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| GNB | Stow- | Set to | Battery is fully charged at a specific gravity of 1.285. This |
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| away | FLOODED. | is a calcium/lead type battery and requires a higher |
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| Set to Cold | charging voltage than normal. If performance is poor, this |
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| for all | battery will likely need to be equalized on every charge |
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| ambient | cycle. It is very important to check electrolyte level |
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| temps | regularly when equalizing on every charge cycle. Set |
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| battery size 20% lower than actual battery capacity. |
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| Motomaster | Nautilus | Set to | Fully charged at a specific gravity of 1.265 - 1.280. |
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| FLOODED. | Equalize on every charge cycle to maximize capacity and |
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| Temperature | performance. |
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| set one |
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| setting |
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| higher. |
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| Hawker | Genesis | Set to | Do not Equalize. |
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| Optima | Yellow | Set to GEL | Do not Equalize. |
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| Johnson | Dynasty: | Set to GEL | Do not Equalize. The “Gel” setting should give you the |
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| best performance with your batteries. However, if you |
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| suspect your batteries need equalizing, charge them once |
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| using the “Flooded” setting. Set back to Gel when batteries |
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| return to “Ready”. |
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| Sonnenshein | Prevailer | Set to GEL | Do not Equalize. |
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| West Marine | SeaGel | Set to GEL | Do not equalize. |
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| Exide | Marine/ | Set to | Fully charged at a specific gravity of 1.265 - 1.280. |
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| Deep | FLOODED. | Equalize on every charge cycle to maximize capacity and |
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| Cycle/ | Temperature | performance. |
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| Golf | switch |
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| Cart | should be |
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| set one |
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| setting |
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| higher. |
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| Exide | Gel | Set to GEL | Do not equalize. |
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| Ramcar | Flooded | Set to | This battery performs poorly with Xantrex charging |
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| Type | FLOODED | products. Try setting to “Cold” for all ambient |
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| temperatures if battery does not charge. Try equalizing on |
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| every charge cycle. Full charge may take 2 or more |
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| equalization charge cycles. |
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