Safety Note - ROBBE 8194 Instrucciones De Uso

Dear Customer,
Thank you for choosing the Automatic Charging Station Profi
Homecharger from the robbe range.
You now own an efficient, microprocessor controlled home
charging device with battery management.
In spite of the fact that this charging station is easy to use,
operating such a high quality automated charging device such
as the Profi Homecharger requires a certain amount of know-
ledge from the user.
This operating manual will help you get to know the device
quickly.
In order to achieve this goal, you should read the operating
manual carefully, in particular the chapter "Brief information
about batteries" and the safety notes, before operating your
new automatic charging station.
We wish you much success and enjoyment with your new
charging station!

Safety note

Extensive safety notes are listed at the end of the operating
manual regarding the handling of charging devices and the
different battery types.
Furthermore, there are other informative, general notes
regarding individual battery types summarized in the chap-
ter BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT BATTERIES.
You MUST read these instructions and safety notes BEFO-
RE starting to operate the equipment.
Incorrect handling of batteries and charging devices can
lead to battery explosion or fire.
Liability clause
This charging device is exclusively designed and permitted
for charging the batteries stated in the introduction. robbe
Modellsport assumes no liability for any other use.
Neither the compliance with the operating instructions nor the
conditions and methods of operation, use and maintenance of
the charging station can be monitored by robbe-Modellsport.
For this reason, we assume no liability for losses, damage or
costs which result from, or are connected in any way with,
incorrect use and operation.
In as far as it is legally permissible and for whatever legal rea-
sons, liability to compensate is limited to the invoice value of
the robbe products which have been directly affected by the
damaging event.
This does not apply if liability must be unlimited in accordan-
ce with compulsory legal guidelines because of intent or gross
negligence.
Profi-Home-Charger
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List of Contents
Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page
Safety note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1. Scope of delivery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
1.1 Recommended accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2. General description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3. Operating controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.1 Function of the operating controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4. Start-up of the charging station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.1 Displays after switching on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2 Working display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.3 Status display and explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.4 Setting the charging/discharging parameters . . . . . 19
5. Connecting the batteries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6. Starting the charging procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7. Compensation charging - permanent charging. . . 20
8. Charging programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
8.1 Charging in automatic mode (CHA).. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8.2 Charging in manual mode (CHM). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8.3 Discharge-charge in automatic mode (DCA).. . . . . . 21
8.4 Discharge-charge in manual mode (DCM). . . . . . . . 21
8.5 Discharge/charge in automatic
mode 3 cycles (REA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
8.6 Discharge-charge in manual mode 3 cycles (REM) . 22
8.7 Regeneration program (D/C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
9. Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
9.1 Reverse battery / short-circuit of an Output . . . . . . 22
9.2 Interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
10. Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
11. Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
12. General safety notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
13. Brief information about batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
13.1 Nickel cadmium batteries (NC). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
13.2 Nickel metal hydride batteries (NiMH) . . . . . . . . . . . 25
13.3 Lead batteries (Pb) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
13.4 Lithium batteries (Li-ion / LiPoly) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
14. Disposal of batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Order No.
8194