Backup Battery
It is recommended that a minimum of a 7Ah battery is used as the main backup battery. From the
accessory bag provided, connect the RED and BLACK battery termination wires to the B+ and B- plugs.
Connect the spade terminals to the battery as shown below. Connection of the battery in reverse will not
damage the Power Supply but will cause the battery circuit to disconnect until correct connection is
made.
Warning
: Only attach standard lead acid batteries.
Do not connect the battery wires or B+ and B plugs of the Power Supply to any other
ancillary device (siren, lock or mag clamp etc).
An incorrect connection may cause erroneous faults or serious damage to the Power
Supply and will VOID ALL WARRANTIES OR GUARANTEES.
The battery test procedure uses a special algorithm to prevent deep discharge and increase battery
endurance. A dynamic battery test is performed every ten minutes when mains power is present and a
battery condition alarm will be generated if the battery is either disconnected or shows poor capacity.
Battery fault conditions will activate the battery trouble zone associated with the address assigned to the
Power Supply.
In addition to the dynamic battery test procedure, the Power Supply performs a battery presence test
every 60 seconds, which determines whether the presence of a backup battery is detected. Similarly, a
battery condition alarm will be generated and the battery trouble zone associated with the address
assigned to the Power Supply will also be activated.
In order to comply with
EN 50131-1
only one battery can be connected and monitored per
system. If more capacity is required a single, larger battery
must
be used.
Backup Battery
Last updated June 2019
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