Charging Your Battery - HITEC X1RED Instruction Manual

AC/DC-Input, Professional
Balance Charger, Discharger, Multicharger
Operating the Charger
Cycle Mode
PROGRAM SELECT(01)
Battery Cells:
Mode: Cycle
C.Current 3.0A
D. Current -1.0A
battery type must be NiMH or NiCd and 2. the mode must
be Cycle. This mode is intended to help refresh your battery
if it has been sitting for a long period of time.
Cycle Count
PROGRAM SELECT(01)
Cycle Count: 4
Repeak Count: OFF
Trickle: OFF
Cut Volt: OFF

Charging Your Battery

Now that you have set all the parameters for your battery
you are ready to execute the operation. Now would be a
good time to check to make sure the charge settings are
correct and within the battery manufacturers recommen-
dations.
Before you begin charging your battery,
make sure you have read and understand
all of the warnings and safety information
contained on pages 2-4.
During charging/discharging, the battery
should be placed inside a fire proof/retar-
dant bag and on a fire proof surface, away
from other combustible objects.
Start the Process
Press and hold the ► button until you see "BATTERY
CHECK..." followed by the confirmation screen.
In Cycle Mode, users
can choose between
5S
charging>discharging
or discharging>char-
ging. There are two
requirements for ma-
king the Cycle Mode
accessible: 1. the
In cycle mode, users
must select the num-
ber of cycles (between
1 and 5) for the Cycle
Count.
Repeak Count
PROGRAM SELECT(01)
Cycle Count: Off
Repeak Count: OFF
Trickle: OFF
Cut Volt: OFF
Trickle
PROGRAM SELECT(01)
Cycle Count: OFF
Repeak Count: OFF
Trickle: OFF
Cut Volt OFF
This screen displays the number of cells you set up as
"R" and the number of cells detected by the processor
as "S". If both numbers are identical, you may press and
hold the START button to confirm and begin charging.
If these numbers do not match, press the STOP button
to return to the previous screen and carefully check the
number of cells of the battery pack before proceeding.
Information Displayed During the Process
Use the INC. and DEC. buttons to scroll through the
various information displayed during the process.
Program Stop
During the charging process, press STOP to stop the
process.
Program Complete
When the charging process is finished, an audible sound
will be heard.
G
There are two requi-
rements for accessing
Repeak Count: 1. the
battery is either NiMH
or NiCd and 2. users
are in Re-Peak mode.
There are 3 Repeak
Counts in total.
When the Trickle fun-
ction is activated, the
battery will continue
charging, but at very
low current. This fun-
ction is only available
when charging a NiMH
or NiCd battery.
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