From 6c1b5d3b03d78afe9d58c54abc8567d9f2d6bfbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Wookey <wookey@wookware.org> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 03:08:56 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add Drill battery charging section to handbook --- handbook/charging.html | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ handbook/index.htm | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 78 insertions(+) create mode 100644 handbook/charging.html diff --git a/handbook/charging.html b/handbook/charging.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f49a43f48 --- /dev/null +++ b/handbook/charging.html @@ -0,0 +1,76 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> +<title>CUCC Expedition Handbook: Drill Battery Charging</title> +<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/main2.css" /> +</head> +<body> +<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expedition Handbook</h2> +<h1>Drill Battery Charging</h1> + + + +<h2>Instructions for charging</h3> +0) <li>If the battery has insulation tape on it (red or earth) it won't +charge on the Makita charger (feel free to confirm this). Go to <a href="#RCcharge">RC charger</a>.</li> + +<h3>Using Makita charger</h3> + +<ol> + <li>Make sure charger is powered (flashing green LED).</li> + + <li>Plug batt into Makita charger. It should start charging.</li> + + <li>Look at the LEDs for status - the legend is printed on the charger. + If it flashes 'broken battery' (flashing red and gren LED) at you + after a few seconds, use the yellow Pro-power RC charger instead.</li> + + <li>Eventually it should show '100%' (steady green LED) (in about 1 + hour max). You are done.</li> +</ol> + +<h3 id="RCcharge">Using Pro-Power (or Accucell 6) RC charger</h3> + +<ol> + <li>Make sure charger is powered (display lit up)</li> + + <li>Connect charger to battery (either hardboard adaptor or empty +Makita base adaptor). Check polarity is correct with hardboard +adaptor.</li> + + + <li>Check display says 'Lion' or 'Lipo' and '14.4V' and '3A' and 'CHARGE'. Hold +down 'start/enter' button (on right). It will do a battery check.</li> + + <li>If it shows '4' as the number of cells, then press 'start/enter' +again. Charging will start (fan comes on, display changes). If it +shows anything else like 'polarity reversed' or 'connection break' +then fix the connection to the battery.</li> + + <li>Once it beeps and says 'FULL' (flashing) then you are done (should +be less than 2 hours). Display shows number of mAh put in in +bottom right. Should be a number like 250 for each hole drilled +(between 50 and 2900 depending how discharged it was).</li> +</ol> + + +<h3>Can I tell if a battery is already charged?</h3> + +<p>Simplest it try to charge it again and find that it says it is done +in a couple of minutes. This may waste a 'life' on batteries that +still work on the Makita charger. Checking it on the RC charger will +not waste a life. It will quickly rise to 16.4V, and the current drop +to 0.1A or so. That indicates a full pack. It will tell you so after a +while (few mins?). +</p> + +<h3>What sort of batteries are they</h3> + +The drill batts are 4S2P 14.4V lithium ion packs (8 18650 cells: 4 in +series, each being a parallel pair). This means that they are charged +as 4-cell packs. They can be charged at up to 3A rate. + +</body> +</html> + diff --git a/handbook/index.htm b/handbook/index.htm index b7ff5ad34..215463816 100644 --- a/handbook/index.htm +++ b/handbook/index.htm @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ <dd>Info on expo first aid kits and caving first aid course.</dd> <dt><a href="phone.htm">Phones</a></dt> <dd>How to use and update the mobile phones on expo.</dd> +<dt><a href="charging.html">Charging</a></dt> +<dd>How to charge the 14.4V Makita Drill batteries.</dd> <dt><a href="rope_history.html">Rope</a></dt> <dd>History of our ropes and our retirement plans.</dd> </dl>