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Chemistry Number
Chemistry Name
Description
00
FLOODLA
Flooded (Wet) Lead
Acid
01
AGM
AGM
02
CARFOAM
Carbon Foam AGM
03
LIFEPO4
Lithium Phosphate
04
DUALPUR
Dual Purpose Lead
Acid
05
AGMTPPL
Thin Plate Pure Lead
AGM
NOTE:
Every time a chemistry is selected, all learning is lost, even
if you re-select the currently used chemistry. This will mean that the
SG200 will need a few charge cycles to obtain peak accuracy.
NOTE:
If you are uncertain which battery chemistry to select,
please contact Balmar Customer Support: http://www.balmar.
net/contact-technical-services/ or 1-360-435-6100
CAPACITY - Selecting a Battery Design Capacity
Once you select a chemistry, you must specify the capacity of the battery
bank. This is the total design capacity of the entire bank, regardless of the
battery’s condition, or previously measured capacity. Typically the capacity is
expressed as the 20-hour discharge rate. This may be written as something
like “105Ah/20h” on the battery or battery documentation. If you cannot find an
Ah specification for your battery, but it does show a reserve capacity (RC) refer
the Appendix “Converting Reserve Capacity to Amp Hours.” CCA or MCCA
values are not describing capacity and cannot be used to determine the battery
capacity.
EXAMPLE:
Consider three Group 31 batteries, each with a design
capacity of 100 amp hours. They are connected in parallel to make
a 12v, 300Ah bank. The design capacity to be entered is 300. Even
if the batteries are older, and they have diminished in capacity, the
bank capacity should always be entered as a design capacity.
To set the capacity, use a short press to highlight the digit to be changed.
Once it is highlighted, a long press will allow you to edit that digit, then a
short press to increment the value up When you have that digit set to the
correct number, another long press will exit the edit mode for that digit,
and move to the next. Do the same for all digits that need adjusting. When
the value is correct, move the highlight to DONE on the bottom menu
bar and perform a long press. The design capacity is now saved. If the
design capacity is changed at any time, the system resets and any battery
learning (described in “Initial Accuracy”) is lost.
CHARGING - Charge Termination and Charge Efficiency
The CHARGE VOLTAGE and TAPER CURRENT are used together by
the SG200 to determine when charge
termination has occurred. This
is indicated on the Display when a “+” sign shows on the SoC Display.
Charge Termination is defined as when the battery is fully up to 100% of
it’s present capacity. Each of these values have defaults that are set per
chemistry, but can be changed if required.
Selecting the CHARGING menu item brings up a sub menu, where the
following options can be set:
NOTE:
Each chemistry has default settings for the CHARGE
values. If you are unsure of these settings, leave them at
the default unless you have a reason to change them.
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