Cycle Mode; Setting Up A Cycle; Motor Run Mode - Competition Electronics Turbo35-GFX User Manual

Cycle Mode

Cycling is just a way of automating a charge cycle followed by a discharge cycle. You
will always have to get charge into a pack before you can get anything out; therefore
cycling is a useful feature.
Cycling makes use of the charge and discharge features already discussed, and so most of
the settings for a cycle are already complete from previous setup sessions already
discussed.

Setting up a Cycle

There are only two parameters to set for a cycle; everything else is set in the charge or
discharge mode screens.
# of Cycles
Simply specifies the number of charge/discharge cycles to be run sequentially. Why
would you want to run sequential cycles? What if you wanted to do extended longevity
testing to get an idea how long a certain type of cell might last before degrading? That's
just one example; you may think of others.
Cool Down Minutes
When you charge/discharge a pack, it gets hot. If you want to, you can set cool down
minutes so that the pack has enough time to fully cool between cycles.
Relative Internal Resistance
In order to measure relative internal resistance, both a charge and discharge cycle must be
run, thus it is associated with a cycle. However, the actual measurement appears in page 1
of 2 of the data mode pages.

Motor Run Mode

You can use your T35-GFX to break in R/C motors. One of the most useful features of
the T35-GFX for motors is its ability to deliver a full 20 amps of current to a motor!
The motor run feature uses the same output power MOSFETs as the charge feature, and
so has the same power limitations Therefore, to protect the MOSFETs, the motor cycle
will be limited to a maximum power dissipation of 185 watts.
If the T35-GFX sees that the charge power MOSFETs are dissipating power in excess of
185 watts, the T35-GFX will lower the voltage to bring power dissipation within safe
limits. That means that the output voltage will be limited to the maximum safe value, and
the motor voltage will drop below the setpoint.
When power limiting is in effect, the display will indicate this by displaying the message
"POWER*LIMIT*ACTIVE".
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