8 Program selection The display screen for program 420
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8.5.3 Program 420 Step 3
NiCd battery (manufacturer independent)
Program: Maintenance
P420:S3: TOPPING CHARGE 1
31.05V
00.40A
04.02Ah
003MIN
1 Program number
Kind of treatment 4 = Maintenance
Battery type 20 = NiCd battery (manufacturer independent)
2 Step number = S3
3 Step type = TOPPING CHARGE 1
4 20:42:38 = present time
5 31.05
V = present battery voltage
there is no voltage limit to 31
V.
6 0.40
A = present charging current
The topping charge with 10-hours current
4
Ah/10
h = 0.4
A takes 1.5 hours. The reason
for doing this is to equalize the voltages of the
cells.
7 4.02
Ah The display of the capacity continues
which means the inloaded capacity during
I-CHARGE 1 plus capacity for TOPPING
CHARGE 1.