BLUESHAPE CVS8XW - Manual (Page 8)

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Introduction
The BLUESHAPE series of intelligent lithium ion battery chargers has
been specifically designed for fast and reliable charging of the
BLUESHAPE V-lock battery range. All charger models are capable
of delivering up to 4.8 Amps in constant current mode making them
particularly suitable to users who require a fast turnaround from their
batteries.
This charger has been designed for users having large fleets of
batteries, and with a higher daily rotation; the wall mounting feature
and the flat form factor makes it discrete and minimally intrusive in
any installation.
Properties of the CVS8XW
-
Elegant and robust design. Ideal for indoor use
- Sophisticated electronics for accurately detecting the charging
state
- Simultaneous battery charging, truly 8 channels without the need
of external adapters.
- Charging power optimisation for maximum charging performance
- Double colour LCD display and three-colour LED indicators for
effective and comprehensive individual charge-station monitoring
- Pre-charge function for protecting heavily discharged cells
against high currents until their voltages rise to a safe level.
- Maximum compactness and space utilisation
- IPCS and CTP Features (see next pages)
- Dual powerful auxiliary outputs at 13.8V / 110W through 4-pole
XLRs
- USB connection to interface the CVS8XW with a PC: up to 4
chargers can be monitored by a single PC using BSCVMon - a
custom Blueshape software for tracking and monitoring chargers
and logging battery fleet history.
- Redundant electronic design with 4 power supplies for increased
reliability.
Battery charging and performance features
The electronic circuitry provides a very accurate lithium ion charge
algorithm. Initially, the charger will only apply a pre-charge current of
a few milli-amperes to batteries that are heavily discharged. This
same current enables the charger to detect the present battery state.
Once the cells inside the batteries reach a safe level, the full
(maximum) charging current is delivered until the battery reaches
almost 80% state of charge. After this, a constant voltage phase
begins with the charging current decaying slowly until full cut-off.