Please help - Overlander RC6 Charger

[JamieB76]

Hi Guys,

I have bought an Overlander RC6 and despite reading the instructions have no idea if what I am doing is correct.

I have a 7.2v nimh 2400 mah pack which I want to charge, discharge and cycle but am not 100% sure of the settings. Can you help?

So for charging I charge at 2.0a I have set the mah cut off to 3000 mah, apparently the charger should cut off before then any way. Am I correct to think I just press the start with these settings and it will charge? On the top right of the screen it says Man, I assume for manual. Is there a way to change this to auto? It looks like there is in the instructions but mine won’t change no matter what options I press.

For the discharge settings, I try to discharge at the max setting of 1.0a but this normally defaults to around 0.7a. is that normal? What should I set the discharge min volts to? If it’s 0.9v per cell that’s total 5.4v correct? I have read conflicting things about this so I’m confused. I have also read 7.2v!

For the cycle setting I just had it set up for well over an hour and a half on discharge and it was still going when I finally gave up and wrote this. How long should this 7.2v take to discharge from a full charge and run through a cycle on this charger? The instructions say to not leave the charger but at this rate I will be spending all day with the thing.

I am going to move on to lipo but want to learn how to charge a basic battey before moving onto something more technical.

I would genuinely appreciate any help you can give.

thanks.

Jamie