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Operation

Batt. Full LED

The yellow Batt. Full LED indicates the state of charge on the batteries. This LED will not illuminate until the batteries have charged up to at least 90% (according to the inverter/charger’s estimate). The duration of the LED’s on time will increase until the batteries reach 100%, at which time the LED will be on solid. In the inverter mode, the off time duration of the LED will increase until the batteries discharge to below 90%, at which time the LED will turn off.

 

Other LEDs or

 

Batt. Full LED

Devices

Meaning

 

 

 

Solid

 

Battery fully charged (100%)

 

 

 

Flashing

Yellow charge

Battery charged 90% or higher

 

LED (flashing)

 

 

 

 

OFF

 

Battery below 90% charge

 

 

 

Error LED

The Error LED indicates that there is a problem with the inverter/charger, batteries or generator. Check the LCD screen to find and correct the nature of the problem. For more information, see “Genset Error Messages (RC/GS Only)” on page 32 and “Inverter/Charger Error Messages” on page 37.

Error

Other LEDs or Devices

Meaning

 

 

 

ON (Solid)

 

Check system

 

 

 

LCD Screen

The screen is used for setting up the system operation as well as viewing current status or error messages. It has two 16- character lines and a backlight. You can scroll through the screen items by using the buttons below the screen.

System Status:

Equalizing

Figure 4-2 LCD screen

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Xantrex Technology RC7, RC/GS owner manual LCD Screen, Batt. Full LED, Error LED

RC7, RC/GS specifications

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