Herth+Buss ELPARTS 95950003, Operating Instructions Manual

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Operating Instructions 95950003
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10. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
This battery charger must be properly as-
sembled in accordance with the assembly
instructions before it is used.
Battery Information
This charger can be used with 6 and 12V bat-
teries with rated capacities of 12 Ah to 230 Ah.
Charging
Ensure that all of the charger compo-
nents are in place and in good working
condition, for example, the plastic boots
on the battery clips.
Connect the battery following the precau-
tions listed in sections 6 and 7.
Connect the AC power following the
precautions listed in section 8.
Select the appropriate settings for your
battery.
IMPORTANT
This charger does not have an ON/OFF
switch. ON and OFF are controlled by
plugging in the charger to the AC wall
outlet. The charger will not supply cur-
rent to the battery clips until a battery
is properly connected. The clips will
not spark if touched together.
Startup Defaults
When first turned on, the charger will default
to the following startup settings:
Battery Type: AGM/GEL
Charge Rate: OFF (No charge rate se-
lected) After 10 minutes, if no charge rate
is selected, the charger will automatically
start charging at the following defaults:
Charge Current: The lowest charge rate
setting available, 3 amps.
Charge Voltage: If no battery type is
selected, 14.7V (for AGM/GEL); if CA/CA
is selected, 16V; if Desulfation is selected,
the charger goes into Desulfation Mode.
Battery Connection Indicator
If the charger does not detect a properly con-
nected battery, the CONNECTED
LED will
not light. Charging will not begin if the CON-
NECTED
LED is not on .
Automatic Charging Mode
When a charge rate is selected, the charg-
er is set to perform an automatic charge.
When an automatic charge is performed, the
charger switches to the maintain mode auto-
matically after the battery is charged.
Aborted Charge
If charging cannot be completed normally,
charging will abort. When charging aborts,
the charger’s output is shut off, all of the
LEDs are turned off and the digital display
will show an error code (see Troubleshoot-
ing for a list of error codes). In that state, the
charger ignores all buttons. To reset after an
aborted charge, unplug the charger.