Freedom HF InvChg Owners Guide.book Page 27 Tuesday, April 29, 2014 12:10 PM
Battery Charging
Table 4 illustrates the battery charging status as shown on the Status LED and display screen.
Table 5 illustrates the battery charging voltage and current settings for the Freedom HF 1000 model and all Freedom HF 1800 models.
Table 4 Battery Charging Status LED
Status LED | Display Screen | Condition |
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Solid GREEN | | Battery is FULL. |
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Flashing GREEN | — | Battery is in BULK |
| (where 12.8 is an example of battery | CHARGE. |
| voltage) |
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| — — . | Battery is in ABSORPTION |
| (where 14.2 is an example of battery | CHARGE. |
| voltage) |
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Solid RED | to | See Table 7, “Error Codes |
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| Displayed on the Display |
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| Panel Screen” on page 35. |
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Table 5 Battery Charging Voltage and Current Settings
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| Absorption to |
| Bulk/ |
| Charge | Float |
Battery | Absorption | Float | Current | transition |
Type | (Volts) | (Volts) | (Amps) | (Amps) |
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Flooded | 14.4 | 13.5 | 2 | 2 |
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| 5a, 10, 20 | 2a |
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| 40b | 5a |
GEL | 14.2 | 13.8 | 2 | 2 |
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| 5a, 10, 20 | 2a |
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| 40b | 5b |
AGM | 14.3 | 13.4 | 2 | 2 |
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| 5a, 10, 20 | 2a |
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| 40b | 5b |
Fixed | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2, 5a, 10, 20, 40b | 2, 5a, 10, 20, 40b |
a. Applicable to Freedom HF 1000 models only.
b. Applicable to Freedom HF 1500/1800 models only.
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