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Doc #OI0003 Part #004122 Rev 04 2010
Battery Settings
The Battery Tab contains settings intended to protect and maintain your
batteries.
MAx VOLTAGE LIMIT
is the absolute maximum voltage produced by the
charging section of your inverter in any charge stage.
HI BATTERY ALERT
initiates an alarm when your battery voltage exceeds
this level. A handy warning if your solar regulator becomes faulty.
When your battery voltage falls to the value set in
HI BATTERY ALERT
CLEAR
the alarm stops.
Most batteries, in the course of their working life, develop voltage
variations between the individual cells. To rectify this problem it is
necessary to initiate a charge that exceeds the normal charge levels.
If you have a large alternative input source that can perform this task
you can disable
PERIODIC EQUALISE
, if not it should be enabled. The
frequency that these, longer, charge cycles take place is determined by
EQUALISE PERIOD
and can be adjusted from 1 to 100 days.
PERIODIC RECHARGE
is for systems that remain on Float charge for long
periods of time. Battery banks operating in these conditions benifit from
periodically being put through a full charge process. When enabled, after
remaining in Float for the number of days set by the Recharge Period, the
SP PRO will switch to Initial charge stage.
MID POINT MONITORING
is a function designed to highlight any
significant voltage variation between one half of your battery bank and
the other. If one half of the bank is lower than the other it may suggest
that the batteries need an equalisation charge or, perhaps, that there is
a cell in one half that is not performing correctly. In
MID POINT RANGE
you determine how much variation between the two halves you will
allow before notification. With this function you can help predict battery
problems.
Often these problems can be solved by an equalisation charge – we have
included provision for you to request such a charge on this screen with
EQUALISE REQUEST.
