Rack Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Assembling the bottom section

. 9

Assembling the top section

11

Stabilizing the rack

15

Anchoring the rack (optional)

16

Numbering the batteries

16

Accessing your wiring diagrams

16

Positioning rails on shelves

17

Addressing the bottom shelf

17

Wiring the batteries

18

Addressing the third shelf

21

Addressing the second shelf

21

Addressing the top shelf

22

Shelf-to-shelf wiring

23

Assembling the second rack

24

Labelling the terminal blocks

25

Employing sidecars to support separated racks

25

Connecting terminal blocks to battery breakers

26

Connecting terminal blocks to batteries

28

Reattaching terminal block covers

33

Applying warning labels

33

Grounding the racks

33

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Appendix A: Battery Wiring Style E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Style E, rack #1, shelf #1 (top) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Style E, rack #1, shelf #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Style E, rack #1, shelf #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Style E, rack #1, shelf #4 (bottom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Style E, rack #2, shelf #1 (top) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Style E, rack #2, shelf #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Style E, rack #2, shelf #3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Style E, rack #2, shelf #4 (bottom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Appendix B: Battery Cabling Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

References for Power battery cables: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

References for Fiamm battery cables: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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