Helvi DIGICAR 1100E, Instruction Manual, Page: 10 / 24

EN-6
TROUBLESHOOTING
Charger doesn’t charge
• Display visualises the wor-
ding “BAT” and LEDs 6
blink
• Display visualizes the wor-
ding “TER”. LED 17 is on
• Wrong Charge Voltage
Connection
• Battery voltage level lo-
wer than 7,5V@12V -
15V@24V.
• Charger overheated
• Check for correct charging
cables connection.
• Allow to the charger to
cool down.
Boost can not be performed
• Display doesn’t visualize
the wording “RDY”
• Display visualizes the wor-
ding “RDY”
• Wait for the OFF time of
15 seconds, display visua-
lizes the battery voltage
• Battery is damaged
• Try to boost start your vehi-
cle once display visualizes
the wording “RDY”
Charge in finished, display vi-
sualizes “FLT”, Battery status LED
is “Med”
• Start a new charge at low
current
MAINTENANCE AND CARE
It is essential to keep your battery regularly charged
throughout the year, especially during the winter
months. In the winter the effectiveness of your car
battery is reduced by the cold. Oil is thick. Engines
are difficult to start and the heater, windscreen wipers
and lights are all draining power. It is at this time that
batteries have to be at peak power. If your battery
is not regularly maintained and kept fully charged,
it can cause problems and a possible breakdown.
Listed are some helpful hints on how to keep your
battery healthy in conjunction with your Battery Charger.
Faulty Cells
Batteries are usually made with six cells. One of
these cells can deteriorate or get damaged. If, after
several hours charging your battery is still flat, you
should test the battery.
ONLY for NOT sealed batteries:
Take hydrometer readings from each cell in the
battery. If one reading is lower than the others, this
could indicate a faulty cell. If necessary, get an Auto-
Electrician to check your battery. One faulty cell is
enough to ruin your battery.
It is pointless to continue using it and you would be
better getting a new one.
Care
Sometimes the battery may appear flat, but this could
simply be dirty or loose connections on your battery
terminals. It is important to maintain the leads on a
regular basis. Do this by removing the leads from
the battery, clean the inside of each connector and
terminal posts on the battery, smear the terminal
posts and connectors with Vaseline, refit in there
correct positions and tighten firmly. It is essential to
keep the electrolyte level above the plates.
Note, however, that you should not overfill it, as the
electrolyte is strongly acidic. When topping up do
not use tap water. Always use distilled or de-ionized
water. It is important to keep the acid level up. If
necessary have it checked by your garage.
Checking the condition of your battery (ONLY
for NOT sealed batteries)
Using a hydrometer, which can be purchased, from
most motor accessory stores, you can check the
specific gravity of the electrolyte in each cell. The
hydrometer is use to suck up a quantity of fluid from
the cell. The weighted float inside the hydrometer
will register the condition of that cell. Put the fluid
back into the cell after testing, taking care not to
splash the fluid about.
• Connect the red cable clamp to the positive
terminal of the battery.
• Connect the black cable clamp to the negati-
ve terminal of the battery.
• Switch ON the battery charger through the
mains switch on the left side panel.
• Press the Supply key 13. The display will view
the wording “SUP” and the battery voltage.
• Hold the Start/Stop key 11. The “Supply On”
LED 14 blinks at first then stays on.
• A constant voltage of 13,7V at the max ou-
tput current keeps on providing power to the
computer system of modern vehicles when
replacing the battery (Please don’t reverse
battery connection to avoid the damage on
OPERATIONS AS VOLTAGE SUPPLY
the charger).
• Hold the Start/Stop to disable the function
and press the Supply key 13 to get out.
Main applications are:
• Noise-free stabilized power supply of the on
board electronics, to be used during diagno-
stic operations in order to protect the battery.
• Power supply to keep safe the batteries of
vehicles in showrooms.
• Power supply to maintain the on-board elec-
tronics when removing the battery and pre-
vent loss of various set-up.