General Overview
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General Overview
IMPORTANT NOTICE: FCC CLASS B PART 15 NOTIFICATION
Your On-Board Marine Battery Charger has been designed and tested to comply with FCC Class B part
15. These regulations are to provide adequate protection against harmful interference while operated
in a commercial application. If in a residential setting, you are encountering interference with TV and
radio reception, simply remove AC power from the ProMariner unit to confirm if your battery charger
is causing interference. End user can explore the following to minimize interference:
1) Chose a different AC circuit to power your On-Board Marine Battery Charger.
2) Make sure your outlet is properly grounded.
3) Re-position receiving antenna.
4) Purchase a separate AC line filter.
5) Relocate charger so that it is at the furthest point from home receiving equipment,TV, radio, etc.
Charger Location & DC Connection
17. CHARGER LOCATION
CAUTION
a. Locate charger as far away from batteries as possible.
b. Never place a charger directly above a battery being charged; gases or fluids from battery
will corrode and damage charger.
c. Do not operate charger in an enclosed area or in an area with restricted ventilation in any way.
d. Never allow battery acid to drip on charger when reading electrolyte specific gravity
or filling a battery.
e. Do not set a battery on top of charger.
f. Do not install on or over combustible surfaces.
18. DC CONNECTION PRECAUTIONS
CAUTION
a.Connect and disconnect DC output cables only after removing AC cord from electric outlet.
Never allow cables to touch each other.
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Safety Instructions
ProTournament
elite Generation 3 is our most advanced, fully-automatic, digitally-controlled,
multi-stage on-board marine battery charger. ProTournament
elite is pre-wired for easy
installation and is 100% waterproof for fresh and salt water applications. ProTournament
elite’s
multi-stage performance charging process delivers five modes of operation that include: start
up diagnostics, charging, conditioning, auto maintain and storage auto reconditioning of each
battery. This process is proven to extend the life of your batteries and will fully charge your
batteries each time you connect to AC power. ProTournament
elite delivers the fastest charge
time with time saving features like TurboCharge and Power Flow Cooling* which allows
maximum charging performance with forced induction air cooling.
The ProTournament
elite’s Distributed-On-Demand
™
Technology will automatically sense and
distribute 100% of the available charging output (up to 18 amps per battery) in proportion
to the discharge state of each battery connected.
ProTournament
elite’s easy to view Charge Status AC Glow Plug* provides at a glance
status of: charging, conditioning and auto maintaining fully charged batteries without having
to get in the boat to see.
Included on the front of ProTournament
elite is a dual function battery status monitor, System
Check OK and Check Battery indicators providing: individual battery charge level monitor with
an on-the-water push-to-test feature for percent of battery power remaining. Eliminate time
consuming trouble shooting by indicating system OK or specific batteries requiring attention.
Battery profile selection and charge mode LEDs are also captured on the front user interface
in an easy-to-view layout.
*Patent Pending
Note: The ProTournamentelite
must be connected to batteries to operate
. It will not operate as a
12 volt power supply.
