Balance charger/discharger for lipo/life/liion/nimh/nicd/pb batteries (30 pages)
Summary of Contents for Turnigy ACCUCELL-6
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BALANCE CHARGER/DISCHARGER FOR NICD/NIMH/LITHIUM/PB BATTERIES Operating Manual Thank you for purchasing the TURNIGY. This is a rapid charge/discharger with built in balancer, computerised with micr- oprocessor and specialised operating software. Please read this entire operating manual completely and attentively before using.
Features Optimised operating software When charging or discharging, it has an ‘AUTO’ function that sets the feeding current automatically. Especially for Lithium batteries, it can prevent the over-charging can lead to an explosion by users fault. Every program in the unit is controlled with mutual links and communication for every possible error so it introduces a maximum safety.
Auto-charge current limit: When charging NiCd or NiMH at ‘AUTO’current mode, you can set the upper limit of change current to avoid from high current charging. This is very useful when charg- ing the low impedance and small capacity NiMH battery in “AUTO’mode.
Exterior of the unit Lithium balance charge program connection diagram WARNING It will damage the charger if you connect your battery with the TURNIGY- charger incorrectly. Please connect as shown in the following diagram carefully.
Warnings and safety notes Never leave the charge unsupervised when it is connected to its power supply. If any malfunction is observed immediately terminate the process and refer to the operation manual. Keep away the unit from dust, damp, rain, heat direct sunshine and vibration.
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-Do not attempt to disassemble the battery pack arbitrarily. -You have to pay attention to verify the capacity and the voltage of the Lithium battery pack. It may be composed of parallel and series connection mixed. In parallel link the capacity of the battery pack is multiplied by the number of cells but the voltage remains same.
Initial Parameter set up (Users set up) It will be operated with the default value of the essential user settings when it is connected to a 12V batttery for the first time.The screen displays the following information in sequence and the user can change the value of parameter on each screen.
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This shows the trigger voltage for automatic charge termination of NiMH and NiCd battery. The effective value ranges from 5 to 20mV per cell .if the trigger voltage is set higher, there is a danger of overcharging the battery; if it is set lower, there is a possibility of premature termination.
This program sets the maximum charge capacity that will be supplied to the battery during charge. If the delta-pack voltage is not detected nor the safety timer expired by any reason, this feature will automatically stop the process at the selected capacity value. The beep sounds at every time pressing the buttons to confirm your action.
This shows the number of cells you set up and the processor detects.‘R:’ shows the number of cells found by the charger and ‘S ’is the number of cells selected by you at the previous screen. If both numbers are identical you can start charging by press Start/Enter button.
The screen shows the present situation during charge process. To stop charging press Batt type / Stop key once. ‘FAST’ charging Lithium battery The charging current is getting smaller as the process goes to the near end term of Lithium battery chaging. To finish charging process earlier, this program eliminate certain term of CV process.
The screen shows the present situation during charge process. To stop charging press Batt type/ Stop key once. Discharging Lithium battery The value of discharge current on the left side of screen may not exceed 1C for a maximum safety and the final voltage on the right should not be under the voltage level that is recom- mended by the battery manufacturer to avoid deep discharging.
NiMH/NiCd battery program These programs are for charging or discharging NiMH (Nickel-Metal- Hydride) or NiCd (Nickel-Cadmium) battery commonly used for R/C model aplications. To alter the value at the display, press Start/Enter key to make it blink then change the value using INC or DEC key.The value will be stored by pressing Start/Enter key once.
To stop discharging press Batt type/ Stop key once. The audible sound indicated you at the end of process. Charge-to-discharge & discharge-to-charge cycle NiMH/NiCd battery Set the sequence on the left and the number of cycle on the right. You can use this function for balancing, refreshing and break-in the battery.
voltage should be matched with the battery being charged. Start charge process pressing Start/Enter key for more than 3 seconds. The screen displays the state of charging process. To stop charging forcibly, press Batt type/Stop key once. The audible sound indicates you at the end of process.
battery type you set up. The example shows the battery pack of NiMH, 12cells and 3000mAh of capacity. Set up the charge current for manual charge mode, or the current limit for automatic charge mode. Each mode can be switched by pressing INC and DEC button at the same time when the current field is blinking.
Various information during the process You can inquire various information on LCD screen during charging or discharging process. When you press DEC button the charger shows the establishment of user settings. And also you can monitor the voltage of individual cell by pressing INC button when the individual connection cable is linked to the Lithium battery being processed.
Warning and error messages It incorporates a various functions of protective and monitoring the system to verify functions and the state of its electronics. In any case of occurring error, the screen displays the cause of error that is self- explanatory with audible sound.
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