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· Make sure you understand the correct settings to use for the battery to be charged or discharged. Use
of incorrect settings may cause severe damage to the battery, including possible fire or explosion.
· To avoid short circuit between the charge leads, always ensure the leads are connected to the
charger first and only then plugged into the battery. Always make sure that no batteries are connected
to leads before disconnecting them from the charger.
· 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
may cause a fire or explosion during charge process. We recommend you compose the Lithium
battery pack in series only.
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 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 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.
The above warnings and safety note are particularly important, please follow the instructions
for a maximum safety, any improper operation may cause severe damage to charger and
batteries, including possible fire or explosion.
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