Turnigy Quad 4x6S Operating Manual

BALANCE CHARGER/DISCHARGER

FOR NICD/NIMH/LITHIUM/PB BATTERIES

Thank you for purchasing the balance charger. This is a rapid charge/

discharger with built in balancer, computerised with microprocessor and

specialised operating software. Please read this entire operating manual

completely and attentively before using.

Operating Manual

Contents

1. Features

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2. Exterior of the unit

3. Warnings and safety notes

4. Program flow chart

5. Initial Parameter set up (Users' set up)

6. Lithium battery(Lilo/LiPo/LiFe)program

7. NiMH/NiCd battery program

8. Pb( lead-sulphuric acid) battery program

9. Cell Meter test program

10. IR test program

11. Memory Mode

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13. Warning and error messages

14. Specifications

15. Warranty and service

6.1 Charging Lithium Battery

7.1 Charging NiCd/NiMH battery

8.1 Charging Pb battery

6.2 Charging Lithium battery at balance mode

7.2 Discharging NiCd/NiMH battery

8.2 Discharging Pb battery

6.4 'STORAGE' control Lithium battery

6.5 Discharging Lithium battery

6.6 Voltage balancing and monitoring during the discharge

6.3 'FAST' charging Lithium battery

7.3 Charge-to-discharge & discharge-to-charge cycle NiMH/NiCd battery

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Features

Optimised operating software

When charging or discharging, It has an 'AUTO' function that sets the feeding current
automatically. Especially for Lithium batteries, it can prevent the over-charging can lead
to an explosion by users fault. Every program in the unit is controlled with mutual links
and communication for every possible error so it introduces a maximum safety. These
can be set at users option.

Special recharge plugsport for receiver, transmitter and igniter charger. And for
frequently used charger port such as multi purpose crocodile pin etc.

It provides most convenient balance charge port for Lithium batteries, with separated
3,4,5,6 charge port, and external reverse connector.

High-power and high-performance circuit

It employs the circuit that features four totally independent but identical power
outputs

which are powered 100 watts each. Total powers are 400 watts. As a result ,
it can charge or discharge up to 4 x 15 cells of NiCd/NiMH or 4 x 6 series of Lithium
batteries simultaneously, and maximum current of 10.0A. Furthermore the cooling system
is so efficient that can hold such a power without any trouble of running the CPU or the
operating program.

Individual voltage bala ncer for Lithium batteries inside

It has an individual-cell-voltage balancer inside.This does not require any extra balancer

separately when charging Lithium batteries(Lilo/LiPO/LiFe/LiHV) for cell voltage balancing.

Balance individual cells on discharge

It also can monitor and balance individual cells of the Lithium battery pack during the
discharge process. If the voltage of any one cell varies abnormally, the process will be
stopped with the error message.

Accept various types of Lithium battery

It can accept three types of Lithium batterles- Lilo,LiPo,LiFe and LiHV. They have different
characteristics by their chemistry. You can select any one of them that you are going to
process before the job. For their specifications, refer 'Warnings and safety notes' section.

Lithium battery 'Fast' and 'Storage' mode

You can charge Lithium battery for special purposes. 'Fast' charge reduces the charging
time of Lithium battery and 'Storage' mode controls the final voltage of the battery to be suit
for long time storage.

Maximum safety

Delta-peak sensitivity: The automatic charge termination program works on the principle
of the Delta-peak voltage detection.(NiCd/NiMH)

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Auto-charge current limit: When charging NiCd or NiMH at 'AUTO' current mode, you can
set the upper limit of change current to avoid from high current charging. This is very useful
when charging the low impedance and small capacity NiMH battery in 'AUTO' mode.

Capacity limit: The changing capacity always calculated by multiple of the charging
current and time. If the charging capacity exceeds the limit the process will be terminated
automatically when you set the maximum value.

Temperature limit: The temperature of the battery on charging will rise by its internal
chemical reaction. If you set the limit of temperature the process will be expired forcibly when
the limit has reached.

Processing time limit: you can also restrain the maximum process time to prevent from
any possible defect.

Input power monitor: To protect the car battery using as input power from being damaged
the voltage of it always monitored. If it dorps below the lower limit the process will be ended
automatically.

Automatic cooling fan: The electric cooling fan comes into action automatically only when
the internal temperature of the unit is raised.

Cyclic charging/discharging

Perform 1 to 5 cycles of charge>discharge or discharge>charge continually for battery
refreshing and balancing.

PC based analysis using USB communication

For technical expert, It offers PC based program can analyse the characteristic of the
battery by USB port. It shows a graph of voltage, current, capacity and temperatu re curves. It
also shows the individual voltage of each cell in the Lithium battery pack.

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2. Exterior of the unit

INPUT DC 11~18V

LCD Screen

Menu Control Buttons

Ventilation Fan

Ventilation Fan

Battery Scokets

Battery Scokets

Universal
balancing port

Universal
balancing port

Battery Scokets

Battery Scokets

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3. Warnings and safety notes

Never leave the charge unsupervised when it is connected to its power supply. If any
malfunction is observed immediately terminate the process and refer to the operation
manual.

Keep away the unit from dust, damp, rain, heat, direct, sunshine and vibration. Do not
dorp it.

The circuit of the unit is designed to be powered by 11.0~18.0V DC only.
This unit and the battery to charge or discharge should be set up on a head-resistant,

non-inflammable and non-conductive surface. Never place them on a car seat, carpet or
similar. Keep all the inflammable volatile materials well away from operating area.

Be sure to understand the information of the battery to be charged or discharged
accurately. If the program is set up incorrectly the battery can severely be damaged.

Especially Lithium battery can cause a fire or an explosion by over-charging.

To avoid short-circuits between the charge lead, always connect the charge cable to
the unit first and only then to the

battery to be charged or discharged. Reverse the

hsequence when disconnecting.

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- Battery, which is already fully charged or just slightly discharged.

- Non-rechargeable batteries(Explosion hazard).

- Batteries that require a different charge technique from NiCd, NiMH, Lilo, LiPo, LiFe or Pb.

- Faulty or damaged battery.

- Battery fitted with an integral charge circuit or a protection circuit.

- Batteries installed in a device, or which are electrically linked to other components.

- Batteries that are not expressly stated by the manufacturer to be suitable for the
currents the charger delivers during the charge process.

Please bear in mind of checking the following point before charge operation.

- Did you select the appropriate program, which are suitable for the type of battery?

- Did you set up adequate current for charging or discharging?

- Lithium battery pack can be composed with parallel and series circuits mixed. You have
to check the composition of the battery pack carefully before charging.

- Are all connections firm and safe, or is there an intermittent contact at any point in the circuit?

Charging

A specific quantity of electrical energy is fed into the battery during charge process. The
charge quantity is calculated by multiplying charge current by charge time. The maximum
permissible charge current varies according to the battery type or its performance, and
can be found in the information provided by the battery manufacturer. It is only allowed
to charge batteries at rates higher than the standard charge current if they are expressly
stated to be capable of quick-charge.

Connect the battery to charge to output terminal of the charger using suitable charge
lead. They are red, positive(+)and black, negative(-).Since the charger cannot

detect
the difference between the internal resistance of the battery pack, cable resistance and
connector transfer resistance, the first requirement if the charger to work properly is that
the charge lead should be of adequate conductor cross-section. And also high-quality

connectors (normally gold-contact type) must be fitted to both ends.

- 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 instruction 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
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.

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Do not connect more than one battery pack to the charge lead at any one time.
Do not attempt to charge or discharge the following types of battery.

- Battery pack, which consists of different types of cell (including different manufacturers).

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Discharge

The typical purpose of discharge is to determine the residual capacity of the battery, or to
lower the voltage of 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 deep­discharged, set the final discharge voltage correctly. Lithium batteries should not be deep­discharged 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 capaci

ty. This is a ‘memory effect’. NiCd and NiMH
batteries are said to suffer from 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 beeen
subjected to 10 or more charge cycles in any case. The cyclic process of charge and
discharge will lead to optimise the capacity of battery pack.

Those warnings and safety notes are particularly important. Please
follow the instructions for a maximum safety; otherwise the charger
and the battery can be damaged violently. And also it can cause a fire
to injure a human body or to lose the property.

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