Bantam E-Station BC6DC

Specifications

Operating voltage

 DC 11~18 volts

Charge/discharge power

 max. 80/8 Watts

NiCd/MH

 1~15 cells

LiIo/LiPo/LiFe

 1~6 series

 Pb

 2~20V

Charge current

 0.1 to 5.0A

Discharg current

 0.1 to 1.0A

No. of cycle

 1 to 5 times

Battery data memory

 up to 5 data

Weight

 340g

Dimension

 130x90x30 mm

  User's setting-up parameters

 Lithium battery voltage type

 LiIo:3.6V, LiPo:3.7V, LiFe:3.3V

 NiCd Delta-peak voltage sensitivity

 5 to 20mV

 NiMH Delta-peak voltage sensitivity

 5 to 20mV

 Battery temperature cut-off

 20 to 80C or OFF

 Waste time between charge/discharge

 1 to 60 min.

 Trickle charge mode

 ON/OFF, up to 200mA

 Integral timer limit for safety

 10 to 720 min.or OFF

 Maximum charging capacity limit for safety

 10 to 9990mAh or OFF

 Key beep and buzzer sound

 ON/OFF

 Input power low alert

 10 to 11V

 LCD back-light brightness

 1 to 100 steps

Download manual from here (8 mb pdf)

-  Optimized operating software

   Every operating program in the unit is controlled with mutual links and communications to prevent every possible error, so it introduces the maximum safety, such as input voltage warning, reverse polarity protection and Lithium cell-count input error warning.

-  Individual voltage balancer for Lithium batteries

   BC6-DC has an individual cell voltage balancer inside. So it does not need any balancer separately when charging Lithium batteries (LiIo/LiPo/LiFe) for voltage balancing.

-  Accept various types of Lithium battery

  BC6-DC can accept three types of Lithium batteries - LiIo, LiPo and LiFe. They have different characteristics by their chemistry. You can select any one of them that you are going to process before the job. For their specifications, refer 'Warnings and safety notes' section.

- Lithium battery 'Fast' and 'Storage' mode

   You can charge Lithium battery for special purposes. 'Fast' charge reduces the charging time of Lithium battery and 'Storage' mode controls the final voltage of the battery to be suit for long time storage.

- Maximum safety

    Delta-peak sensitivity : The automatic charge termination program works on the principle of the Delta-peak voltage detection. (NiCd/NiMH)

    Auto-charge current limit : When charging NiCd or NiMH at 'AUTO' current mode, you can set the upper limit of charge current to avoid from feeding high current to the battery. This is very useful when charging the low impedance and small capacity NiMH battery in 'AUTO' mode.

   Capacity limit : The charging capacity always calculated by multiple of the charging current and time. If the charging capacity exceeds the limit the process will be terminated automatically when you set the maximum value.

-  Data store/load

   For users convenience it can store maximum 10 data of different batteries. You can establish the data contains program setting of the battery to charge or discharge continually. These data can be called out at any time you need and the process can be executed without program setting.

-  Cyclic charging/discharging

   Perform 1 to 5 cycles of charge>discharge or discharge>charge continually for battery refreshing and balancing.

-  PC based analysis using USB communication

   For technical expert, BC6-10 offers PC based program can analysis the characteristic of the battery by USB port. It shows a graph of voltage, current, capacity and temperature curves. It also shows the individual voltage of each cell in the Lithium battery pack.

- Robust outer aluminum case

  High-quality aluminum case is durable and very efficient to cool out the internal heat

  ** When the 'Balance charge' mode being performed, the balancing adapter should be connected to the balancing tab of battery pack, as well as the charger's charging lead should be connected to the output of battery pack.

  And also, please pay attention to the polarity of the battery pack's output which goes to the charger's output. If it is reversed, the short-circuit can be happened on the battery pack.

-  Balance individual cells on discharge

   BC6 also can monitor and balance individual cells of the Lithium battery pack during the discharge process. If the voltage of any one cell varies abnormally, the process will be stopped with the error message.

Accessories

 EAC110

 Temperature sensor cable

Optional

 EAC117

 4mm gold banana plug with silicon cable and alligator clips

Standard

 EAC120

 8-pin cable for individual cell connector

Optional

 EAC200

 Charge graph program kit (CD + USB cable)

Optional