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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction, Battery Facts Page 3
Monitoring Functions Page 4
Reading the Light Bar Page 5
Inverter and Charger Functions Page 6,7
How to use your
Link 1000
Page 8
Battery Capacity Testing Page 9
Ideal Charge Curve Page 10
Synchronizing the Battery Page 11
Equalizing Page 12
Set Up Page 13-24
Setting Up Functions Page 19-24
How to RESET your unit Page 25
DATA: Your Battery History Page 26
LOCK: Kid proofing Page 27
High Discharge Rates and Peukert's Equation Page 28-32
Typical Peukert's Exponents Page 31-32
Error Codes and Trouble shooting Page 33-34
Set Up and Historical Data Page 35
Warranty Page 36
Required Reading Prior to Installation Page 37-38
Wiring Connections Page 39-40
Wire By Wire Check Page 41
Mounting the Link 1000 Page 42-43
Start Up Procedure Page 44
LINK 1000
SPECIFICATIONS
Power Supply Voltage 8-40 Volts DC (Not for use with 32V Systems)
Power Consumption 90*mA (Typical) 170 mA (Full display brightness)
25* mA (Sleep mode; light bar only on.)
* @12VDC. Values are about half on 24V systems.
Voltage Measurement Range 0.1-50 Volts DC
Voltage Resolution 0.05 Volts DC
Voltage Accuracy
+ 0.10 Volts DC at full scale.
Current Measurement Range
+ 500 Amps DC
Current Resolution 0.1 Amp DC (From 0 to
+ 42.0 Amps)
1 Amp DC (From
+ 42 to + 500)
Current Accuracy
+ 0.1 Amp DC at full scale low range
+ 1 Amp DC at full scale high range
Current Shunt
+ 0.25% Ratio: 50mV @ 500A
Amp Hour Range
+ 1,999 Amp Hours
Time Remaining Range 255 Hours maximum
Charger Voltage Regulation
+ 0.2 Volts DC
Product overall size: 4.725" x 2.975 x 1.075" deep"
Weight: Approx. 4.6 oz. (excluding current sensing shunt)