CTEK US 800 - Battery Types

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Note: A battery that hasn’t changed to maintenance charge after three days is most likely
wornoutandneedstobereplaced.Allotherbatteriescanbemaintainedforaverylong
time.
BATTERY TYPES
The following recommendations should only be considered as guidelines. In the event of
uncertainty always refer to the battery manufacturer’s recommendations.
US800issuitableforchargingalltypesof12Vlead-acidbatteries:openbatteries,MF,
Wet, AGM and most GEL-batteries. Battery sizes from 2 to 32Ah. The charger can
maintain batteries up to 100Ah.
CHARGING
The battery charger must be connected to the battery according to
the instructions above.
Starting the charging process:
Onceyouhaveestablishedthatthebatterycablehasbeencorrectlyconnectedyou
canstartthechargingprocess.Todoso,insertthechargerplugintotheACsocket.
Now either the charge indicator or the maintenance charge indicator lights up.
When the maintenance charge indicator lights up, the battery is fully charged. If the
battery voltage drops, the charger sends a pulse to the battery. The length of the pulse
dependsonhowmuchchargethebatteryhaslost.TheUS800maybeconnectedfor
monthsatatime.Howeveritisrecommendedtomonitorbatteriesoncharge.
The red alarm indication light will indicate a battery, which is connected to reverse
polarity.
If nothing happens: If no indicator is illuminated, the connection to the battery or the
chassiscouldbefaulty,orthebatterycouldbedefective.Ifthechargingprocess
has not started, this could be due to the fact that the power socket is not supplying a
current.
Thechargingprocesscanbeinterruptedatanytime.Inadditionpulltheplugofthe
chargeroutofthepowersocket.Alwaysremovetheplugofthechargerfromthe
power socket before disconnecting the battery cable. If you interrupt the charging
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thismayhavethefollowingcauses:
Interruption of the charging process because of a lost connection or because the
batteryisnotconducting.
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