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 Robitronic

Pro-2000

Operating instructions

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General information

Congratulations on your choice of the 

Robitronic Pro-2000

, a

microprocessor-controlled, high-tech battery charger.  This device delivers
optimal user-friendliness and maximum reliability. Its built-in multifunction
digital display provides you with sufficient information about the charging
process and the state of the batteries.
This battery charger was designed especially for charging NiCad batteries.
A supply voltage of 13.8 VDC allows charging batteries with 6 to 7 cells.

Warning

Charging NiCad batteries with high current  produces a large amount of
gas and thus strong gas pressure within the cells.  With old or defective
batteries, this can cause an explosion of the battery cells.  Therefore always
maintain a safe distance from the charging and never charge batteries in the
vicinity of small children.
Charging batteries with less than 6 cells or with higher supply voltage
causes greater heating of the charger.  Here you should reduce the charging
current since it could cause overheating of or damage to the final stage of
the device.
When charging from an automobile battery, avoid short circuiting the
charging terminals with the automobile chassis.  In the battery charger the
positive terminal of the supply voltage is connected directly to the positive
terminal of the charging terminal; on contact with the automobile chassis,
this would cause a short circuit of the automobile battery.

Summary of Contents for Pro-2000

Page 1: ...us strong gas pressure within the cells With old or defective batteries this can cause an explosion of the battery cells Therefore always maintain a safe distance from the charging and never charge batteries in the vicinity of small children Charging batteries with less than 6 cells or with higher supply voltage causes greater heating of the charger Here you should reduce the charging current sinc...

Page 2: ...nal at the back of the charger If the connections are reversed the circuit is electronically broken within the charger In this case you need not change a fuse but only correct the connections Connecting the battery The battery to be charged is connected to the red cable positive terminal and the black cable negative terminal at the front of the charger If the battery connections are reversed a war...

Page 3: ...ckle charging on completing the charging operation After the charging operation the battery continues to be charged with short current pulses trickling The average trickle current is 10 of the charging current The charging operation can be resumed by pressing the Start key again Warning signal for supply voltage failure If the supply voltage is interrupted while a battery is in the charger a warni...

Page 4: ...harger is turned on it loads the stored charging parameters To avoid storing the charging parameters persistently press only the Start key after setting the parameters Setting temperature charging mode When the temperature charging mode Temp is shown at the bottom left of the setup display the cut off temperature and the maximum charged capacity can be set This means that charging terminates eithe...

Page 5: ...n be given for setting the charging current This varies according to both the batteries used and their respective applications In general however it holds that higher charging current produces higher voltage pressure in the battery and lower charging current produces greater charged capacity life of the charge driving time However the charging current for rapid charging driving batteries must not ...

Page 6: ...arge Particularly for competitions this allows charging batteries precisely to the minute you will never again have to begin a race with a half charged battery Pressing the Start key begins the countdown for the timer The display signals countdown mode with a blinking colon on the time display The timer value is reset to zero when charging begins the timer value cannot be stored persistently ...

Page 7: ...g mode Key functions in setup mode Mode key select charging parameter cursor indicates selected parameter Plus key increase value of selected parameter Minus key reduce value of selected parameter Start key toggle between charging mode and setup mode modified charging parameters are not stored persistently Start key with simultaneously pressed Mode key toggle between charging mode and setup mode m...

Page 8: ...Robitronic Pro 2000 Operating instructions 8 Display in charging mode Display in setup mode ...

Page 9: ...and terminate charging when a set temperature value is reached normally between 35 C and 45 C 2 Monitor the battery voltage and terminate charging when battery voltage drops known as the delta peak method Here settings define how much the battery voltage must drop below the peak voltage in order to terminate charging The delta peak cut off method is the most common and reliable method however for ...

Page 10: ...itional features timer function alarm for power failure Pole reversal short circuit protection Dimensions WxDxH 135 x 90 x 58mm Features Multifunction digital display LCD 32 characters Persistent storage of charging parameters Alarm for power failure Automatic resumption of charging after power failure Automatic start of charging via timer Timer functions even in power failure Acoustical pole reve...

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