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Sealed maintenance-free
200Ah 12V gel VRLA deep cycle battery
Model GEL-DC-12V200AH
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
Photonic Universe Ltd
Tel: +44 (0) 203 150 1111
Fax: +44 (0) 203 150 1212
Email:
Website and online shop:
www.PhotonicUniverse.com
I. INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION
A) Keep the battery in a cool, dry, ventilated and clean place.
B) When connecting the wires, screw all the nuts, bolts and washers tightly.
C) If you use the battery within other equipment, keep it away from a heat generating source (e.g.
transformer) and install it as low as possible with proper ventilation.
D) The battery may produce combustible gas. Avoid installation in a closed compartment or near sparks (e.g.
near a switch or fuse)
E) Use well insulated tools when installing the battery.
F) Avoid using the battery in the following places:
Areas exposed to direct sunlight or any heat source
Areas with radiant heating, infrared radiation or ultraviolet radiation
Areas filled with organic solvent, vapour, dust or corrosive gases and substances
Areas with abnormal vibration or risk of mechanical damage
G) When connecting the battery to a charger or a load, keep the circuit switched OFF and connect the
battery’s po) terminal to the po) pole of the charger or the load and the battery’s negative(-)
terminal to the negative(-) pole of the charger or the load.
H) Never use batteries with different capacities or different performance characteristics within the same
battery bank, as well as new and old batteries together.
I) Do not connect more than 32 batteries in a single string or connect more than 4 strings in parallel. If more
batteries are needed for series /parallels application as stated above, please contact us.
J) Ambient working temperature: from -10 ⁰C to +50 ⁰C.
II. CHARGE & DISCHARGE
A)
CHARGE
For Cycle Use
(when the battery is used as a regular power source and it’s discharged / charged frequently)
Charging voltage (at 25 ⁰C)
Initial charging current
Temperature coefficient
14.1V – 14.4V
40A max
-30mV/⁰C
If the battery is in cycle use, it is important to fully charge it regularly to minimise sulphation that may cause a
reduction in battery capacity. For best results use an intelligent multi-stage battery charger / charge controller
and make sure the battery is charged all the way to the final stage.
