*Note:ThebatterychargersLCH‐1215‐2,LCH‐1225‐3andLCH‐2415‐3haveachargingoutput
forthestarterbattery.Theoutputvoltageisbetween13.2V(26.4V)and13.8V(27.6V)and
canrechargethestarterbatterywithacurrentof1Aorkeepitatahighcapacitylevel.
z Iphase:Inthefirststageofthechargingprocess,thedepletedbatteryischargedwitha
constantcurrentuntilthebatteryvoltagereaches13.8Vor27.6V.Whenthebatteryreaches
thisvoltagelevel,thechargingcurrentgraduallydrops.Whenthecurrentdropsdownto
80%,thechargerswitchesovertothehigherchargingvoltageof14.4V/14.8Vor28.8V/
29.6V.
*Note:Thechargingvoltageandtheperiodforthemainchargingphase(U0phase)canbe
selectedusingtheswitchfield.
z U0phase:Thismainchargingphaseislimitedamaximumof4/8hoursandthecurrent
risesagaintoitsmaximumvalue.Thecurrentremainsconstantaslongasthebattery
voltageisbelow14.4V/14.8Vor28.8V/29.6V.Afterreachingthemaximumvoltage,it
remainsconstant.However,thecurrentdropsagain.Withinthismainchargingphase,which
islimitedto4/8 hours,thebatteryisfullycharged.
z Uphase:Ifthecurrentdecreasesto10%orundertheratedcurrentorifthetimelimitof4/
8hoursisexceeded,thenthechargerswitchesovertoeconomycharging(13.8Vor27.6V).
*Note:Batteriesmaybechargedseparatelyfromeachotherifthechargershavedouble
chargingorthree‐foldchargingconnections.Theoutputsareseparatedinternallybydiodes,
thustheweakerbatteryisalwaysfirstsettothecharginglevelofthestrongerbattery.
*Attention:Themaximumbatterycapacityshouldnotexceedthespecifiedcapacity,
otherwisethefunctionsoftheindividualchargingphasescouldbeinfluenced.
8‐3UnitswithTemp eratu re Sensor
Atemperaturesensorcanbeconnectedinordertoprovidetheoptimumcharging
functioning.Thechargingvoltages,ascanbeseenfromthediagram,vary,dependingonthe
batterytemperature
8‐4Functionalcheck
z Chargingphases:TheLEDinthefrontoftheunitcanbeusedtocheckthestatusofthe
chargingprocess.
*Note:Theoptionalremotecontrolcanalsobeusedtocheckthestatusofthecharging
process.TheLEDsontheremotecontrolindicatethedifferentchargingphaseswithits
respectivecolors.
LEDChargingphaseChargingstatusofthebattery
redIphasebetween10%and50%
yellowU0phasebetween10%and50%
greenUphaseover90%
9.TROUBLESHOOTING
9‐1Afterconnectingandchargingthebattery,thebatteryvoltagewouldnotincrease.
z Ifpossible,measurewithasuitablemultimeterduringthechargingtoverifyifthevoltage
atthebatteryterminalsincreases.
z Determinewhethertheterminalsareconnectedproperlytothebatterypoles.Cleanthe
batterypolesifnecessarytoensurebetterconnection.
9‐2Afterachargingtimeofapprox.20hours,thebatteryisstillnotfullycharged
z DisconnectthepowertotheIU0Uautomatic.
z Removethebatteryfromthechargingterminalsandwaitforafewminutes.
z Then,measurethevoltageatthebatteryterminalswiththemultimeter.
12Vbattery:Ifthemultimeterdisplaysavoltageof10Vorless,thisindicatesthatthebattery
isdefectiveandcannotbecharged.
24Vbattery:Ifthemultimeterindicatesavoltageof20Vorbelow,allowthebatterybe
checkedbyaspecialist,ifnecessary.Otherwise,disposeofthebattery.
9‐3Thebatterydischargesafterashortperiodoftimewithoutusage.
z Measurethevoltageatthebatteryterminalswithasuitablemultimeter.Ifthemultimeter
indicatesavoltagebelow12Vofa12Vbatteryoravoltagebelow24Vofa24Vbattery,then
thebatteryistooweaktoretainthecharge.
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