
For example:
Say the next
race starts
90 minutes
from now,
and that Ice
calculated an
“expect time”
of 50
m i n u t e s
needed to
fully charge
the battery. Setting the “reserve” time to “80min” means Ice will wait 30 minutes (80
min. reserve time – 50 min. expect time) and THEN start the charge process. In the
end, if the total time needed to charge the battery was indeed 50 minutes, this will
leave 10 minutes (90 min. until race time – 80 min. reserve time) for the battery to cool
and to get to the start line for the race.
It may take some practice and careful attention to get the reserve time function to
work as desired. To maximize the effectiveness of the reserve time function, the “capacity”
setting in the main menu may need to be set to the most realistic possible maximum capacity
When “REFLEX” or “NORMAL” are highlighted, press
➔
to highlight the
reserve time at the bottom. Rotate dial to select a reserve time. Press
➔
to
confirm setting. Press and hold dial to start reserve time charge process.
