Charger Operations - HITEC RDX1 MiNi Instruction Manual

Charger Operations

Initial Setup of the charger
After connecting the battery, you are now ready to setup the charger to charge your speci c type of battery.
When the charger is rst powered on, you will enter the last program mode selected. The default mode of the
charger is for a balance charge mode of a 2 Cell 2000 mAh Lithium Polymer battery. If this is not the battery
you plan on working with, then you will need to make changes to the operation programming based on the
following instruction.
BEFORE SELECTING AN OPERATION, IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU KNOW THE
TYPE OF BATTERY YOU ARE WORKING WITH AND WHAT THE MANUFACTURER
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR CHARGING OR DISCHARGING. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE
MANUFACTURERS RECOMMENDATIONS CAN RESULT IN DAMAGE TO THE BATTERY AND
Warning
POSSIBLE EXPLOSION.
Depending on the battery type, di erent operations will be available. The chart below shows which operations
are available for the di erent types of batteries the RDX1 Mini is capable of working with.
It is highly recommended that you have the owchart handy while learning to operate this charger.
Batt Type Operation Program
Charge
LiPo
LiIon
Discharge
LiFe
LiHV
Storage
Fast Chg
Bal Charge
This mode is for charging LiPo/LiFe/LiIon/LiHV battery.
This mode is for discharging LiPo/LiFe/LiIon/LiHV battery.
This program is for charging or discharging a Lithium
battery to the storage level if it is not going to be used
within 24 hours.
The charging capacity may be less than normal charging
but the process time will be reduced.
This mode is for balancing the voltage of lithium-polymer
battery cells while charging and is recommended the
majority of the time.
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