Setec ST-III Series - Power Supply Protection; Fusing and Circuit Protection

14.8volts.
Whenoperatingviatheexternalinput,currentandvoltagecontrolforthebattery
mustbeprovidedfromtheexternalsource.TheST20III/35IIIdoesnotprovide
batterycurrentlimitorvoltagecontrolwhenoperatinginthisconfiguration.Trickle
Chargeisstillfunctionalwhenpoweredthrough“AuxIn+VE”terminalofpower
supply.
Suitablefuseprotectionmustbeprovidedforthisinput.Afuseratingnot
exceeding20AmpsforST20IIIand30AmpsforST35IIImustbeused.
SolarPower:Solarpowershouldbeconnecteddirectlyacrossthebattery
terminalswithavoltageregulatorinseries.Asolarpanelvoltageregulatorwith
maximumoutputvoltagenotexceeding14.8voltsmustbeusedatalltimes.
Failuretouseavoltageregulatormayresultinpowersupplyorbatterydamage.
Generator:12voltoutputsshouldnotbeconnectedacrossbatteryterminalwhilst
batteryisconnectedtopowersupplyorconnectedtothe“AuxIn+VE”terminalof
powersupply.Seriouspowersupplydamageorinternalexplosionmayoccur.If
aflat12voltbatteryhastobechargedusingthegenerators12voltoutput,it
shouldfirstbedisconnectedfromthepowersupply.Oncebatteryhasbeing
chargeditcanthenbereconnectedtopowersupply.
Protection:Thepowersupplyprovidesautomaticprotectionforoverload
includingshortcircuit,overvoltage,overtemperatureandreverseconnected
battery.InsuchinstancestheFaultindicatorwillilluminateandthepowersupply
willshutdown.Itwillattempttoautomaticallyrestartevery5secondsuntilsuch
casethatthefaultisremoved.
Fusing:Eachloadcircuitandthebatteryhavebeenfusedtoprovidefault
protectionanddiscrimination.Refertoservicingsectionformaximumfuseratings.
CAUTION:
Thisapplianceisnotintendedforusebyyoungchildrenorinfirmpersons
withoutsupervision.
Youngchildrenshouldbesupervisedtoensurethattheydonotplaywiththe
appliance.
Inordertoavoidhazardwhenthesupplycordbecomesdamaged,thecord
mustonlybereplacedbythemanufactureroritsserviceagentorsimilar
technicallyqualifiedperson.
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