Dieci APOLLO MINI AGRI - Low Maintenance Batteries; Zero Maintenance Batteries; Battery: Instructions for Recharging

Maintenance | 11
AXH1230‐UK ﴾ENG﴿ ‐ Apollo KM 191
11.4.1 Low maintenance batteries
Thelowmaintenancebatterieshavebeenstudiedtoavoidmaintenanceinterventionsinordinaryandnormal
useofthebattery.Incaseofdischargechecktheelectrolytelevel.Fortechnicalspecificationscontactthe
supplierorthemanufacturer.
11.4.2 "Zero" maintenance batteries
Theyarebatteriesthatdonotallowmaintenanceintervention.
Whenthebatteryisdischargeditmustbereplaced.Fortechnicalspecificationscontactthesupplierorthe
manufacturer.
DANGER
Do not carry out maintenance or recovery operations on "zero" maintenance batteries.
11.4.3 Battery: Instructions for recharging
– A battery is fully charged if at constant temperature the density of the electrolyte and the measured
voltageatthepolesdoesnotincreasedwithin2hours.
– Eachrechargewill be goodasgood are thegeneralconditions of thebattery.Thismeans thatanold
battery,aftercharging,willnothavethesamelifeandefficiencyofanewbattery.
– Thesimplestchargingmethodistochargeatconstantpower.
– At the end of the charging, the battery charger voltage increases and creates gasification. It is
recommendedtousesimplebatterychargerswithminimumcurrentcontrolandtimer.
– Ifthebatteryhasalowelectrolytelevelrestoreittotheminimumlevel(justabovetheplateslimit)then
chargethem.Afterthechargingiscompleted,filltothemaximumlevel(topreventleakage).
– Overchargingmustbeavoidedbecause:
– Itisalossofenergywhichcausesthedissociationofwater.
– Itproduceslossofactivemassfortheelectrodesdeterioration
– Itcreatesariskofexplosion.
– Ifsulfatedbatteries arerechargedwithoutvoltage limitation,theywillboil andwarmupwith ariskof
explosion.
– For old batteries (in most cases sulfated) charge with great caution. Even with 13.8 Volts there is the
possibilityofatemperatureincrease.
Follow these instructions to recharge the battery:
1. Disconnectthecablesofthevehiclefromthebatterytoprotecttheelectricalsystemofthevehicle.
2. Placethebatteryatasafedistancefromthevehicle.
3. Ifpossible,removethecaps.
4. Checktheelectrolytelevel,ifpossible.
5. Cleanthepoles.
6. Makesuretheroomissufficientlyventilated.
7. Limitthechargingcurrenttoamaximumof1/10ofthebatterycapacity(Ah).
8. Connectthebatterytothecharger.
9. Connectthechargertothemains.
10. Turnonthebatterycharger.
11. Thebatterytemperaturemustnotexceed55°C.
12. Afterfinishingswitchoffthebatterycharger.