Leclanche AlfaBat Pro - 1 Table of Contents

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1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................................... 1
2. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.1. Contents ................................................................................................................................................................. 3
2.2. Top panel of the AlfaBat ..................................................................................................................................... 4
2.3. Panel of the AlfaBat Pro ...................................................................................................................................... 5
3. Different Test Setups .................................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1. Capacity Test Setup ............................................................................................................................................. 6
3.2. Charger / Cycle Test Setup ................................................................................................................................ 7
3.3. 24V, 36V, 48V Charger Test Setup .................................................................................................................. 7
a. One AlfaBat ............................................................................................................................................................ 8
b. An equal amount of AlfaBats and batteries .................................................................................................... 8
3.4. 24V, 36V, 48V charger test with one AlfaBat ................................................................................................ 8
a. Charger test: .......................................................................................................................................................... 8
b. Cycle test: ............................................................................................................................................................... 8
3.5. 24V, 36V, 48V charger test with several AlfaBats....................................................................................... 10
3.6. Record Test Setup .............................................................................................................................................. 10
3.7. Only Adaptor ....................................................................................................................................................... 11
4. Stand Alone ................................................................................................................................................................... 13
4.1. Simple Capacity test ........................................................................................................................................... 13
4.2. How to perform a cycle test? .......................................................................................................................... 14
4.3. Start a Test ........................................................................................................................................................... 18
4.4. Test is running ..................................................................................................................................................... 19
4.5. Test stopped ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
4.6. How to end a Test? ............................................................................................................................................ 20
4.7. Read out results .................................................................................................................................................. 21
4.8. Meaning of results ............................................................................................................................................... 22
a. Capacity test ........................................................................................................................................................ 22
b. Charger test ......................................................................................................................................................... 23
c. Cycle test .............................................................................................................................................................. 23
d. Record test ........................................................................................................................................................... 24
5. Interfacing With PC ..................................................................................................................................................... 25
5.1. Use Of Profiles .................................................................................................................................................... 26
a. Battery Voltage Auto Detection ..................................................................................................................... 27
b. Voltage (6V / 8V / 12V) ..................................................................................................................................... 27
c. User Preset Mode............................................................................................................................................... 27
d. Preset Mode (Discharge / Charge / Cycle / Record) ................................................................................. 27
e. Save Voltage ......................................................................................................................................................... 28
f. Save Current ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
g. Capacity Value ..................................................................................................................................................... 28
h. Capacity Unit ....................................................................................................................................................... 28
i. Peukert Factor ..................................................................................................................................................... 29
j. Peukert Calculation Test .................................................................................................................................. 29
k. Temperature ........................................................................................................................................................ 30
l. Temperature Unit (°C / °F) .............................................................................................................................. 30
m. Max Charging Time / Recording Time ...................................................................................................... 30
n. Number Of Cycles In Cycle Mode ................................................................................................................. 31
o. Offset ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31
p. Bad Cell Timer .................................................................................................................................................... 31
q. Bad Cell Voltage High ........................................................................................................................................ 32
r. Bad Cell Voltage Low ........................................................................................................................................ 32
s. End Of Test Voltage ........................................................................................................................................... 32
t. Needs Charging Voltage.................................................................................................................................... 33
u. Pass / Fail Threshold........................................................................................................................................... 33
v. Max Discharge ..................................................................................................................................................... 34
w. Discharge Current .............................................................................................................................................. 34
x. Detect Start of Charge ...................................................................................................................................... 34