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b) Connection of a Rechargeable Battery to the Charger
Please observe the following points before connecting or charging/recharging the battery:
• If you have not done so already, please read chapters 5, 6 and 7 completely and ensure that you have
understood the information there.
• Do you know all of the information you need to know about your battery? Unknown or unlabelled batter-
ies, the necessary values of which you do not know, must not be connected/charged/discharged!
• Have you selected the correct charging/discharging program for the type of battery you are using? Incor-
rect settings will damage the charger and the battery; there is a danger of fire and explosion!
• Did you set the correct charging or discharging current?
• Have you selected the correct voltage (e.g. for multiple-cell LiPo batteries)? A two-cell LiPo battery may
be switched in parallel (3.7 V) or series (7.4 V).
• Are all connector cables and plugs undamaged, do the plugs stay firmly in the sockets? Worn plugs and
damaged cables should be replaced.
• Connect only one single rechargeable battery or rechargeable battery pack to each of the three charging
channels of the charger, but never several at once per charging channel. Never connect the charging
channels to each other! The three charging channels are all independent of each other.
• When connecting a rechargeable battery to the charger, always connect the charging cable to the charg-
er first. Only then must the charging cable be connected to the rechargeable battery. When disconnect-
ing, proceed in reverse order (first disconnect the rechargeable battery from the charging cable, then the
charging cable from the charger).
Failure to do so presents the danger of a short circuit. This can result in a fire or explosion of the re-
chargeable batteries!
• If you wish to charge battery packs that you have manufactured yourself, the cells must be identical in
their construction (same type, same capacity, same manufacturer).
The cells must also be charged to the same level (lithium batteries can be balanced out using the bal-
ancer. This is, however, not possible with other battery packs such as NiMH or NiCd).
• Before connecting a rechargeable battery/battery pack to the charger, disconnect it completely, e.g. from
a flight or speed controller.
Important when charging/discharging a lithium battery pack with balancer connection:
Multi-cell lithium battery packs usually always have a balancer connection. This permits the charger to monitor the
voltage of every single cell separately at all times.
The charger adjusts the voltage of all cells to each other if there are deviations. The balancer prevents that one or
several cells are over-charged or other cells not sufficiently fully charged by this. The balancer therefore protects both
from over-charging (which may cause fire or explosion) and from deep discharge of a single cell, and thus ensures
best performance of the battery pack in your model.