General Overview
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The ODYSSEY
®
Battery Portable Charger Series is our newest line of digital fully automatic
12 volt portable battery chargers, designed to fully charge and enhance the performance
and extend the life of ODYSSEY
®
and other quality brands of 12 volt flooded and AGM
(Absorbed Glass Mat) lead acid batteries.
Whether a professional shop user or the enthusiast doing a charger-to-battery match up,
our professional grade design delivers performance and quality. Our all digital power
charging platform is packaged in our most ruggedized and weatherproof housing for use
in all conditions. Designed to last, our Portable Chargers are fanless insuring a longer
lifetime of use without the need to replace failing or failed fans as seen in other competitive
products.
Featuring an intuitive LED user interface display, the ODYSSEY
®
Battery Portable Charger
sports a battery charge monitor providing an at a glance indication of charge level. In
addition, each model includes power-on self testing to confirm connections are correct
and that the battery can accept a charge, and that it is not below 2.5 volts.
In the event of a bad connection or a battery that is not able to accept a charge and may
be under 2.5 volts, a red LED fault indicator will turn on and the “System Check OK” will
not illuminate. Equally a successful self test will result in a positive “System Check OK”
LED illuminating followed by the charge mode operation.
Out-of-Vehicle Battery Charging Safety Precautions
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22.
FOLLOW THESE STEPS WHEN BATTERY IS OUTSIDE VEHICLE. A SPARK NEAR
BATTERY MAY CAUSE BATTERY EXPLOSION. TO REDUCE RISK OF A SPARK
NEAR A BATTERY:
CAUTION
a. Check polarity of battery posts. POSITIVE (POS, P, +) battery post usually has a larger
diameter than the NEGATIVE (NEG, N, –) post.
b. Attach at least a 60 cm 6-gauge (awg) insulated battery cable to a negative
(NEG, N, –) battery post.
c. Connect the RED POSITIVE (POS, P, +) cable clamp or ring terminal to the POSITIVE
(POS, P, +) post of battery.
d. Position yourself and free end of cable as far away from the battery as possible - then
connect the BLACK NEGATIVE (NEG, N, –) charger cable clamp or ring terminal to the
free end of cable.
e. Do not face battery directly when making final connection.
f. Connect charger AC supply cord to a properly grounded fault protected electric outlet.
g. When disconnecting charger, always do so in reverse sequence of connecting procedure
and break first connection while standing as far away from the battery as practical.
h. A marine (boat) battery must be removed and charged on shore. To charge it on board
requires equipment specially designed for marine use.
