Vencon UBA 5 - Appendix C - Included Battery Analysis Routines

Appendix C – Included Battery Analysis Routines
The following BARs are included with the UBA. You’re free to examine and modify them in the Battery Analysis
Routine Designer and save them under a different name.
Battery Analysis
Routine
Chemistry Used for:
NiCd Peak Charge NiCd
NiMH Peak Charge NiMH
Peak charging a NiCd or NiMH battery in any initial
charge state. If the battery hasn’t been cycled in a
while, the peak charge might end prematurely due to
false peaks. If this happens then you should use the
NiCd Test with Timed Charge or NiMH Test with
Timed Charge routine.
NiCd Test with Peak
Charge
NiCd
NiMH Test with Peak
Charge
NiMH
Cycling a battery to determine its capacity and
exercising it. Use this routine if the battery is regularly
cycled. If you’re getting premature false peaks while
charging then you should use the NiCd Test with
Timed Charge or NiMH Test with Timed Charge
routine.
NiCd Test with Timed
Charge
NiCd
NiMH Test with Timed
Charge
NiMH
Cycling a battery to determine its capacity and
exercising it. This routine takes longer then the NiCd
Cycle with Peak Charge / NiMH Cycle with Peak
Charge routine but it won’t false peak on a battery that
hasn’t been cycled in a while.
NiCd Forming NiCd
NiMH Forming NiMH
Forming new batteries or those that haven’t been
charged for a few months. It slow charges the battery
for 16 hours followed by a discharge and then peak
charge.
NiCd Recondition NiCd
NiMH Recondition NiMH
Reconditioning NiCd and NiMH batteries with low
capacity. It uses a two step discharge: the battery is
discharged then deep discharged followed by a peak
charge. This cycle is repeated twice. Restoration of
capacity works best on cells that don’t suffer from
physical deterioration (normally the separator).
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