ICharger 4010 Duo Cycle??
 

I was curious if anyone has been playing with the Cycle mode on the 4010 charger?

I am looking for similar information that comes out of the GFX (run time, IR, avg voltage)

I also noticed it will not discharge at more than 18.

If anyone has any thoughts let me know...

Thanks,

I'm assuming you are discharging a 2s pack. If so you are running into the discharge wattage limit (130 watts). 8 volts x 18 amps roughly equals 130 watts.

The 4010Duo has a feature where you can hook up an external load to one of the channels and use it to discharge from the other channel. Doing this you can discharge up to 40 amps and 1600 watts. Look at the battery forum over at RC Groups for various discharge devices. People use light bulbs, resistors, etc. Main thing to remember is you need to cool the external load with a proper heat sink and/or fan.

As for cycling I know the charger does it. Not sure what stats it keeps. Also, I don't know when using the external discharge described above if the charger keeps the discharge current constant like a Turbo 30 would do. Perhaps someone else in this forum could provide insight.

There is some info and discussion in this thread you might find interesting:

http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...-more-now.html

Another way to discharge at high levels is regenerative discharging. Use sufficiently large enough lead acid / auto battery(s) to power the charger. Then the charger basically works in reverse and charges the lead acid.