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Discharging Completion
Discharging will end automatically when the battery reaches the per cell voltage cutoff set by you.
When this occurs you will see the following screen:
From there you can press the ENTER button once to display the data from the discharge process.
Additionally, the +/
– buttons can be used to scroll through other screens, including the screen that
features Battery.IR to check the Internal Resistance (IR) of the battery and/or individual cells (for
LiPo/LiIon/LiFe and with the balancer connected). While on the Battery.IR screen, press the ENTER
button to display the Internal Resistance values. Or, on most other screens you can press the
ENTER button to exit the discharge process completely.
Cooling Fans During/After Discharge
During the discharge process one or both fans may come on at low or high settings to help control the
internal temperature of the charger. In some cases, even after the discharge process has ended the
fans will continue to run even when the internal temp has reached near ambient temperature. If this
happens you can power the charger off then on again and the fans will remain off until the next
charge/discharge process begins.
CYCLE MODE
The TP1430C is capable of charging/discharging batteries automatically by cycling them up to 15
times. This can be particularly useful for testing and/or rejuvenating NiCd/NiMH batteries.
Please
note that we DO NOT recommend cycling LiPo/LiIon/LiFe batteries as it comes at great risk
unless you monitor all charge/discharge cycles in person fully and set the discharge cutoff
voltage to a level high enough to prevent over-discharge.
Additionally, it has been shown that,
unlike other chemistries such as NiCd/NiMH, it is typically not possible to rejuvenate LiPo/LiIon/LiFe
cells/batteries through charge/discharge cycling.
Please also keep in mind that aside from selecting the order of charge->discharge (CHG->DCHG) or
discharge->charge (DCHG->CHG) and the number of cycles, you must set the chemistry type, cell
count, capacity, and charge current rate in the Charge Mode, and the discharge current rate and the
per cell voltage cutoff in the Discharge Mode. After setting the correct values in the Charge Mode,
wait until none of the adjustable values are flashing, then press the + button once to enter the
Discharge Mode. After setting the correct values in the Discharge mode, wait until none of the values
are flashing then press the + button one more time to enter the Cycle Mode.
Cycle Order
You can select the cycle order, charge->discharge (CHG->DCHG) or discharge->charge (DCHG-
>CHG), by using this setting. To change the order simply press the ENTER button once then use the
+/
– buttons to adjust the order accordingly.
Cycle Number
