14.troubleshooting
PROBLEM | POSSIBLE CAUSE | REASON/SOLUTION |
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A battery is connected but | The battery clips are not | Check for a poor connection |
the LCD display still shows | making a good connection. | to the battery and/or frame. |
CONNECT BATTERY |
| Make sure connection points |
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| are clean. Rock the clips |
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| back and forth for a better |
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| connection. |
| The battery connections are | Unplug the charger and |
| reversed. | reverse the clips. |
| The battery is severely | If your battery does not have |
| discharged. | .2V, you must press and |
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| hold the CHARGE ON/OFF |
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| button for five seconds to get |
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| the charge cycle started. |
The LCD display shows: | The battery is defective (will | Have the battery checked. |
CHARGE ABORTED, BAD | not accept a charge). |
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BATTERY and beeps four |
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times | Weak or sulfated plate in the | Have the battery checked. |
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| battery. |
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| Wrong battery voltage. | Verify the CHARGE VOLT- |
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| AGE setting on the charger. |
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| Make sure it matches the |
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| battery being charged. |
The LCD display shows: | The battery is bad or | In the case of a severely dis- |
BAD BATTERY and beeps | sulfated. | charged battery, the charger |
four times then switches to |
| will go into abort mode. If, |
CONNECT BATTERY |
| after the output turns off, the |
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| battery voltage drops to un- |
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| der .2 volts, the charger will |
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| reset to the default settings |
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| and the display will show |
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| 12V FAST on the top line |
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| and CONNECT BATTERY |
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| on the bottom line. |
The LCD display shows: | The charger is not plugged | Plug the charger into an AC |
Nothing | in. | outlet. |
| No power at the receptacle. | Check for open fuse or |
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| circuit breaker supplying the |
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| AC outlet. |
| Poor electrical connection. | Check the power cord or |
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| extension cord for a loose |
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| fitting plug. |
| Other | Have the battery charger |
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| checked by a qualified ser- |
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| vice person. |
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