Instruction Manual BALANCE CHARGER/DISCHARGER FOR NICD/NIMH/LITHIUM/PB BATTERIES

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1 X6+ AC/DC CHARGER For Sales and support in the USA please contact: Neutronics West Bernardo Ct San Diego, California Phone: Web:

2 Instruction Manual BALANCE CHARGER/DISCHARGER FOR NICD/NIMH/LITHIUM/PB BATTERIES Specifications X6+ Charger Input voltage range Appropriate battery types and range of series-connected cells Charge current Discharge current Trickle charge (NiCd, NiMH) Charge termination Cycling Modes (NiCd, NiMH) Display type V DC & VAC 1-15 NiCd Nickel-Cadmium cells 1-15 NiMH Nickel-Metal Hydride cells 1-6 LiPo-LiIon cells, 100~20,000mAh 1-6 LiFe Lithium Iron (3.3V/cell types, inc. A123 brand cells / LiFePO4 cells) 1-6 Lead-Acid cells (2V per cell nominal) 0.1A ~ 5.0A MAX, by 100mA steps (50W limit) 0.1A ~ 1.0A MAX, by 10mA steps (5W limit) 0 ~ 300mA Delta V peak detection for NiCd/NiMH CV/CC for Lithium and Lead-Acid Batteries Charge>Discharge or Discharge>Charge 2-line, 16 character backlit LCD

3 Safety precautions KEEP CHARGER and BATTERIES AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND PETS AT ALL TIMES! This charger is ONLY for NiCd/NiMH, Lithium (3.7V/cell)Lithium -Ion )3.6v/cell), A123 (3.3V/cell), and Lead-Acid (2.0V/cell) type cells. DO NOT connect others types or non-rechargeable batteries! Always place the charger on a firm, level, and fireproof surface for charging Do not place the battery or charger on or near flammable materials while in use: Keep away from carpets, cluttered workbenches, etc Do not exceed cell manufacture r s suggested max charge rates Do not use automotive type battery chargers to power the charger Do not leave the charger unattended while charging Do not allow water, moisture or foreign objects into the charger Do not open the charger, nor attempt any repair as it is dangerous and will void your warranty Do not obstruct the air intake or outlet holes on the charger ALWAYS follow correct connection sequence, as given below CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE BATTERY PACK MAKER S RECOMMENDATIONS AND SAFETY ADVICE! HIGH RISK CHARGING ADVISORY Avoid charging batteries indoors. If you must charge indoors or any place injury to persons or damage could result in the event of fire then be sure to: * Keep battery well away from flammables (2 meters or more) * Contain battery in a heavy fireproof container (such as a brick box) * Always monitor the charge NEUENERGY ACCEPTS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE OR INJURY FOR INDOOR or other HIGH RISK CHARGING ACTIVITY

4 Layout of unit or AC 110/240

5 Initial Setup The X6+ requires 4mm Bullet Connectors on 12awg wire leads for output harness between charger and the battery to be charged. Harness wire leads should never exceed 20cm in length. Pre-assembled output harnesses are available from NeuEnergy to match many of the more popular connectors. If, after carefully reading the following pages on usage, you have any difficulty using the charger please refer to the final pages for troubleshooting guide and warranty terms. Carefully check your charger setup before making a return, as problems in setup, cabling, or power supply are more common than defects in the charger. Chargers returned by the user and found not defective will be returned to the user at the user s expense and may incur a service charge. ALWAYS FOLLOW this connection sequence, and reverse sequence to disconnect: 1) Connect OUTPUT harness 4mm plugs to the sockets located on the side of the charger. Take care that the Output Harness RED wire bullet connector goes to the (+) socket, and BLACK wire to (-). 2) Connect Charger INPUT appropriate power source: a) 12V automobile battery OR b) VAC 3) Set the battery type using the charger configuration buttons. The X6+ supports the following types of batteries: NiCd/NiMH LiLo LiPo LiFe Pb(Lead acid) Voltage level:1.2v/cell allowable fast charge current:1c~2c depending on the type of battery. Discharge voltage cutoff 0.85 V/Cell(NiCd), 1.0V/cell(NiMh) Voltage level: 3.6 volts/cell Max charge voltage: 4.1 volts/cell Max charge rate: 1C or less Discharge voltage cut off: 2.5V/cell or higher Voltage level: 3.7 volts/cell Max charge voltage: 4.2 volts/cell Max charge rate--check with battery manufacture Discharge cut off level: 3.0V/cell or higher Voltage level: 3.3 volts/cell Max charge voltage: 3.6 volts/cell Max charge rate--check with battery manufacture Discharge cut off level: 2.0V/cell or higher Voltage level: 2.0 volts/cell Max charge voltage: 2.46 volts/cell Max charge rate--0.4c or less Discharge cut off level: 1.5V/cell or higher

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7 Initial Settings Whenthe X6+ is connected to a 12V battery for the first time the LCD displays the following information in sequence and the user can change the parameters on each screen to match the battery that is being used. To change the value in the program, press start/enter key to make it blink then change the value with INC or DEC key. The value will be stored by pressing start/enter key once. The screen displays the nominal voltage of Lithium battery. There are three kinds of Lithium battery; LiFe(3.3V),Lilo(3.6V) or LiPo(3.7V). This is very important so you need to double check that you have the settings right for your type of battery. If the wrong settings are entered then there is a risk of the battery exploding or catching fire! The X6+ has a special function that is designed to help prevent the charger from over charging Lithium batteries due to incorrect setting by the operator or a battery that has lower voltage than normal before charging. The default time for the charger to make the cell count check is 10 minutes. This can be extended or shortened if needed to prevent false alarms. To avoid problems always minotor the charger during operation. This shows the trigger voltage for automatic charge termination of NiMH and NiCd battery. The effective value ranges from 5 to 20mV per cell.if the trigger voltage is set higher, there is a danger of overcharging the battery; if it is set lower, there is a possibility of premature termination. Please refer the technical specification of the battery.(nicd default:12mv, NiMH default:7mv) You can select the function of 3-pin port at left side of the unit.it can be used as an temperature sensor port or USB port, selected at this screen. If the port is assigned as a temp. port, an optional temperature probe contacting the surface of battery can be used. When it is selected as an USB port, you can link the charger to your PC via an optional USB cable. This can utilize the optional software that can show you the charge status on your PC. You can set the maximum temperature at which the charger will allow battery to reach during charge. Once a battery reaches this temperature the charge will be terminated.

8 When the battery is being cycled it can become warm and will need a period to cool before the next cycle begins. The program can insert a time delay to occur after each charge and discharge process to allow the battery time to cool down before being subjected to the next process. The value ranges from 1 to 60 minutes. When you start a charge process, the integral safety timer automatically starts running at the same time. This is programmed to prevent overcharge the battery.the value for the safety timer should be generous enough to allow a full charge of the battery. This program sets the maximum charge capacity that will be supplied to the battery during charge. The beep sounds at every time pressing the buttons to confirm your action. The beep or melody sounded at various times during operation to alert different mode changes. These audible sounds can be turned on or off. This program monitors the voltage of input battery. If the voltage drops below the value you set the operation forcibly terminated to protect the input battery.

9 Lithium battery(lilo/lipo/life)program These programs are only suitable for charging and discharging Lithium batteries with a nominal voltage of 3.3V, 3.6V and 3.7V per cell. These batteries use a charging method called constant voltage(cv) and constant current(cc) method. The charge current varies according to the battery capacity and performance. The final voltage of charge process is very important; it should be precisely matched with the voltage of the battery types. They are 4.2V for LiPo, 4.1V for Lilo, and 3.6 V for LiFe. The charge current as well as cell count must be correct for the battery type to be charged. To enter a new value in the program, press Start/Enter key to make the value to change blink then change the value with INC or DEC key. The value will be stored by pressing Start/Enter key once. Charging Lithium Battery The left side of the first line shows the type of battery you select at the users setting. The value on the left side of second line sets a charge current and the value on the right side of second line sets the voltage of the battery pack. After setting the current and voltage press Start/Enter key for at least 3 seconds to start the process. (Charge current:0.1~5.0a,voltage:1~6 series) This shows the number of cells you set up and the processor detects. R: shows the number of cells found by the charger and S is the number of cells selected by you at the previous screen. If both numbers are identical you can start charging by press Start/Enter button. If not, press Batt Type/Stop button to go back to previous screen. Then carefully check the number of cells of the battery pack to charge again. The screen shows the present status of the charge process. To stop charging press Batt Type/Stop key once.

10 Lithium battery(lilo/lipo/life)program These programs are only suitable for charging and discharging Lithium batteries with a nominal voltage of 3.3V, 3.6V and 3.7V per cell. These batteries use a charging method called constant voltage(cv) and constant current(cc) method. The charge current varies according to the battery capacity and performance. The final voltage of charge process is very important; it should be precisely matched with the voltage of the battery types. They are 4.2V for LiPo, 4.1V for Lilo, and 3.6 V for LiFe. The charge current as well as cell count must be correct for the battery type to be charged. To enter a new value in the program, press Start/Enter key to make the value to change blink then change the value with INC or DEC key. The value will be stored by pressing Start/Enter key once. Charging Lithium Battery The left side of the first line shows the type of battery you select at the users setting. The value on the left side of second line sets a charge current and the value on the right side of second line sets the voltage of the battery pack. After setting the current and voltage press Start/Enter key for at least 3 seconds to start the process. (Charge current:0.1~5.0a,voltage:1~6 series) This shows the number of cells you set up and the processor detects. R: shows the number of cells found by the charger and S is the number of cells selected by you at the previous screen. If both numbers are identical you can start charging by press Start/Enter button. If not, press Batt Type/Stop button to go back to previous screen. Then carefully check the number of cells of the battery pack to charge again. The screen shows the present status of the charge process. To stop charging press Batt Type/Stop key once.

11 Charging Lithium batteries using balance mode This is for balancing the voltages of Lithium batteries. The battery pack to be charged and balanced should be connected to the balance port on the right side of the charger using a adapter suitable for your battery. The high current plug from the charger must also be hooked up to the battery. In this mode, the charging process will be different from regular charging mode. The charger will monitor the voltages of each cell of the battery pack and control the charging current to equalize the voltage between cells. The value on the left side of second line sets the charge current and the value on the right side of second line sets the voltage of the battery pack. After setting the current and voltage press Start/ Enter key for at least 3 seconds to start the charge process. (Charge current:0.1~5.0a, Volatge:1~6 series) This shows the number of cells you set up and the processor detects. R: shows the number of cells found by the charger and S: is the number of cells selected by you at the previous screen. If both numbers are identical you can start charging by press Start /Enter button. If not, press Batt type/ Stop button to go back to previous screen. Then carefully check the number of cells of the battery pack to charge again. This screen shows the present situation during charge process. To stop charging press Batt type / Stop key once. FAST charging Lithium battery The Fast charge mode reduces the charge time by stopping the charge process when the battery reaches about 90% capacity. The last 10% of the charge takes more time as the charge current is reduced as the cells approach 4.2V/cell. You can set up the charging current and the voltage of the battery pack being charged in the same manner as the other Lithium battery charge modes.

12 FAST charging Lithium battery This shows the present state of FAST charging. To stop charging at z any time, press Batt type/ Stop key once. STORAGE control Lithium battery This is for charging or discharging Lithium battery not to be used for the time being. The program will determine to charge or discharge the battery to the certain voltage depending on the voltage of the battery at its initial stage. They are different from the type of the battery, 3.75V for Lilo, 3.85V for LiPo and 3.3V for LiFe per cell. If the voltage of battery at its initial stage is over the voltage level to storage, the program will start to discharge. You can set up the current and the voltage of the battery pack to be charged. The current will be used for charge or discharge the battery to reach the storage level of voltage. The screen shows the present situation during charge process. To stop charging press Batt type/ Stop key once. Discharging Lithium battery The value of discharge current on the left side of screen may not exceed 1C for a maximum safety and the final voltage on the right should not be under the voltage level that is recommended by the battery manufacturer to avoid deep discharging.

13 Discharging Lithium battery This shows the present state of discharge. To stop discharging press Batt type/stop key once. Voltage balancing and monitoring during the discharge The X6+ charger monitors the voltage of individual cells during storage-mode and discharge of Lithium battery pack. It tries to equalize the voltages of the cells. For this feature, the balance plug of the battry pack must be connected to the balance port of the charger with a suitable adapter. If the voltage of any one or more cells varies abnormally during the procedure, X6+ terminates the process with a error massage. If this happens, the battery pack contains a bad cell, or a bad connection in the balance plug. You can easily see which cell is bad by pressing INC button after the error message. The charger found that the voltage of one of the cell in the Lithium battery pack is too low. In this case, the 4th cell is bad.

14 NiMH/NiCd battery program These programs are for charging or discharging NiMH (Nickel-Metal- Hydride) or NiCd (Nickel-Cadmium) battery commonly used for R/C model aplications. To change the value at the display, press Start/Enter key to make it blink, then change the value using INC or DEC key.the value will be stored by pressing Start/Enter key once. To start the process, press Start/ Enter button for at least 3 seconds. Charging NiCd/NiMH battery Discharging NiCd/NiMH battery This program will charge the battery using the current you set. In Aut mode, you must set the upper limit of charge current to avoid higher current that may damage the battery. In Man mode, the X6+ will charge the battery with the charge current you set. Each mode can be switched by pressing INC and DEC button simultaneously when the current field is blinking. The screen displays the current state of charging. To stop the process, press Batt type/stop key once. The audible sound indicates you the end of process. Set discharge current on the left and final voltage on the right. The discharge current ranges from 0.1 to 1.0A and the final voltage ranges from 0.1 to 25.0V). To start the process, press Start /Enter key at least 3 seconds The screen displays the current state of discharge. You can alter the discharge current by pressing StartEnter key during the process. Once you change the current value, store it by pressing Start /Enter button again. To stop discharging press Batt type/ Stop key once. The charger will beep indicating that the discharge cycle has stopped.

15 Charge-discharge & discharge-to-charge cycle NiMH/NiCd battery Select the sequence on the left and the number of cycle on the right. You can use this function for balancing, refreshing and break-in the battery. To avoid excessive temperture of the battery there will a brief cool-off period You can select from 1 to 5 cycles. To stop the process, press Batt type/stop key once. You can change the discharge or charge current by pressing Start/Enter key once during the process. The audible sound indicates you the end of process. At the end of the process, you can see charged or discharged capacity of the battery at each cycle. By pressing INC or DEC button, the screen shows the result of each cycle in order. Pb( lead- acid) battery program This is programmed for charging Pb( lead-sulphuric acid) battery with nominal voltage from 2 to 20V. Pb batteries are different from NiCd or NiMH batteries.always follow the instruction is supplied by the manufacturer of battery. To change ther value in the program, press Start/Enter key to make it blink then change the value with INC or DEC key. The value will be stored by pressing Start/Enter key once. Charging Pb battery. Set up the charge current on the left and the nominal voltage of the battery on the right. The charge current ranges from 0.1 to 5.0A and the voltage should be matched with the battery being charged.start the charge process by pressing Start/Enter key for more than 3 seconds This screen displays the state of charging process. To stop charging, press Batt type/stop key once.the audible sound indicates the charging has stopped.

16 Set the voltage to match the battery to be charged. Start the charge process by pressing Start/Enter key for more than 3 seconds. The screen displays the state of charging process. To stop charging, press Batt type/stop key once. The beep indicates that you have stopped the charge cycle. Discharging Pb battery Set discharge current on the left and final voltage on the right. The discharge current ranges from 0.1 to 1.0A. To start the process, press Start/Enter key for at least than 3 seconds. The screen displays the current state of discharge. You can alter the discharge current by pressing Start/Enter key during the process. Once you change the current value, store it by pressing StartEnter button again. To stop discharging press Batt Type/ Stop key once. The beep indicates the discharge has stopped. Saving and loading settings The X6+ can store up to 5 custom setups for later recall. To enter this mode perss the Batt type/stop key until the display shows Program Select. Next press Start/Enter to enter memory modify. Set the desired battery type, capacity and voltage. battery. The example shows the battery pack of NiMH, 12cells and 3000mAh of capacity.

17 Set up the charge current for manual charge mode, or the current limit for automatic charge mode. Each mode can be switched by pressing INC and DEC button at the same time when the current field is blinking. Setting up discharge current and final voltage. Setting up the sequence of charge and discharge, and the cycling number. Saving the data. Loading Saved Program This program calls back the data that was stored at Save Data program. To load the data, press Start /Enter key once to blink the data number field and select the number using INC or DEC key then press Start /Enter key for more than 3 seconds. Select the data number to be called back. The data matched with the number will be displayed at this time. Loading the data.

18 Available information from X6+ You can display a number of different perameters during the charge and discharge process. Press DEC button and the charger shows the current user settings. And also you can monitor the voltage of individual cell by pressing INC button when the balance cable is lattached to the Lithium battery being charged or discharged. The final voltage will be reached at the end of process. The 3-pin port is assigned as an USB port. The external temperature only will be displayed when using the thermal probe. The present voltage of input DC power. Using the balance cable to the battery, you can check the individual voltage of each cell in the battery pack.

19 Warning and error messages The X6+incorporates functions to protect the electronics and battery. The following information will help you understand the error messages. The output is connected to a battery with incorrect polarity. This will be displayed if there is an interruption of the connection between battery and charger. There was a short-circuit at OUTPUT. Please check the charging leads. The voltage of input power drops below the limit. The voltage of Lithium battery pack was selected incorrectly. Verify the voltage of battery pack carefully. Malfunction of the charger circuit by any reason. The X6+ detected the voltage is lower than you set at Lithium program. Please check the cell count of the battery pack. The X6+ detected the voltage is higher than you set at Lithium program. Please check the cell count of the battery pack. The voltage of one of the cells in the Lithium battery pack is too low. Check the voltage of the individual cells. The voltage of one of the cells in the Lithlum battery pack is too high. Check the voltage of the individual cells. Check the balancer connectors and cables carefully. The internal temperature of the X6+ is too high. Cool down the charger. General failure--charger needs to be repaired

20 WARRANTY The X6+ Chargers are guaranteed to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one calendar year from date of purchase. Your dealer is your first point of contact for warranty issues. Return postage costs are the responsibility of the user in all cases. Submit copy of original receipt with the return. Damage due physical shock (dropping on the floor, etc), inappropriate power supply, water, moisture, and humidity are specifically NOT covered by warranty. Check your charger before making a return, as problems in setup, cabling, or power supply are much more common than defects in the charger.