Powerware Ferrups FE, Installation Manual

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Battery Cabinet Installation
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Powerware ® FERRUPS FE/QFE UPS (500 VA–18 kVA) Installation Guide
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Rev A www.powerware.com
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If your battery cabinet has a DC switch on the front, the
positive and negative cables connect to the terminal strip in
the back of the battery cabinet. First, find the positive (
+
)
cable, and strip 0.5
2
(1.3 cm) of insulation from the end.
Insert the cable into the positive (
+
) battery cabinet
terminal. Next, strip 0.5
2
(1.3 cm) of insulation from the
end of the negative (
–
) cable, and connect that cable to the
negative (
–
) terminal in the battery cabinet. Tighten both
terminal connections securely.
If your battery cabinet does NOT have a DC switch, see your
battery installation diagram. Connect the positive (
+
) cable
to the DC fuse, and connect the negative (
–
) battery cable to
the most negative terminal on your batteries.
NOTE If you have an external DC disconnect switch, see the instructions that came
with your disconnect switch.
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Now, connect the battery cables to the UPS by plugging the
removable DC connector into the matching connector on the
back of the UPS.
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If the battery cabinet has a DC switch, turn the switch to the
ON position.
FE or QFE 4.3 18 kVA
Make sure the UPS DC Switch is in the OFF position; then, find
the battery cables that you will connect between the UPS and
the batteries.
Connect the cables to the UPS first; to do this, strip 0.5
2
(1.3 cm) of insulation from the end of the negative (
–
!) and
positive (
+
) cables. Next, connect the negative (
–
!) cable to the
negative (
–
!) terminal on the UPS terminal strip; then, connect
the positive (
+
) cable to the positive (
+
) terminal on the UPS
terminal strip. Tighten the terminal connections securely.
Now, go to the batteries. Find the positive (
+
) and negative (
–
)
cables that come from the UPS and strip 0.5
2
(1.3 cm) of
insulation from the end of each cable. Insert the positive (
+
)
cable into the positive (
+
) terminal at the back of the battery
cabinet. Next, connect the negative (
–
) cable to the negative
(
–
) terminal at the back of the battery cabinet. Tighten the
terminal connections securely.