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Just make the precision linked to how long the button is pressed. If you hold the up or down key for more than a few seconds, the current changes in larger steps (0.5A), then you can "click" the up/down buttons to fine tune (0.1A) the current... just like most alarm radios. There's no need to reinvent the wheel! |
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https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/show...postcount=3955 it would seem there are a lot of users who are interested in the multi balancing leads adapter. I know I have made these for my TO1010C,all three of my Hyperions and now the 208B. I find them so much earier to use and I only have one adpater to keep up with for all fo my normal balance charging. Page #13 of the 208B manual has a wiring diagram which makes this super easy to figure out. Starting with the outside pack negative (cell #1) lead all of the connections are next,next,next, etc. until the last one is reached with one exception. Hyperion / Poly Quest skips connection position #2 for a 3S . That is Hyp. / PQ uses positions 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 for a 3S ,they do not use position #2 in the male balancing connector on the battery. Used the 208B for the first time at the field thismorning. Power supplied by my two 125Ah deep cycles which were holding 12.2 volts under load. Air temp was 82F and the highest internal temp. I saw was 122F and this was during a 3S 2200 10A charge 3S 2200 @ 10A 1,701 mAh / 13:31 1,521 mAh / 12:55 3S 2200@ 6A 1,493 mAh / 19:00 Observations: Input voltage ,charge rate,delivered mAh,battery voltage,cell voltages are all very close. Biggest error (?)/difference I have noticed is 208B displays reads 12.56 when all of my other test equipment reads 12.54 for the same battery. That is a .2% error which I feel is extremely accurate. Correction that was not the greates difference ,0.17 volts difference between chargers battery display voltage and my Inspector Watt meter battery display was the largest differenc ebut that most likely was due to increased resistence of extra leads,connectors and wire length. The only readings which I have observed which I question are the Cell IR readings and I will need to run some addational test to see if it is indeed the charger or perhaps something else. Initial reading on two different LiPolys 4 / 4 / 8 and 4 / 4 / 10. Both of these have consistently measured between 2.8 and 4.3 depending of charge rate and temperature so I tend to believe that cell # 1 & 2 are displaying correct IR and Cell #3 is way off. Note I tried not only my homemade balancing leads but also the OEM one and reading were the same. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Addational data: Discharged 3S 2200 battery voltages 208B 11.08 all cells 3.7 / IR 3 / 3 / 7 Accurate DVM 11.05 CBA II 11.04 2,025 mAh dischared to LVC of 10.5V @ 20 amps. (Zenee 30C ) Charged at 6A on 208B l(latter) Cell IRs again LiPoly which 208B indisctaed cells at 4 / 4 /10 when charged on Cell Pro 10 at same rate and at same temperature 3 /3 /3 . ************************************************** ****** My Wish list: Add ability to change charge rate during the charge but does not become a permenate charge( does not become permenate unless saved to a memory slot). Be able to read cell IRs during the charge. Cell IRs change with state of charge and with temperature changes. Global setting for C or F , Safety Time Out , Max. Capacity Cut Off , Beep On Time, Termination Voltages with ability to over ride Global setting on a per Memory bases. Change so that when a Memory is Loaded and you make changes to it and save it it is automaticly saved to same location by default ,(with abaiklty to change isf so desired). IMO it is way to easy to make a change and store it over another Memory position. Default is 00 which I over wrote several times by mistake and even now that I know better I sometimes forget which memory I am making changes to. How about requiring two steps to save to a Memory Slot already being used? During a Charge or Discharge show Memory # being used. Balance charging LiPo,LiFe use balancing leads to determine and set cell count. It allready checks and compares such as if a 3S is connected and charger is set to 4S it gives voltage error. Charles |
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My 208B has the same IR measurement error, for a 6s 2500mah (discharged) my 1010B+ measures 14-15 but the 208B measures 12 to 21! I hope this is just a firmware fix... |
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iCharger 208B diferent charge to voltages
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How do I initiate the internal logging? I found the file management menu but I can't figure out how start the logging. I got Logview to work on a laptop running Windows 2000 but haven't established communications with my XP laptop yet. I'm having a problem with the external temperature probe but email response was good and the troubleshooting instructions identified the sensor as the problem. A replacement will be on the way. I'm quite impressed with the 208B's ability to charge at high currents. I was able to charge a single A123 cell at 20 amps. I have a couple of Orbit Microlader Pro's and although they are rated at 8 amps and 200+ watts they cannot charge a single cell at high currents, and they get really hot. With this charger I'm now going to get set up for parallel charging. Thanks, Vince |
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Hello everyone,
Thank you for your threads. We have read them carefully, and here I will answer your questions. Quote:
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Note: Our engineer has just modified the software. The longer time you press the button, the stepping speed is more faster than before. We have tested the current changes from 0.5A to 20A, now it only needs 10 seconds instead of 20 seconds originally. As for the Cell IR readings, we also modified it. See the attached upgrading file below. Regards, Junsi |
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Hello Charles,
Thank you for your suggestion. According to your wish, our answers are as following: Quote:
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When a update Revision is made available provide imformation listing changes. The latest 208B Rev. does what? Corrects cell IR readings Increases charge rate setting change speed Auto detects # of cells based on balancing leads and sets cell count. Any others changes? Is there a Rev. history file that is maintained somewhere? Can prevreious Rev. be reinstalled and if so are they available on-line? Does installing Rev. clear / erase present memory setting? Charles |
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Installed 3.09A Rev in 208B.
. which cleared all set Memories (no wonder many do not go to the trouble of setting / nameing them). Charged a 4S 3300 LiPoly and IR 1 / 3 / 3 / 3 so IMO still not right. Isn't there some way once a Memory is configured and saved that it could be recalled and just modified and saved to another Memory Position? The processes of naming each Memory location from scratch each time is enough to drive a man to drink. Quote:
Most likely a language barrier problem. Cell Pro 10 you do not set cell count at all. You set battery Type ,LiFe,LiIon,LiPo and you set charge rate. When you connect the balancing lead and power lead and press Start it reads the balancing leads ans sets cell count automaticly. There is no way to get it wrong uinless you connect a 3S balancing llead to a 4S LiPoly in which case it give you a voltage eroor as the total voltage from the balancing leads does not match the battery voltage reading from the power leads. Thanks for adding the Mem. locaton # to the Mem position however I should have been more clear. I wanted the Mem. # on the screen LiPo Balance Chg 10.0A 14.8V(4S) so that when I loaded one from Memory and modified it I would know where to save it back to. Having Load Settings 00 memory0 is not really helpful. Sorry for the confusion. Charles |
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