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Accessing Charger Information
The Truecharge2 Battery Charger provides a lot of information about the
status of the charger and the batteries.
Reading Onboard Display LEDs
The Fault LED works in conjunction with the Charging Current (%) LEDs.
The icons at the top row above the Charging Current (%) LEDs represent
the various types of fault and warning conditions. For example, a
temperature warning is represented by a thermometer icon.
The Charging Current (%) LEDs will normally illuminate as a solid
progress bar when they are indicating the amount of output charging
current. If any of the LEDs start to flash intermittently at the same time that
the Fault LED is either solid or flashing, a fault or warning condition is
indicated.
Table 9, “Interpreting Fault and Warning Indicators” on page 43
summarizes the various fault conditions that might occur during the
operation of the charger.
Reporting While Charging or Equalizing
After configuring the charger and during charging, the onboard display
panel (and the optional remote panel, if installed) will show the following
information about the charger and the battery:
•
Charging Output Current
•
Charger Status
•
Battery Status (available on the optional remote panel only)
If there is a fault or warning related to one of the banks, the fault or warning
information will display in the form of illuminating or flashing Fault
indicator LEDs. Charging for all banks will stop and will only resume once
the fault condition is cleared. However, charging will continue during
warning conditions.
IMPORTANT:
A warning condition notifies the user of an impending
problem and will not stop the charger from charging, while a fault
condition will stop the charger from charging the battery.
Figure 12
Charging Output (%) and Fault LEDs
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