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Connecting the charger and charging the Battery with a Canbus socket
The unit can charge the battery on car with Canbus socket. Simply connect the charger connector on
the Canbus Charging Cord (sold by separately) to the unit’s connector, and then connect the Canbus
connector on the Canbus Charging Cord to the Canbus socket on the car. Press the CHARGE button
to select 12V charging mode and charge as normal. Canbus charging process is for 12V battery only
DURING BATTERY CHARGING
IMPORTANT
Connect and setup the unit properly to start the charging.
If the Fault Icon
lights up, unplug the charger from main power, and connect clamps or terminal
rings by respecting the polarity.
If the unit is connected to mains socket but the clamps/ terminal rings do not connect to the battery, the
LCD screen will display 12V Icon
or 24V Icon
.
CHARGING
1. After connect and set-up the unit, the LCD screen will display
Icon or
Icon, and the
empty battery icon
as well. After few seconds, the charging process will start automatically.
2.
To indicate the unit is in charging mode,
the charging current X.X
A
and the battery voltage XX.X
V
displays alternatively for every 3 seconds. And the LCD screen displays the
Icon, XX.X
Hr
and the “+” Icon.
3. When the battery is completely charged, the charger will automatically go into
Float Charge Mode
,
and the LCD screen will display the 12V Icon
or 24V Icon
, the empty battery icon
,
and the FLO Icon
as well.
* In this mode, the charger monitors the battery voltage and charges as necessary to assure the
battery maintains full capacity.
* The charger remains in Float Charge Mode as long as the charger is connected to the battery and
is plugged into a functioning AC mains socket.
4. Press any buttons during charging process, the unit will go to the corresponding mode.
ATTENTION:
a. If select the 24V charging mode to charge a 12V battery, the unit will do a self-check after few
minutes to confirm if it’s a 24V battery. If the unit detects it is a 24V battery, keep 24V charging
process. If the unit detects it’s a 12V battery, it will go to 12V charging mode, and flashes the 24V
Icon
and the Fault Icon
.
b. If select the 12V charging mode to charge a 24V battery, the unit will change to 24V charging mode,
and flashes the 12V Icon
and the Fault Icon
. If it is an internal short circuit 24V battery, it
may keep charging at 12V charging mode but the battery will not be charged fully.
c. If the charger is overheated, the charging process will automatically terminate and the LCD screen
will flash the Overheat Icon
and the Fault Icon
, the empty battery icon
and the 12V Icon
or the 24V Icon
will light solid.
Disconnect the charger and allow the charger to cool for several minutes. Make sure there is
adequate ventilation around the unit before attempting to charge again.
d. Temperature compensation: The Icon will appear if the surrounding ambient temperature is lower
than 0°C. This is not a fault code, but indicates that the unit’s temperature compensation feature is
operating.