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Her Majesty |
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Looking in on a beautiful, magnificent wonder we call home. |
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Alive and Well |
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The EverCharge as a
Smart Charger |
The EverCharge is a sophisticated "smart charger". What is a"smart charger"? In order to qualify as a "smart charger" we say that the charging process must be microprocessor driven or simply some form of intelligent decision making is controlling the charging process.
The EverCharge uses a sophisticated eight bit reduced instruction set (RISC) microprocessor. The EverCharge’s microprocessor is capable of monitoring each of the four charging bays individually. What this means is, you can place for different sizes of batteries in each of the charging bays, the batteries need to be the same chemistry, (see: working with the EverCharge), the EverCharge's intelligent microprocessor will perform a test on the inserted batteries independently. After a short diagnostic period, the EverCharge will determine at what level of discharge the inserted batteries are. It will then begin charging the batteries to their individual needs. There is no need to have the batteries placed in pairs as with most Chargers the EverCharge treats each battery individually. What you'll notice when the EverCharge starts its charge cycle for the batteries the charging light will go red and on the LCD screen you'll notice the display showing at what level the battery is charged to when charging is completed the light will goal to green in the LCD screen the show the battery is full.
The ability to recognize when a battery is fully charged is referred to as a negative delta V. This is another important criterion in making a charger qualify as a "Smart Charger". When we say the EverCharge is a "smart charger" it is not really giving the EverCharge its due. In actuality, the EverCharge can be described as: "an eight bit to microprocessor employing advanced RISC architecture with integrated analog-Digital converters and multi-channel high-speed input/output ports controlling the whole charging cycle in real time and displaying it on an LCD display.
The EverCharge is not only a "smart charger" it is also a safe charger. Here's a list of the built in safety or protection schemes employed by the EverCharge:
- alkaline battery protection
- faulty battery protection
- overcharge protection
- short-circuit protection
- wrong polarity protection
- negative delta voltage protection
- zero delta voltage protection
- timer protection
- high temperature protection
Another important aspect of the EverCharge in being a “Smart Charger” is the ability to protect your batteries during the charging process. Here's a quick example of what were talking about: some Chargers claiming to be fast Chargers, actually employ a higher current in the charging process for nickel metal hydride (Ni-MH) and nickel cadmium (Ni-Cd) and work on a timer mechanism. If the charging current is allowed to go beyond the optimum charging time these batteries become hot and the internal pressure of the battery starts to give off gases as a safety mechanism, a way of venting. It should be noted that Ni-MH and NI-Cad batteries both have internal vents as built-in safety mechanisms to allow an overcharged battery to give off gases as battery becomes too hot or too pressurized. In the case of Ni-MH the gas given off is hydrogen and in the case of Ni-Cd the gas given off is oxygen. In either case, the vented gases cause a permanent loss in the charging capacity of both battery types.
The EverCharge prevents this from happening as the battery reaches its optimum charging capacity to microprocessor senses this and now decreases the charging current to a trickle charge, about 10% of the charging current, thus preventing the overcharging and the permanent loss of capacity of the battery and at the same time keeping the charge battery at its optimum level. |
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