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Contents
1. Delivery and Storage
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1.1 Receiving Inspection..........................................................................
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1.2 Storage................................................................................................
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1.3 Unpacking and Handling..................................................................
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2. Installation and Commissioning Charge
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2.1 Installation and Battery Room Design..............................................
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2.2 Racks and Mechanical Stability.......................................................
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2.3 Cell in Parallel Strings..........................................................................
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2.4 Cell in Series Strings.............................................................................
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2.5 Pre-installation Control.......................................................................
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2.6 Electical Connections........................................................................
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2.7 Instrumentation...................................................................................
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2.8 Commissioning Charge.....................................................................
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3. Operations
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3.1 Discharging..........................................................................................
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Over-Discharge Protection................................................................
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Array to Load Ratios for Stand-alone Systems.................................
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Low-voltage Re-Connect (LVR) for Stand-alone Systems..............
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3.2 Charging ............................................................................................
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3.2.1 Balance or Complete Charge.................................................
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3.2.2 Equilizing charge..................................................................... ...
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3.2.2.1 Functional Equalizing....................................................
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3.2.2.2 Corrective Equalizing....................................................
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3.2.3 Normal Operation Charging....................................................
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3.2.3.1 Settings for Stand-Alone Systems.................................
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3.2.3.2 Settings for Hybrid Systems............................................
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3.3 Operation at Very Low or No Load.................................................
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3.4 Temperature limits..............................................................................
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3.5 Current limits........................................................................................
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3.6 Ripple currents.......................................................................................
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3.7 Electrolyte, Specific Gravity and Topping Up with Water.............
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4. Battery Maintenance
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4.1 Visual Inspection and Cleaning Instructions...................................
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4.2 Bi-annual Maintenance.....................................................................
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4.3 Annual Maintenance.........................................................................
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5. Faults
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6. Testing
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7. Storage
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8. Transport
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9. Recycling
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10. Graphs
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