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02-01-2005 | 10:28 PM
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RE: swallow
sbr, it will depend on what the charge rate is set at. ie C5, C10 etc. This means the battery capacity divided by a factor of 5, 10 etc.
Take a 1000mAh battery pack and programme the swallow to charge at C10, this means it should be charging at a theoretical 100mA of current.
From a dead flat battery theoreticaly it should take batt capacity/charge rate 1000/100 = 10 hrs. In theory that is. Many vaiables that can change that but you get the general idea.
First off find out the type of battery you have, make model etc then find out the manufacturers recomended charge and discharge rates. Programme the swallow accordingly.
I've only just bought one of these chargers so have not had the chance to play with it yet, my other charger is a Smart Fast Charger from that mob in Tassie.
hope this helps
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Peter
Take a 1000mAh battery pack and programme the swallow to charge at C10, this means it should be charging at a theoretical 100mA of current.
From a dead flat battery theoreticaly it should take batt capacity/charge rate 1000/100 = 10 hrs. In theory that is. Many vaiables that can change that but you get the general idea.
First off find out the type of battery you have, make model etc then find out the manufacturers recomended charge and discharge rates. Programme the swallow accordingly.
I've only just bought one of these chargers so have not had the chance to play with it yet, my other charger is a Smart Fast Charger from that mob in Tassie.
hope this helps
cheers
Peter
02-02-2005 | 09:48 PM
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RE: swallow
someone was asking bout the "C" with a numeral 1 - 5 symbol on the right handside top during the charge/dischardge cyles.
It denotes the number of charge/discharge cyles you are programming the charger to perform.
One point to note with these sort of chargers and that is get a data sheet on the type of battery you have in your pack. I download all of mine from the sanyo website. With this info you know your best charge and discharge rates.
another point is make sure you set up your discharge cutoff voltage for the pack you are doing. Nominally they say cutoff voltage is 1.1volts but if you are trying to rejuvinate the pack then I have read that 0.9V per cell is best. Do your own homework and do what works for you.
For mine I set it to 1.1V per cell on normal discharge or 0.9V per cell on a rejuvination cycle.
These seem a really good little charger, my only gripe is that it has no memory so you can't set it up for your different packs and save the settings!! Maybe the MkIII will have this feature.
cheers
Peter
It denotes the number of charge/discharge cyles you are programming the charger to perform.
One point to note with these sort of chargers and that is get a data sheet on the type of battery you have in your pack. I download all of mine from the sanyo website. With this info you know your best charge and discharge rates.
another point is make sure you set up your discharge cutoff voltage for the pack you are doing. Nominally they say cutoff voltage is 1.1volts but if you are trying to rejuvinate the pack then I have read that 0.9V per cell is best. Do your own homework and do what works for you.
For mine I set it to 1.1V per cell on normal discharge or 0.9V per cell on a rejuvination cycle.
These seem a really good little charger, my only gripe is that it has no memory so you can't set it up for your different packs and save the settings!! Maybe the MkIII will have this feature.
cheers
Peter
