F) Discharge A Rechargeable Battery („Discharge") - VOLTCRAFT RS16 Bedienungsanleitung

f) Discharge a rechargeable battery („DISCHARGE")
It is normally not necessary to discharge lithium rechargeable batteries (as opposed to older
NiCd rechargeable batteries). These types of rechargeable batteries can be charged regard-
less of their current charge state.
Should you still desire to discharge a lithium rechargeable battery (perhaps to measure its
capacity), you can set the discharge current from 0.1 A to 8 A.
The maximum possible discharge current depends on the rechargeable battery
type, capacity and cell count (the charger's maximum discharging capacity is 30 W,
which limits the maximum possible discharge current for multi-cell rechargeable
batteries). Please review the chapter „Technical Data" at the end of this user
manual as well as chapter 9.
Follow the same steps provided for the normal charging mode (see chapter 13 b) to set the
charging current and voltage/cell count; the only difference is that the rechargeable battery is
discharged, not charged, when the program is started.
During discharging, the display shows e.g. the following
information:
The rechargeable battery type and cell count are shown at the top left („Li3S" = lithium
rechargeable battery with 3 cells), the discharge current is shown at the top center and the
rechargeable battery's current voltage is shown at the top right.
The current charging program („DSC" = „DISCHARGE") is shown at the bottom left, elapsed
discharge time is shown in the center and to the right the discharged capacity in mAh.
The end discharge voltage varies according to rechargeable battery type and is preset in the
charger.
• LiPo: 3.0 V per cell
• LiIon: 2.9 V per cell
• LiFe: 2.6 V per cell
When a multi-cell rechargeable battery is connected via the balancer connection, move
the control pad upward „8" to view the voltages of individual cells.
You can display different information by repeatedly moving the control pad downward
„2".
To return to the normal display, move the control pad to the right „6".
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