Specification for laptop battery tester RFNT3

Summary.............................................................................................................................................1
Basic Parameters.................................................................................................................................2
Function Introduction..........................................................................................................................3
Charge..........................................................................................................................................3
Discharge.....................................................................................................................................4
Test..............................................................................................................................................4
Capacity Correction.....................................................................................................................5
50% Capacity..............................................................................................................................5
Online Functions.........................................................................................................................5
Monitoring...................................................................................................................................5
Control.........................................................................................................................................5
Parameters...................................................................................................................................6
Attention......................................................................................................................................6
Others..........................................................................................................................................6
Structure..............................................................................................................................................7
Accessories..................................................................................................................................7
Front Panel..................................................................................................................................7
Back Panel...................................................................................................................................8
Top Panel.....................................................................................................................................8
Bottom Panel...............................................................................................................................9
Display Mode......................................................................................................................................9
LCD Display...............................................................................................................................9
LED Indication..........................................................................................................................10
Operation...........................................................................................................................................10
Power Up...................................................................................................................................10
Connecting Battery....................................................................................................................10
Charge........................................................................................................................................10
Discharge...................................................................................................................................11
Function Menu..........................................................................................................................11
Online Functions.......................................................................................................................11
Cautions.............................................................................................................................................11

Summary
RFNT3 is a multi-function battery testing device, having the features below:
1. with one channel, supporting one intelligent battery
2. Supporting charge, discharge, test, capacity correction, charge / discharge 50%
capacity
3. LCD for displaying battery information

4. LED for indicating working status

5. With charge-key, discharge-key, backlight-key and function-key
6. Pre-charge, fast charge and constant voltage charge for charging stages and the
variation range of the values of the constant current and the constant voltage is
less than 1%
7. Constant current for discharging
8. With a USB port for connecting with computers, master machine can monitoring
and control slave machine

Basic Parameters
Dimensions: 201 x 99 x 35 mm
Weight: 333g
Adapter

Input: AC 100 ~ 240 V Output: DC 24V 2.65A

Display mode
Segment LCD with white backlight + LED in red and green
Discharging mode
Constant current discharge for double loads, inner load & external load
Charging mode
Constant current and constant voltages are the main mode. Active charge and precharge are available according to different battery voltage.
Active charge:
Tester may not recognize 0V-battery. Users should press the charge key to start up the
active charge function. Being activated and going to normal charging status, when the
battery establishes communication with the tester.
Pre-charge:
Tester goes into pre-charge status when voltage of single cell < 3000mV.
Constant current:
Tester goes into fast charge status when voltage of single cell > 3000mA & <
4200mA. Fast charge current relates to the battery nominal capacity.
At the end of charge:
The current intensity begins to decrease when tester goes into constant voltage charge

status. It stops charging when the capacity reaches 100% and the current intensity less
than 1A or the current intensity reduce to the end charge current.
Charging current
There is a connection between current intensity and charge mode. The details as
below:
The max charge current is 2.5A.
Nominal capacity Pre-charge current Fast charge current End charge current
6000

400mA

2500mA

300mA

3500

400mA

2000mA

200mA

Else

200mA

1000mA

100mA

Standby power consumption1W

Working temperature
0~40

20%90% RH (Non condensation)

Storage temperature
-20~65

10%95% RH (Non condensation)

Time
Time limit for charging:
Time limit for discharging:
Time limit for testing:
Auto quit time for function menu:

8.8h
8.8h
6s + 6s = chg + disc
10s

Function Introduction
Charge
Active, pre-charge, constant current and constant voltages are the stages of charging
mode. The initial charging mode depends on the battery voltage, so active and precharge don't happen to every batteries. For charging mode and current, please refer to
the paragraphs of charging mode and charging current on page 2 & 3.
Tester will stop charging if one of the conditions below was met.
1) Remaining capacity 99% & current intensity = 0

2) Remaining capacity = full charge capacity

3) Current intensity reduce to end charge current when constant voltage charge

4) Remaining capacity reach up the set value

Discharge
Constant current discharge for double loads
Inner load: 0 ~ 1000mA, adjustable continuously via Battery Manager
External load: 0mA, 500mA, 1000mA, 1500mA, 2000mA, five gears with dip
switches offered
Tester will stop discharging if one of the conditions below is met.
1) Remaining capacity set value
2) Voltage set value

3) Current intensity reduce to zero

Remarks:
Many batteries can not measure exact current intensity, which cause an else current
value appears after you set a value. However, the actual discharging current is the
same with your set value.

Test
Testing time is 12 seconds and the purpose is to check both the charging and
discharging performances. After finishing test, LED flickers with green color and
LCD reports the test result.
Normal:

Test

Abnormal:

Test

OK
NG

Shown on LCD
Shown on LCD

Possible causes and solutions for the abnormal:

1) Cause: battery voltage is too low to discharge
Solution: try to charge the battery to raise voltage
2) Cause: remaining capacity is too full to charge any more
Solution: try to discharge the battery to reduce the remaining capacity
3) Bad contact of battery connecting wires
4) Damaged battery
5) Tester trouble

Capacity Correction
The battery capacity value in the battery management chip will different from the
actual capacity after a battery goes through many recycling cycles. It will affect the
use of the battery when the difference reaches a certain degree. Capacity correction is
to deep discharge a battery and then fully charge, which will correct the capacity
value in the battery management chip.
Remarks:
Discharging current can be set via Battery Manager. Deep discharge will cause a
battery losing communication with tester, so battery dropping phenomenon may
happen in the discharging process if the end capacity and voltage are set too low. In
such a case, active charge will make the battery work again.

50% Capacity
CD50%: charge firstly, and then discharge to 50% capacity
DC50%: discharge firstly, and then charge to 50% capacity

Online Functions
Tester can be connected with master machine via a USB port. Users can monitor,
control and set parameters via Battery Manager software in the master machine.

Monitoring
Battery information can be monitored via three windows.
1. Home screen
Battery bar and brief information can be read on home screen.
2. Battery detail information window
Show smart battery data in real time and the data can be saved and printed in image
format.
3. Battery graph window
Voltage, current and capacity are traced in curves.

Control
Battery Manager can control slave machine completely. Right-click menu on the
battery bar includes the related commands.

Parameters
Users can set working parameters via set parameter window in Battery Manager.

Attention
All the functions of charge, discharge, capacity correction and 50% capacity are
comply with the charging discharging conditions, which are showed on function
introduction paragraph in page 4 & 5, so parameters should be set reasonably.
Especially, deep discharge will cause a battery losing communication with tester.

Others
1. Active cooling
2. Active batteries of zero voltage
When a battery is deep discharged, the discharge protection circuit will start up and
the voltage in the battery connector will become zero voltage. In this case, an
appropriate voltage should be supplied to active the battery.
3. Battery identification
Battery information can be read from battery management chip after establishing
communication.
4. Intelligent protection
Against over-current, over-voltage, over-charge, over-heat and short circuit.
5. Fan
Discharging mode: fan startup
Other modes: fan startup when temperature above 48
Fan stop working when temperature below 40
6. Trouble alarm
LED flickers in red color and current command stops when one of the conditions
below happen.
1). There is not current for around 50 seconds when charge.
2). There is not current for around 25 seconds when discharge.
3). Charging time is above 8.8 hours.
4). Discharging time is above 9.9 hours.
5). Suitable for almost all laptop batteries, above 95%

Structure
Accessories
1).1 * adapter
2). 1 * USB cord
3). 1 * CD
4). 13 * connectors
5). 10 * cables
6). 10 * jumpers
7). 1 * load

Front Panel

Segment LCD

LED

LED

KeyFun

KeyDisc

KeyChg

KeyBL & KeyOK

KeyBL: used for controlling LCD backlight
KeyOK: used for choosing a command in function menu

Back Panel

Heat dissipation holes

Top Panel

AC input jack

Heat dissipation holes

mini USB port

Bottom Panel

Connecting wire jack for connecting to a battery

Heat dissipation holes

Connecting wire jack for connecting with external load

Display Mode
LCD Display

Battery voltage

Remaining capacity

Charging marks

Charging current or discharging current

Discharging marks

Remaining capacity percentage

Charge / discharge cycle count

Full charge capacity or Function number

Test marks

10 Test successful
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Test failure
Battery bar

LED Indication
Shine in red color:

On discharge

Flicker in red color: Trouble alarm

Shine in green color: On charge
Flicker in green color: A task done

Operation
Power Up
1) Connect the adapter to AC power source
2) Connect the tester with the adapter
LCD shows battery information and LED lights up for a moment if a battery has
been connected to the tester.
Both LCD backlight and LED lights up for a moment if no battery has been
connected to the tester.

Connecting Battery
1). Make sure the connecting wire fits the battery
2). Make sure the connecting wire is plugged into the battery socket in correct
direction
3). Make sure no poor connections

Charge
1) Normal charge
Tester starts to charge your battery after you press the charge button. Battery
information will be showed on LCD screen in real time.
2) Active charge
If the battery needs to be activated, tester can not show any battery information. In
this case, you should press the charge button to start up active charge. Tester will go
into normal charge process after the battery is activated successfully.
Time limit of active charge:
Output voltage of active charge:

40 seconds
8000mV

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Output current of active charge:

200mA

Discharge
Tester starts to discharge your battery after you press the discharge button. Battery
information will be showed on LED screen in real time.

Function Menu
Keyfun button comes with five menus and the details as below.
F1 Test
F2 Capacity correction
F3 Stop
F4 CD50%
F5 DC50%
Shift menus:
Choose command:

press KeyFun button

press KeyOK button

When the related command is being done, the function number will show on LCD
screen and you can have a look at other function numbers by pressing KeyFun button.
For detailed functions of above commands, please refer to the paragraphs of function
introduction on Page 4 & 5&6

Online Functions
1) Connect tester to your computer via USB cord
2) Startup Battery Manager
3) Refer to Battery Manager User Manual
Remarks: Battery Manager software and USB drive program should be installed
in your computer before you use this function.

Cautions
1) Use the fitted adapter. Nonstandard adapters might lead to working disability.
2) To avoid explosion and danger, damaged batteries and leaking batteries are not
allowed.
3) The product is good for indoors. Do not expose and use it in outdoors.
4) Do not drop or put something heavy on it.
5) Children are not allowed to use the product without adults.

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6) Do not keep the product under the direct rays, beside the hot devices or in other
hot environment.
7) Do not disassemble or assemble the product.

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