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EP12M248
7 Stage
Automatic Smart Battery
Charger, Desulphuration& Maintainer
12V, 2 / 4 / 8A
FOR AGM, GEL ANDWET BATTERIES
USER MANUAL
THIS MANUAL CONTAINS IMPORTANT
SAFETY AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Please read this manual and follow the instructions carefully
before using the charger
.
WARNING:
。The EP12M248 charger is designed to charge 12V lead-acid
batteries from 6Ah to 160Ah and maintain batteries up to 200Ah.
.
。
Checkbatte
rymanuf
acturerspec
ifi
ca
t
ion
s before us
in
g
t
hi
s cha
r
g
e
r.
。
Explosiv
egasesmayescapefro
mth
e batte
r
y
du
rin
g
cha
rging.
Provideventil
a
t
ion
t
o
p
reventflam
es and sparks
.
。
Don
ote
x
p
ose cha
r
g
e
r
t
ora
in
,
snowo
r li
q
uids
.
。
B
atte
r
y
acidis corrosive
. Rinseimmedi
ate
lywith w
ate
r i faci
d comes
in
t
o co
n
tactwit
hskinor
eyes
.
。
Don
otcha
r
g
e afrozenordamaged batte
ry.
。
Don
otcha
r
g
eno
n-rechar
g
eable batteries
.
。
Don
o
t
p
l
ace
t
h
e cha
r
g
ero
nth
e batte
rywhil
e cha
rging.
。
B
e e
xtr
a cau
t
i
oustoreduceriskofdro
pp
in
g
ameta
l
t
oolo
n
t
o
batte
ry. Itmigh
t
sparkorsho
r
t
-
circu
i
tbatt
e
r
y
oro
t
herel
ec
t
rical
p
a
r
t
t
h
a
t
m
aycause e
xplosion.
。
When workingwithal
ead-acid batte
r
y
,
remov
epersona
l m
eta
l i
t
ems
suchas
rin
g
s,bracelets
,
neckl
aces
,
w
atc
h…
。
Don
otsmoke orallowa sparko
r flamewhil
e cha
rging.
。
Inorder
t
oreduceriskofelec
t
ri
c shoc
k
,
u
npl
ugcha
r
g
e
r from A
C
ou
t
l
etbefore do
in
g
a
nymain
t
enance orclea
ning.
。
N
o
t
for
use byc
hildrenor
bya
n
y
onewhois unabletofollo
w
in
s
t
r
uc
t
ion
s o
fthismanual
,
unless
t
h
eyare supe
rv i
sed byanadu
l
t
t
o ensure
t
h
e
p
r
operuse ofcha
r
g
e
r.
MAIN FEATURES:
。
Highefficien
c
y (
>
85
%
)
.
。
Selectable cha
rgingr
atesto su
i
tbatt
e
r
y
capac
i
t
y
.
。
Selectable batte
r
yty
p
e
.
。
Tem
p
erature se
lf
-
co
m
p
ensa
t
ion:Chargingvol
t
age ada
p
tst
o
t
e
m
p
eratureto
p
reven
t
overorunderbatte
r
y
cha
rging.
。
Capable o
f rechargin
g
severe
l
y
discha
r
g
ed o
r heavil
y
sulfated
batte
ry.
。
Rever
sepola
ri
t
y
p
r
otec
t
ion
,
sho
r
t
circu
i
t
p
r
otec
t
ion
,
sparksfree
co
n
tact
.
。
U
ltralow in
p
u
t
p
owerconsu
m
p
t
ion whilein
standb
y
m
ode
.
。
E
ase ofuse.Clearcha
rgin
g
status dis
p
l
a
y
.
。
Full micr
o
p
r
ocessorco
ntrolled.
。
D
oesnotovercha
r
gey
ourbatte
r
y
eve
n if itisk
e
p
t
connected
in
main
t
enancefloa
t
m
ode
.
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cetde
ifil
au
q
aybdec
ivr
esebtsu
mr
e
g
rah
ce
h
t
,
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laci
s
y
h
p
f
os
ngi
s
y
n
aeraere
htfir
o,degamadsidrocrewo
p
e
htfI
.gninaelcelihw
rew
o
p
e
h
t
morf
t
ce
nn
ocs
iD.yllanoi
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C
NANETNIAM
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o Battery desulphation charging
o Float & maintenance charging
Temperature sensor
Temperature & SafetyProtection:
。 INTERNAL OVERHEAT PROTECTION: The charger is equipped
with built-in overheat and overload electronic circuit protection
。 TIMER PROTECTION: Charger provides the maximum charging
time for each charging stage. In the event it is wired to recharge a
larger than recommended battery, charger will stop charging after
maximum stage recommended time and the RED LED will be FLASH
slowly. At this point, Battery must be disconnected.
。REVERSE POLARITY: Charger has reverse battery protection. (Red
LED ON, while output leads are connected backwards), Disconnect
and correct connection to battery.
。
SHORTCIRCU
IT PROTECTION:Char
g
e
r will
t
urnoffupo
n
detec
t
in
g
a sho
r
t
circu
i
t
(
RedLEDON.
RECOMMENDEDSETTIN
G
S
:
Cha
r
g
eRate
:
Cha
r
g
e Curre
n
t
2A 4A
8
A
B
atte
r
y
Capac
i
t
y
:
Cha
rgin
6
--
4
0
1
0--80
4
0
--
1
60
00
2
--
0
4
00
1
--
0
1
06--6
nini
a
t
niaM
:
y
t
i
capaC
y
r
etta
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