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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this high-end competition charger. 
This charger is a high performance computerized battery maintenance system.
Capable of charging, discharging, cycling and conditioning multiple rechargable
battery types, with very high output power, a customized display with expertly 
designed software and programming controls, the Overloader2 is easily one of
the smartest and most powerful R/C battery maintenance systems available!

NOTE:

 You will find a transparent protective plastic film on the front plate.

Please remove this film before the first usage.

- Perfect for electric cars, trucks, boats and planes
- Handling NiCd / NiMH / Li-Ion / Li-Po / Pb battery types
- Restart of charge and discharge after a loss ao power
- Symbol aided graphical screens
- Graphical display show charge, discharge and cycle curves
- Storing up to 10 different battery configurations
- Performs 1 - 10 cycles for NiCd / NiMH only, and stores capacity and voltage date
  for all 10 cycles
- Break-in electric motors ( 1.0 - 8.0 V, 10A constant) or operate commutator lathes
- Heat glow plugs for nitro engines
- Operate tire warmers
- Intuitive program menus and simple pushbutton control
- Intelligent cooling fan control system for better charge efficiency and extended charger life
- Language, LCD contrast, fan operation, temp scale and sound cues are fully adjustable
- Popups for information and warnings
- packaged in a red-colored rugged, extruded aluminium case

Special features

 

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Summary of Contents for Overloader 2

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Page 2: ...planes Handling NiCd NiMH Li Ion Li Po Pb battery types Restart of charge and discharge after a loss ao power Symbol aided graphical screens Graphical display show charge discharge and cycle curves St...

Page 3: ...nches etc Do not cover the air intake holes on the charger as this could cause the charger to overheat Always disconnect charger from power source when not in use Safety note for Li Ion and Li Po batt...

Page 4: ...n Temperature mode C F Button sound Off On Finish sound 1 11 1 Finish sound repetitions 1 10 1 Info sounds Off On Graph resolution 1 2 5 10s p LCD contrast 0 20 1 LCD backlight Off On Motor break in m...

Page 5: ...temperature 20 70 C 68 158 F 1 C 1 F D C temperature 20 70 C 68 158 F 1 C 1 F specific for LiPo Charge mode CC CV Cells 1 4 1 Charge end voltage cell 4 2V 1 2 cells max 20 0A 3 cells max 13 5A 4 cells...

Page 6: ...teries The power input cord is equipped with 4mm connectors for using a power supply Crocodile style connectors are also included They are directly compatible with the 4mm power input cord connectors...

Page 7: ...Break in electric motors operate commutator lathes can be disabled Tire warmers temperature controlled operation of tire warmers can be disabled User setup all settings of the device name language so...

Page 8: ...in action The battery symbol is animated and the actual charge current is shown While charging and do not have any function and keep on changing the charge current The key switches to the charge graph...

Page 9: ...action The battery symbol is animated and the actual discharge current is shown While discharging and do not have any function and keep on changing the discharge current The key switches to the discha...

Page 10: ...dependencies between settings so it is possible that some settings are not shown With the value of the highlighted setting can be changed between its upper and its lower limit Use press and hold to ch...

Page 11: ...anges the selected character in the pool and in the string simultaneously To leave name setup menu press or profilename positioncursor charactercursor character pool Battery type 4 respectively 6 batt...

Page 12: ...next step beginns The charge currents in the second row belong to the steps 1 to 4 The setting in our example would to the following The charger starts charging with a charge current of 3 0A When the...

Page 13: ...h a maximum charge current of 5A Note that this setting depends on previous settings and is maybe not shown Cells depending on the selected battery type values between 1 12 1 4 or 1 6 are available Se...

Page 14: ...ded capacity reaches 4440mAh 3700mAh x 120 4440mAh charge is finished Cut off voltage cell depending on the selected battery type values between 0 5V 1 2V 2 7V 3 7V 2 0V 3 7V or 1 8V 2 3V with a stepw...

Page 15: ...ght not appear because of other already made adjustments Cooling off temperature C D Here you can adjust the temperature the battery has to reach first before the next discharge process starts from 20...

Page 16: ...ation amperage visual display During motor break in The motor animation symbolizes the running break in process The adjusted duration time runs down in a count down format Instead of the adjusted moto...

Page 17: ...mation amperage visual display During glow plug heating The glow plug animation symbolizes the running heating process When a glow plug is connected to the system and it is correctly functioning no de...

Page 18: ...h from here into the display mode Real tire temperature Amperage Set up tire heating temperature Real tire temperature Amperage Heating animation Amperage Visual Display During tire heating process Th...

Page 19: ...time Visual graphical illustration graph Here you can see the battery voltage over the time axis With and you can use as a zoom It will be adjusted how many seconds are symbolized by one displayed po...

Page 20: ...fication you can personalize the Overloader2 with your name in the starting display Right after the start the display shows the current name This is the time to change the name Press and the mode for...

Page 21: ...ach ending of a charge discharge cycle or break in process With the button you can play the currently active melody Melody repeat duration Adjustments for repeat duration are possible from 1 to 10 tim...

Page 22: ...motor break in mode can be reached over the button In position OFF the motor break in mode is not reachable over the navigation until it is activated again here in the adjustments section This speeds...

Page 23: ...the button for NO exit Any popup with just an informative message e g Done can be deleted by any of the two buttons or Popups referring to a significant error or system requirement e g input out of ra...

Page 24: ...be pressed to stop a running cycle To avoid an accidental stop of a running cycle an additional dialog follows Pressing is a confirmation and stops the running cycle process Pressing ends the dialog a...

Page 25: ...nd cannot be switched off This function is working for charging discharging and cycling The charge or discharge process after an input electricity cut is always running with the original before the or...

Page 26: ...ite strong discharge spike This system is especially good for older NiCd batteries to give them some sort of refreshment G G B Impulse charging With this method there is a short amperage spike approx...

Page 27: ...battery exactly according to the instructions from the battery manufacturer PLEASE NOTE Read and follow all instructions from the manufacturer of your battery F Metering the internal resistance while...

Page 28: ...to choose the right Ger t unit and the right Port For that you click in the menu bar on Ger te and in the opening window on Ger t und Port w hlen The Robitronic USB interface RS153 has to be connecte...

Page 29: ...obitronic USB interface will always be recognized as CP2101 USB to UART Bridge Controller so it is easily to find After making these two adjustments you can close this window The last thing to do is n...

Page 30: ...the left side of the program window you have various options regarding the process parameters and their way of being displayed in LogView PLEASE NOTE depending on the battery type and or process type...

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Page 32: ...Robitronic Electronic GmbH Guntherstrasse 11 A 1150 Vienna AUSTRIA Phone 43 1 982 09 20 Fax 43 1 982 09 21 www robitronic com 32...

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