Minuteman BP24XL, User Manual

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CONNECTING THE BATTERY PACK
NOTE:
When using these Battery Packs, the UPS must be configured so that
the UPS will report the correct estimated runtime on the LCD screen and in the
Power Monitoring software and/or the SNMP card. See the Power Monitoring
software or the SNMP card’s User's Manual to configure the UPS.
1. Be sure to read the installation placement procedure, all of the cautions
and the safety precautions before connecting the Battery Pack.
2. Make sure that the DC breaker on the rear panel of the Battery Pack is in
the off position.
CAUTION: If the Battery Pack's DC breaker is in the on
position, the battery voltage will be present at the open end of the Battery
Pack's external battery cable and the external battery connector.
3. If the UPS is on, turn the UPS off and disconnect the UPS's input power
cord from the AC wall outlet.
4. Remove the screw from the external battery connector's cover plate on the
rear panel of the UPS and the rear panel of the Battery Pack.
5. Install the battery cable strain relief (C1) onto the external battery cable.
Step 1: Push the strain relief onto the external battery cable connector.
Step 2: Push the strain relief forward.
6. Verify, before connecting the Battery Pack's external battery cable into
the UPS's external battery connector, that the battery connectors mate red
to red and black to black.
NOTE: The red connector is the battery positive
(+) and the black connector is the battery negative (-).
7. Connect the external battery cable from the Battery Pack to the external
battery connector on the UPS and secure the strain relief with the retain-
ing screw.
NOTE: If connecting more than one Battery Pack see Daisy
Chaining.
8. Turn the DC breaker on the rear panel of the Battery Pack to the on pos-
ition.
DAISY CHAINING
"Daisy Chaining" means connecting one Battery Pack to another Battery Pack
to another Battery Pack, this chain could go on indefinitely. Follow the steps
below to Daisy Chain the Battery Packs:
1.
Be sure to read the installation placement procedure, all of the cautions
and the safety precautions before connecting the Battery Packs.
2. Make sure that the DC breakers on the rear panels of the Battery Packs
are in the off position.
CAUTION: If the Battery Pack's DC breaker is in
the on position, the battery voltage will be present at the open end of the
Battery Pack's external battery cable and the external battery connector.
3. If the UPS is on, turn the UPS off and disconnect the UPS's input power
cord from the AC wall outlet.
4. Remove the screw from the external battery connector's cover plate on the
rear panel of the UPS and the rear panel of all of the Battery Packs.
5. Install the battery cable strain reliefs (C1) onto all of the the external batt-
ery cables.
Step 1: Push the strain relief onto the external battery cable connector.
Step 2: Push the strain relief forward.
9. The Battery Pack is ready for normal operation, see the UPS User's Manual
for the normal startup of the UPS.