Cordex®CXCHPControllerSoftwareManual|5-DCpowersystems
maybesuspendedforvariousreasons.IfthisisthecasetheCharge Current Control State willsay
Suspended andthesuspendreasonwillbeshowninCharge Current Control Suspended Reason.
Youcanenable/disableanincreasedvoltageintheabsorptionchargingstate.IfyoudisableElevated
Absorption Charging orthearmingthresholdwasnotreached,thentheabsorptionchargingstagewill
bedoneatthefloatvoltage.YoucanconfigureElevated Absorption Charging toterminateonatimeout
andalowcurrentthreshold.
Absorptioncharging,atanincreasedvoltage,isnormallydonefordeepdischargesonlysothereis
anAbsorption Arming Threshold.AbatterydischargemustreachavoltagebelowtheAbsorption
Arming Threshold forElevated Absorption Charging tobeactivatedontherecharge.
To configure the charging system:
1. GotoSystems > DC System > System Functions > Charging.Notethatyoumusthave
abatterydefinedintheDCSysteminordertohavethismenuitemavailableunderSystem
Functions.
2. InthePrimary Charge Current Control table,ensuretheCharge Current Control settingis
Enabled (thisisthedefault).
3.
SettheCharge Current (C/X) limittoanappropriatevalue(forexample,10-hrs).Seeyourbattery
manufacturers’datasheetforchargingrecommendations.
Notice: The charge current limit in amps cannot be set to an arbitrarily low value. The
charge current control feature uses the rectifier’s ability to limit its output current. All
rectifiers have a lower limit to which their current can be adjusted and this value is
documented in the rectifier hardware manual. For example, if you have two Cordex® HP
48-1.2kW rectifiers, they have a minimum current limit of 23 percent of maximum current.
This means the lowest amount of current they can output is 2 × 25A × 0.23 = 11.5 A. If
the load is 5 A, the lowest charge current limit to the battery will be 11.5A – 5A = 6.5 A. A
charge current limit of less than 6.5 A cannot be achieved with this arrangement.
4. FromtheAbsorption Charging Configuration table,enableElevated Absorption Charging.
5. SettheElevated Absorption Arming Threshold toavoltagethatindicatesadeepenough
dischargetowarrantabsorptionchargingatahighervoltage.
6. SettheElevated Absorption Voltage toavaluerecommendedbythebatterymanufacturer.
7. SettheElevated Absorption Termination Threshold inamps.
8. SettheElevated Absorption Timeout inhours.
9. SettheTerminate/Disallow Elevated Absorption When True settingtoeitherpreventor
terminateelevatedabsorptionbasedonacustomdatacondition(ifdesired).
5.3.15. Configure the temperature compensation system function
Temperaturecompensationusesthebatterytemperaturetoadjustbatteryvoltage.Thedefaultvaluefor
temperaturecompensationis–2.5mV/℃/Cell(–1.5mV/℉/Cell).
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