PROBLEM | POSSIBLE CAUSE | REASON/SOLUTION |
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The charger is making an | Circuit breaker is cycling. | The settings may be wrong. |
audible clicking sound. |
| Check the charger settings. |
| Battery is defective. | Have the battery checked. |
| Shorted battery cables or | Circuit breaker cycles when |
| clips. | current draw is too high. |
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| Check for shorted cables |
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| or clips and replace if |
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| necessary. |
| Severely discharged | The battery may not want |
| battery, but otherwise it is a | to accept a charge due to |
| good battery. | a |
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| charging to continue until |
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| battery has a chance to |
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| recover sufficiently to take |
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| a charge. If more than 20 |
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| minutes, stop charging and |
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| have the battery checked. |
| Reverse connections at | Shut the charger off |
| battery. | and correct the lead |
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| connections. |
Charger makes a loud | Transformer laminations | No problem, this is a normal |
buzz or hum. | vibrate (buzz). | condition. |
| Shorted Diode Assembly or | Have charger checked by a |
| Output Rectifier Assembly | qualified technician. |
| (hum). |
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