CRUISING ELECTRONICS E-Meter, Owner'S Manual

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Alarms
Two Types of Alarms
Your Meter is equipped with both a visual Power Loss Alarm and a visual
Low Battery Alarm. It is important that you understand the difference
between these functions.
Power Loss Alarm: Shows when power being supplied to Your Meter
has dropped to an unsafe level. Certain display features are turned off as
meter power drops below internally set levels.
Low Battery Alarm: Shows when the battery being monitored has reached
either a predetermined depth of discharge or has encountered at least 15
seconds of continuous low voltage below a settable level. The Low Bat-
tery Alarm is controlled by functions F10, F11 and F12 in the Advanced
Functions Section.
Power Loss Alarm & Reset Annunciation
If the Voltage supplying terminal #5 falls too low an automatic shut down
occurs. This voltage varies from a low of 7.2V to about 9.2 Volts depend-
ing on how fast the voltage drops. When power is restored, the display
defaults to the
function and the digital display flashes. Pressing ei-
ther the
SEL
or
SET
buttons cancels the flashing display. If the meter is
in the sleep mode when power loss occurs, the display will flash for ten
minutes and then go to sleep if no buttons are pressed. Once asleep the
first button press will wake the display in the flashing mode to annunciate
the power loss. The second button press will cancel the flashing display.