ProgressiveRC 206B iCharger - Manual (Page 20)

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iCharger Synchronous Balance Charger/Discharger 206B
NiCd/NiMH battery program
Charging a NiCd/NiHM battery
Discharging a NiCd/NiMH battery
Charge-to-Discharge & Discharge-to-Charge cycle mode for a NiCd/NiMH battery
The left side of the first line displays the type of battery (NiCd/NiMH) and the
second line allows you to set the current limit. The iCharger offers two
charging modes for NiCd/NiMH., ‗CHARGE Aut‘ and ‗CHARGE Manual‘. In
‗Aut‘ mode the user sets the upper limit for the charging current. The
iCharger will charge with about 1C automatically but no higher than the
configured current. In ‗Manual‘ mode it will charge at the configured current.
Press Start/Enter for more than 3 seconds to start charging.
Current for Aut: 0.05 – 20A; Current for Manual: 0.05 – 20A
Charge status. You can stop the process at any time by pressing Batt
type/Stop. Press Dec to display the General Status information.
The left side of the first line shows the type of battery (NiCd/NiMH). The
value in the second line sets the discharge current on the left and final
voltage on the right. Press Start/Enter for more than 3 seconds to start
discharging.
Discharge current: 0.05 – 20A
Final voltage: 0.1 – 29.0V
Discharge status. You can stop the process at any time by pressing Batt
type/Stop. Press Dec to display the General Status information.
NiMH DISCHARGE
1.0A 7.0V
Start/Enter
>3 seconds
Batt type
stop
The left side of the first line shows the type of battery (NiCd/NiMH) and the
right shows the cycle number. The second line shows the cycle direction
you selected: （CHG（xxx）->DCHG）or DCHG->CHG(xxx)）. You can set
the charge mode as ―Charge Auto‖ or ―Charge Manual‖. The discharge
parameters are those set in NiCd/NiMH discharge screen. Press
Start/Enter for more than 3 seconds to start the cycling.
Cycle number: 1 – 999 (only last 10 times cycle information will be
displayed)
Cycle charge mode: „Aut‟ or „Man‟
The screen displays the NiCd/NiMH cycle mode. On the left side of the
second line, in the process is identified as either C>D or D>C. A blinking ―C‖
indicates charging, while a blinking ―D‖ indicates discharging.
You can stop the cycling process at any time by pressing Batt type/Stop.
Press Inc to display the cycle history (see the balance voltage information
& cyclic information) and press Dec to display the General Status
information.
During the waiting time of discharge-to-charge cycle mode, you can stop
the waiting process by pressing ―Start" button for three seconds!
NiMH CHARGE Aut
1.0A CUR LIMIT
Start/Enter
>3 seconds
Batt type
stop
-
Dec
+
Inc
NiMH 1.0A 10.45V
CHG 00993 59m:51
NiMH
NiCd
charged
capacity
charging
time
charge
current
battery
voltage
work
state
NiMH 1.0A 10.21V
DCH 00973 57m:21
NiMH
NiCd
discharged
capacity
discharging
time
discharge
current
battery
voltage
work
state
-
Dec
+
Inc
-
Dec
+
Inc
Start/Enter
>3 seconds
Batt type
stop
NiMH 1.0A 10.45V
C>D 00993 59m:51
battery
voltage
cycle
capacity
cycle
time
cycle
current
work
state
NiMH
NiCd
NiMH CYCLE 3
DCHG->CHG(Aut)
4
-
Dec
+
Inc
-
Dec
+
Inc