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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.

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