bcwang
Enlightened
Tom,
Do you know how the conditioning algorithm works on this charger? Such as charge current, discharge current, any rest time in between, etc....
I'm asking because I have the 808m and I tried the conditioning feature, but it didn't work as I expected. First, it charged. Then, it discharged, but somehow all batteries started discharging at the same time. Sounds like too much a coincidence, maybe I took my eye off it too long. Later I saw some of the AAA cells switch from discharging to charging. I went to sleep, woke up 4 hours later and saw the AAA's were still charging. There's no way that could happen unless the second charge was at a much lower current than the specified 700ma. This confused me, I'm going to try doing it again but paying closer attention to what's going on. Only problem is it takes so long to do a cycle.
Also, I'm wondering if the charger rests after the initial charge before starting the discharge like mentioned on the website where I purchased this charger. I'm not sure if I can tell by looking at the charger to see if that happens, but maybe testing you did with your scopes and meters can tell you how it actually works.
Thanks for any info!
Do you know how the conditioning algorithm works on this charger? Such as charge current, discharge current, any rest time in between, etc....
I'm asking because I have the 808m and I tried the conditioning feature, but it didn't work as I expected. First, it charged. Then, it discharged, but somehow all batteries started discharging at the same time. Sounds like too much a coincidence, maybe I took my eye off it too long. Later I saw some of the AAA cells switch from discharging to charging. I went to sleep, woke up 4 hours later and saw the AAA's were still charging. There's no way that could happen unless the second charge was at a much lower current than the specified 700ma. This confused me, I'm going to try doing it again but paying closer attention to what's going on. Only problem is it takes so long to do a cycle.
Also, I'm wondering if the charger rests after the initial charge before starting the discharge like mentioned on the website where I purchased this charger. I'm not sure if I can tell by looking at the charger to see if that happens, but maybe testing you did with your scopes and meters can tell you how it actually works.
Thanks for any info!