Velleman VLE8 User Manual

Manual is about: LI-ION/POLYMER BALANCE CHARGER

Summary of VLE8

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    Vle8 li-ion/polymer balance charger li-ion/lipo-balanslader chargeur Équilibreur pour accus li-ion/lipo cargador balanceador para baterÍas li-ion/lipo ladegerÄt mit balancer fÜr li-ion-/lipo-akkus Ładowarka z balanserem do akumulatorÓw litowo- jonowych/polimerowych carregador li-ion/polymer user man...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 2 ©velleman nv.

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 3 ©velleman nv.

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 4 ©velleman nv user manual 1. Introduction to all residents of the european union important environmental information about this product this symbol on the device or the package indicates that disposal of the device after its lifecycle could harm the environment. Do not dispo...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 5 ©velleman nv li-fe voltage level 3.3 v/cell max. Charge voltage 3.6 v/cell allowable fast charge current ≤ 4 a discharge voltage cut-off level ≥ 2.0 v/cell pb voltage level 2.0 v/cell max. Charge voltage 2.46 v/cell allowable fast charge current ≤ 0.4 a discharge voltage cu...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 6 ©velleman nv internal, independent lithium battery balancer: the charger features an individual cell-voltage balancer, which makes it unnecessary to use an external balancer for balance charging. Individual cell balancing during discharging: during discharging, the charger ...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 7 ©velleman nv 9. Operation 9.1 initial setup by default, this charger will be set to the user settings when first connecting an 11-18 v load. To alter the parameters, press start/enter and change the value with inc/dec. Store the value by pressing start/enter once. Starting ...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 8 ©velleman nv safety timer settings capacity in mah current safety timer 2000 2.0 a (2000/2.0 = 1000)/11.9 = 84 min. 3300 3.0 a (3300/3.0 = 1100)/11.9 = 92 min. 1000 1.2 a (1000/1.2 = 833)/11.9 = 70 min. The programme provides maximum protection. If the delta-peak voltage ca...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 9 ©velleman nv charging a lithium battery in balance mode this mode balances the voltage of the li-poly battery cells while charging. In this mode, the battery needs a balance lead to connect to the individual balance port. The battery’s power lead must be connected to the ch...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 10 ©velleman nv charging a lithium battery in storage mode this function is useful when you desire to charge or discharge a battery, which will not be used immediately. This programme is only to be used with following batteries: li-poly of 3.85 v, li-ion of 3.75 v and li-fe o...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 11 ©velleman nv 9.3 the nickel programme (nicd, nimh) charging a nicd/nimh battery in charge mode this programme will charge your battery using the user-set current. It is recommended to carefully set the upper limit for the charge current to avoid damage by excessive chargin...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 12 ©velleman nv charging/discharging and discharging/charging cycle of a nicd/nimh battery set up the sequence on the left and the number of cycles on the right. The cycle number ranges from 1-5. Press type/stop to end the process, press start/enter to modify the charge curre...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 13 ©velleman nv discharging a pb battery set up the charge current (left) and the nominal voltage (right). The current ranges from 0.1-1.0 a. The voltage should match the voltage of the battery being discharged. Start the discharging programme by holding start/enter pressed f...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 14 ©velleman nv a. Voltage b. Data number c. Capacity d. Battery type loading a programme choose the data number you would like to load. Loading the data. 10. Display information this charger allows you to inquire various information during charging and discharging. Press dec...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 15 ©velleman nv the display shows the external temperature (only when the temperature probe is being used). The display shows the present input voltage. If the battery is connected via cable, each cell’s voltage is displayed. 11. Warnings and error messages in case of an erro...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 16 ©velleman nv the voltage of one of the cells is too low. Please check the voltage of each cell. The voltage of one of the cells is too high. Please check the voltage of each cell. Wrong connection. Please check the connector and cable. The processor cannot control the feed...

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    Vle8 v. 01 – 14/12/2015 17 ©velleman nv li-ion 1s 3.60 4.10 5.00 1.00 2s 7.20 8.20 5.00 0.61 3s 10.80 12.30 4.63 0.41 4s 14.40 16.40 3.47 0.30 5s 18.00 20.50 2.78 0.24 6s 21.60 24.60 2.31 0.20 pb 6.00 6.90 5.00 0.72 8.00 9.20 5.00 0.54 10.00 11.50 5.00 0.43 12.00 13.80 4.17 0.36 14.00 16.10 3.57 0.3...