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Incaseofshortcircuitontheloadside,theexternal25AFuse(F2)ontheloadsidewill
blowbecauseofveryhighadditionalcurrentsuppliedbythebattery(Additionalbattery
currentsuppliedintotheshortcircuitontheloadside=Shortcircuitcurrentminus25A
fromtheexternalpowersupply).
INFO
OvercurrentprotectionprovidedbyafuseisdeterminedbyitsTimeversus
CurrentCharacteristic.Forexample,basedontheTimeCurrentCharacteristics
of32V,25ABladeFuseTypeATC-25fromCooperBussmann,thefusecanpass
extremelyhighcurrentsforshorterdurationsasfollowsandwillblowat25A
continuousfor>100sec:
• 550Afor10ms
• 170Afor100ms
• 40Afor1sec
• 25Acontinuous(for>100sec)
5.4 PROTECTION AGAINST REVERSE POLARITY OF BATTERY CONNECTION
CAUTION!
Pleaseensurethatthepolarityofbattery/loadconnectionisnotreversed.This
unitdoesnotprovideprotectiontotheexternalpowersupply/loadagainst
reversepolarityconnection.Thisprotectionhastoprovidedbytheuserincase
thepowersupply/loaddonothaveintegralprotectionagainstreversepolarity.
Damagetotheexternalpowersupply/loadduetoreversepolarityofbattery/
loadconnectionisnotcoveredbywarranty.
SECTION 5 | Operation and Protections