User manual ETRONIX POWERPAL 4

[. . . ] TABLE Of CONTfNTS Introduction Special features Warning and safety notes Program flowchart. Lithium polymer balance charge program connection Initial parameter Charging setup (users set up) battery diagram . . . . 01 03 05 10 11 12 14 15 16 16 17 17 18 cycle of NiCd/NiMH battery 18 19 19 20 20 in the program 21 22 23 23 accessories 24 25 25 INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your choice of the Etronix PowerPal4 digital intelligent charger from Etronix Model Electronics. You are now the owner of a compact charger with battery management and integral balancer. [. . . ] If not, press BATT TYPE/STOP button to go back to previous screen to carefully check the number of cells of the battery pack before going ahead. This screen shows the real-time process. status during charge key once to stop the ' Lithium (LiPo/Lilo/LiFeJ program The program is only suitable for charging/discharging Lithium(LiPo/Lilo/LiFe) batteries with a nominal voltage of 3. 3/3. 6/3. 7V/cell. Different batteries have different charge technique. There are two methods termed as constant voltage and constant current. The charge current varies according to battery capacity and specification. The final voltage is very important; it should precisely match the voltage of the battery: LiPo is 4. 2V, Lilo is 4. 1 V and LiFe is 3. 6V. The current and voltage of the battery should be correctly set. When you want to change the values of parameters, please press START/ENTER key to make it blink and then use DEC or INC to change the value. Then press START/ENTERkey again tostore the value. Charging lithium battery in the balance mode Charging oflithium battery The left choose. charger voltage, seconds voltage: side of the first line shows the type of battery you The value on the left of the second line of the is current user set, After setting the current and press START/ENTER key for more than 3 to start the process. (charge current: O. 1-5. 0A, 3. 7-22. 2V). This function is for balancing the voltage of Lithium-polymer battery cells while charging. ln the balance mode, the battery needs to have a balance lead to connect to the individual balance port at the rightside of the charger. And you need to connect the battery's power lead to the output of charger. Charging in this mode is different from the normal modes, because the built-in processor monitors voltage of individual cell and control inputcurrent fed into each cell to equlized voltage of individual cell, ~DEC + INC~ t _+ ~DEC INC~ B~"t;~P. 'il ~~~tr'>3seconds' NumberCharging of Il ce S time voltage Charging current capa city This displays the number of cells you set up and the processor detects. "R" shows the numberof cells detected by the charger and "S" is the number of cells set by you at the previous screen. lf both numbers are identical you can start charging by press START/ENTER button. If not, press BATT TYPE/STOP button to go back to previous screen to carefullycheck the numberof cells of the battery pack before going ahead. This screen shows the real-time process. status during charge key once ta stop the Charging lithium This charging battery in the charge mode battery without balance lead. mode is for charging Li-Po/lon/Fe OEY------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------~ FAST CHARGING OFLITHIUM BATTERY Fast charging of lithium battery Li Po DISCHARGING OF lITHIUMBATTERY Oischarging of lithium battery 1. 0A ~DE . . · - - + ·. "OEC INC~ B~t:ot~pe R: 3SER CONFIR l ~~~~>3 Suppiled Curren! The value on the left side of the second lines sets the charge current. The value on the right side of the second lines sets the battery pack's voltage. After setting current and voltage, press STAR/ENTER for more than 3 . . · - + ·. [. . . ] The example is NiMH battery Daia ~apaCilYTypeOf pack, including 12cells, the capacityis 3000mAh. numbe baltery cut-Off1 5000~ Displayed capacity value of capacity. cul-off function is turn on and the setting '-------=------'---'------------ Balt Iype Slarl'>3seconds' stop ~Enler Displayed minutes. safety timer is turn on and duration oftime in Set up the charge current in the manu al mode, or current limit in the auto mode. Press INC and DEC key simultaneously to make the currentfield blink toswitch the charge mode. Displayed temperature eut-off function is turn on. Set up the discharge current and final voltage. The external temperature probe is used. is displayed when the temperature Present Set up the charge/ discharge sequence and cycle number. input voltage. Saving the data The battery is connected with each port through cable; you can check voltage of each cell in the battery pack. When the cable is connected with the ports on the charger, the program will display voltage of up to 6 batteries. Load data pro gram This program is to load the data stored at the "save data" program. Press START/ENTER key to make the data field blink and press INC or DEC for more than 3 secondsto load the data. Choose the data number you want to cali back. [. . . ]