Discharge Mode - VOLTCRAFT IPC-1 Operating Instructions Manual

When overheating condition occurs (over about 53°C, usually due to too high a charging
current selected), the charging will be stopped immediately and the display will shown "000
mA", the charging process will only resume once the temperature of the rechargeable
batteries drops to a safe level. If overheat conditions continue to occur, the rechargeable
batteries shall be taken out to cool down and then charged at a lower current.
For new rechargeable battery it is recommended to charge it with 200 mA current for re-
conditioning it from the long storage status.

DISCHARGE MODE

Discharge mode will first discharge the rechargeable battery then charge it. It is for removing
the memory effects of rechargeable batteries.
By pressing the MODE key within 8 seconds after inserting the rechargeable batteries, the
Discharge mode can be selected. (The mode key shall first be pressed and held for about 1
second to activate the mode change. The subsequent pressing of the mode key will enable to
toggle between the "Charge", "Discharge", "Test" and "Refresh" mode.)
Then user may also select different discharging current (see Table 2) by pressing the
CURRENT key, within 8 seconds after inserting the batteries. (The display will blink once to
indicate the setting has been confirmed and the current cannot be changed afterward.)
Note: The discharging current is always set to be half of the coming charging current whose
upper limit is 1000 mA (see Table 2). Therefore user is recommended to carefully select the
discharging current so that the charging current afterward will not be too high.
Table 2. DISCHARGE MODE Current
User-selected Discharging
current
Thereafter Charging current
Finally batteries will be fully charged in discharge mode and "Full" will be displayed. If user
presses DISPLAY key at this time, "charge" icon instead of "discharge" icon will be displayed.
When the battery is overheated the
charging will ceases automatically.
"000 mA" will be displayed.
Discharging current: 250 mA
Discharge Mode
100 mA 250 mA
200 mA 500 mA
350 mA 500 mA
700 mA 1000 mA
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