Truecharge 10TB Owner’s Manual

3.0 Design Features

The design of the Truecharge incorporates numerous features that traditional battery charger designs cannot match. Key features and their benefits to the user are as follows.

3.1 Microprocessor Controlled 3-Stage Charging

Truecharge provides fast, complete charging without sacrificing battery life. The sophisticated 3-Stage charging algorithms executed by the Truecharge’s microprocessor compensate for conditions that normally cause less sophisticated chargers to deliver an improper charge. The Truecharge’s advanced design eliminates design compromises inherent in old-fashioned chargers and provides the following benefits.

•Full 10-amp charge is delivered for the duration of the “Bulk Charge” period, until the battery nears full charge. Traditional chargers deliver full rated current only when the battery is nearly discharged, rapidly “tapering” off to a much lower value. Because its charge current does not taper off during bulk charging, the 10-amp rated Truecharge 10TB can fully charge a battery in about half the time a traditional 10-amp rated charger would take.

•Automatic switchover to “Absorption Charge” mode as the battery nears full charge. In this mode, output voltage is held absolutely constant to ensure the battery “absorbs” its full charge. The Truecharge’s microprocessor constantly monitors charging current, and signals that the battery has reached full charge when current falls to a predetermined low value. Precision control is key to ensuring full charge is delivered in minimum time, while ensuring longest possible battery life.

•Automatic switchover to “Float Charge” mode when the battery has reached 100% charge. In this mode, the Truecharge’s output voltage now reduces to a level designed to ensure the battery maintains its full charge. Precision long-term control of this voltage is key to ensuring full battery charge is maintained without electrolyte loss and battery damage due to excessive gassing (“boiling”) of the battery acid. The Truecharge can be left permanently connected without risk of battery damage.

•Ability to fully monitor and charge two separate batteries. The most discharged battery receives the highest charging current.

•Automatic restarting of the charging sequence when battery capacity begins to fall as loads are switched on. This ensures your battery is always at maximum charge even when power is being drawn from it.

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