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5. Installation of the battery
Important
!
Please charge your batteries before use.
Danger!
Danger to life from electric shock
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Avoid touching the battery terminals.
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Never undertake repair work on the battery yourself.
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Never touch any defective components
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Prevent any external forces from working on the battery
and the cables.
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If you detect any defect, shut down your system and the
battery immediately
Caution!
Damage to the battery and your system can result from incor-
rect installation. Please read the instructions carefully.
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Always make sure to turn the battery off during installation
using the main switch.
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Make sure to always first connect the red positive cable to
the red positive terminal then connect the black negative
cable to the black negative terminal.
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When disconnecting the battery make sure to first discon
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nect the black negative terminal before disconnecting the
red positive terminal.
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Never transpose the polarities!
5.1 Connecting multiple batteries in parallel
Danger!
Never connect the batteries in series! Fire and damage to the
battery and your system may result.
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Make sure to never connect multiple batteries in series.
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Never series connect the battery with any other third party
batteries.
Advice!
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Up to 8 batteries can be connected in parallel.
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For systems containing a WaterWorld drive train or con-
troller a gateway is required to be able to use the data
communication functions.
Important
!
it is very important the batteries are all at
the same voltage before connecting them in par-
allel. Please check the voltage difference between
the batteries is below 0.50 Volts. If not please charge
or discharge the batteries to equal voltage.
Important
!
Check your system for short circuit by
measuring the resistance of the system before
connecting your batteries. The resistance should be
>100 Ohm.
