Projecta IC2500 - Battery Chemistry Selection; Selecting Battery Chemistry Types

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BATTERY CHEMISTRY SELECTION
TheMulti-Chemfunctionallowsyoutosetthechargingprofiletosuiteachbattery’s
chemistrytype(GEL,AGM,WETandCalcium).Thisensurescorrectandthorough
chargingandmaximisesbatteryperformanceandbatterylife.Thefollowingsection
describes the charge profiles for each chemistry type.
POWER SUPPLY (CONSTANT VOLTAGE OF 13.8 VOLTS)
Thissetsthechargerinpowersupplymodegivingaconstantvoltageof13.8VDC.
Thismodeisbestusedwhereappliancesaredrawingpowerfromthebattery,for
exampleaFridge.
GEL (MAX VOLTAGE OF 14.1 VOLTS)
ThischargemodeisdesignedforGELbatteriesandhasamaximumchargevoltage
of14.1V.NotethatsomeGELbatteriesrequireahigherchargevoltagesuchas14.4V.
TheAGMmodecanbeusedifthisisrequired.
AGM (MAX VOLTAGE OF 14.4 VOLTS)
ThischargemodeisdesignedforAGMbatteriesandhasamaximumchargevoltage
of14.4V.
WET (BULK AND ABSORPTION 14.7 VOLTS, RECONDITION UP TO 16 VOLTS)
ThischargemodeisdesignedforWETbatteriesandhasamaximumchargevoltage
of14.7VduringBulkandAbsorptionstagesand16.0VduringtheReconditionstage.
CALCIUM (BULK AND ABSORPTION 14.7 VOLTS, EQUALISATION AND
RECONDITION UP TO 16 VOLTS)
ThischargemodeisbestsuitedforCalciumbatteriesthathavebeendeeplydischarged
andrequireanequalisationchargetorestoreafullelectrolytereading.Ifthebattery
requiresasimple‘top-up’,theWETchargemodecanbeused.