A1232300mAhNonBal.1-5sOptimizedfornon-balancechargingA123,2300mAhbatterypacks(balancewiresnotrequiredonthepack).FuelTableisoptimizedforthisspecificbatterytypeandcapacity.Selectablechargeratesinclude1CAUTOor10mAto20Amanual.Optimizationisfor–68–
PowerLab8User’sGuidefasterchargingwithterminationsettingsofC/10andmaxof15mintimeoutforC.V.mode.Thispresetisnotcapableofchargingeverycellinthebatterytoexactly100%becauseitdoesnothaveaccesstoindividualcellvoltages.Imbalancewillbepresentattheendofcharge;however,A123cellsarenotassensitivetothisproblem.Nev-ertheless,chargingA123susingthebalancedchargepreset(s)isrecommendedwhen-everpossible.ThispresetmayalsobeusedforLiFePO4typebatterieswhichhavesimilarchargecharacteristics.WhenusingLiFePO4batteries,FuelGaugereadoutmaynotbeaccurateandAUTOchargeratemaybehigherorlowerthanexpected.MaxAutoAmpsparameterisdefaultto5Aforthispresetwhichmeansthatunlessyoualterit,thispresetwillnotexceed5AmaxchargerateduringAUTOcharge.Defaultchargeratesettingis4.6Amanual.Becausethispresetisnotrestrictedbythebalancecon-nector,itcanhandle1-5cellsofthisbatterytypeonly.Otherdefaults:dischargerateset-tingis2.25A,dischargevoltage2.8V/cell.A1232300mAhNonBal8sFixedOptimizedfornon-balancechargingA123,2300mAhbatterypacks(balancewiresnotrequiredonthepack).FuelTableisoptimizedforthisspecificbatterytypeandcapacity.Selectablechargeratesinclude1CAUTOor10mAto20Amanual.OptimizationisforfasterchargingwithterminationsettingsofC/10andmaxof15mintimeoutforC.V.mode.Thispresetisnotcapableofchargingeverycellinthebatterytoexactly100%becauseitdoesnothaveaccesstoindividualcellvoltages.Imbalancewillbepresentattheendofcharge;however,A123cellsarenotassensitivetothisproblem.Nev-ertheless,chargingA123susingthebalancedchargepreset(s)isrecommendedwhen-everpossible.ThispresetmayalsobeusedforLiFePO4typebatterieswhichhavesimilarchargecharacteristics.WhenusingLiFePO4batteries,FuelGaugereadoutmaynotbeaccurateandAUTOchargeratemaybehigherorlowerthanexpected.MaxAutoAmpsparameterisdefaultto5Aforthispresetwhichmeansthatunlessyoualterit,thispresetwillnotexceed5AmaxchargerateduringAUTOcharge.Defaultchargeratesettingis4.6Amanual.Thisisanexampleofafixed-countpreset.Itwillnotauto-detectthecellcountofabatterypack.Itisdesignedspecificallyforan8cellA123pack.IfyourA123packhasadifferentnumberofcells,copythispresettoanEMPTYpresetslot,renameit,andalterthe“Cells”parameterfoundinthe“Detection”taboftheCCS.Otherwise,youmayfindanA123,fixedcellpresetalreadydesignedforyourbatteryinthePresetLibraryofthePowerLab8orwithintheCCS.Otherdefaults:dis-chargeratesettingis2.25A,dischargevoltage2.8V/cell