NEVER charge a frozen battery.
PREPARING TO CHARGE
If it is necessary to remove the battery or batteries to charge, always remove grounded terminal from
battery first. Make sure all accessories are off, so as not to cause battery arcing.
Be sure the area around any battery is well ventilated while batteries are being charged. On occasion,
“gas fumes” may be present during charging and can be forcefully blown away by using a piece of
cardboard or other nonmetallic material as a fan. Proper ventilation is always recommended in the
charging area.
Clean all of the battery terminals. Be careful to keep corrosion from coming into contact with eyes.
Add distilled water in each cell (wet cell batteries) until battery acid reaches level specified by battery
manufacturer. This helps purge excessive gas from cells. Do not overfill. For a battery without cell caps,
carefully follow manufacturer’s recharging instructions.
Study all battery manufacturers’ specific precautions such as removing or not removing cell caps while
charging and recommended rates of charge.
Extension cords should be industrial grade/heavy duty UL approved and grounded. Check extension
cord before use for damage, bent prongs and cuts. Replace if damaged.
Always make your extension cord connection on the charger side first. After connecting the extension
cord to the charger, proceed to plug the extension cord into a 120VAC GFCI protected (Ground Fault
Circuit Interrupt) outlet.
Always remove the extension cord from the 120VAC outlet first when charging is completed followed by
unplugging the charger.
PRODUCT SUMMARY
General Operation:
Use the following guidelines in this manual to install your fully automatic PCS battery charging system.
Assure that the area around your charger and batteries is properly ventilated. Connect your extension
cord with no AC power present to the battery charger and proceed to plug your extension cord in at a
nearby 120VAC outlet.
Once you plug in your PCS battery charging system, your batteries will be simultaneously and
independently charged to 100%. Unlike systems that utilize one large charger to attempt to charge
multiple batteries, your system utilizes a totally independent battery charger for each battery. Each
charging bank will remain in a maintenance (“float”) stage once the battery is charged and then monitor
and/or maintain the battery indefinitely provided that you leave your system plugged in, which is what we
recommend.
During the Float stage current will flow to the battery for 5 minutes and then shut off
completely for 60 minutes.
Your system provides an equalization stage every 30 days while plugged in. If the charger is
normally disconnected from A/C after completing charge, equalization can be accomplished by
plugging back into A/C whenever this stage is desired. Battery manufacturers recommend that
equalization is done once a month in order to further reduce sulfation on the lead plates of a
battery, which helps promote longer battery life. Note: During this process the LEDs will go
through their normal routine(Red counting up for % of charge) and the Green Led will blink until
the unit returns to the maintenance mode and a steady Green LED. (Not applicable to a Gel Profile)
INDEPENDENT CHARGING BANK INDICATIONS
When your battery charging system is activated, each bank provides charging information utilizing five red
Light Emitting Diode (LED) indicators and one green Light Emitting Diode (LED) indicator.
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