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3. COMMISSIONING
3.1 Connecting the battery
As explained in chapter 2.3, it is important to first connect the battery to the solar charger by placing
the battery fuse or close the circuit breaker. When the battery is connected, the solar charger will
automatically detect the battery’s nominal voltage
. After this, the battery status and battery type
LEDs will be lit.
The battery status LED globally indicates the batt
ery’s condition. It
can light in the following colors:
Battery status LED color
Indicator mode
Battery status
Green
Continuous
Battery full
Yellow
Continuous
Battery normal
Red
Continuous
Battery voltage below undervoltage alarm
value
Quickly flashing
Battery undervoltage, overvoltage or
overtemperature alarm
The battery type LED indicates the selected battery type and its corresponding charge program. The
factory default battery type setting is
‘
AGM (sealed)
’
which corresponds to a green battery type LED.
The following alternative battery types are available:
Battery type LED color
Selected battery type
Green
AGM (Sealed)
1)
Yellow
GEL
1)
Red
Flooded
1)
Blue
LiFePo4 (12V)
2)
Purple
LiFePo4 (24V)
2)
White
Custom (user programmable)
3)
1)
For lead based batteries, the nominal voltage will be detected automatically
2)
For LiFePo4 batteries, the nominal voltage has to be selected manually
3)
The factory default parameters for the ‘Custom’ battery type are the same as the ‘AGM
(Sealed)’ battery type
Please see the table below for an overview of the main factory default parameter values of each
battery type:
Battery type
1)
Parameter
AGM (SLD)
GEL
Flooded (FLD)
Lithium /
LiFePo4 (LI)
Charge Voltage
14.6V
14.2V
14.4V
14.4V
Absorption Time
120 minutes
120 minutes
120 minutes
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