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· Refer to the information provided by the battery manufacturer
regarding charging methods, and verify the recommended
charge current and charge time. Especially for Lithium
batteries, you have to follow the charge instructions provided
by the manufacturer strictly.
· Do not attempt to disassemble the battery pack arbitrarily.
· You have to pay attention to verify the capacity and the
voltage of the lithium battery pack. It may be composed of
parallel and series connection mixed. In parallel link the
capacity of the battery pack is multiplied by the number of
cells but the voltage remains the same. That kind of voltage
imbalance causes a fire or explosion during charge process.
We recommend you compose the lithium battery pack in series
only.
Balance Charger xMove 2.0/xBase 2.0
• Discharge
The typical purpose of discharge is to determine the residual
capacity of the battery, or to lower the voltage of the battery
to a defined level. When you discharge the battery you also
have to pay attention on the process same as charging. To
avoid the battery becoming deep-discharged, set the final
discharge voltage correctly. Lithium batteries should not be
deep- discharged to lower than the minimum voltage, as this
leads to a rapid loss of capacity or a total failure. Generally,
you do not need to discharge lithium battery voluntarily.
· Some rechargeable batteries are said to have a memory
effect. If they are partly used and recharged before the whole
charge is drawn out, they 'remember' this and next time will
only use that part of their capacity. This is a 'memory effect'.
NiCd and NiMH batteries are said to suffer form memory
effect. They prefer complete cycles; fully charge, then use until
empty. Do not recharge before storage – allow them to self-
discharge during storage. NiMH batteries have less memory
effect than NiCd.
· The lithium battery prefers a partial rather than a full
discharge. Frequent full discharges should be avoided if
possible. Instead, charge the battery more often or use a
larger battery.
· The brand-new NiCd battery pack is partially useful with its
capacity until it has been subjected to 10 or more charge
cycles in any case. The cyclic process of charge will lead to
optimize the capacity of battery pack.
Those warnings and safety notes are particularly impor-
tant. Please follow the instructions for a maximum safety;
otherwise the charge and the battery can be damaged
violently. And also it can cause a fire to injure a human
body or lose the property.
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