ProMariner ProSport Gen 3 User Manual

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Professional Mariner, LLC

PO. Box 968 Rye, New Hampshire 03870 TEL: 603-433-4440 FAX: 603-433-4442 www.promariner.com

Made in China

specifications subject to change without notice

Design and Constructed to:

Marine UL 1236 SB CSA C22.2 No. 107.2 FCC Class A ABYC A-28

10/12 A

100%

Marine Battery Charger

ProMar

Performance Charging Inside

Digital

WATERPROOF &

SALTWATER

TESTED

2-Year Warranty

Owner's Manual and Installation Guide

Model Part No.

ProSport6 43006 12 6 1 90-1356’ 7.125”x 7.25” x 2.75”

ProSport8 43008 12/24 8 2 90-1356’/6’ 8.375”x 7.25” x 2.75”

ProSport12 43012 12/24 12 2 90-1356’/6’ 9.875”x 7.25” x 2.75”

ProSport15 (OEM only) 43015 12/24/36 15 3 90-1356’/6’/6’ 10.825”x 7.25” x 2.75”

ProSport20 43020 12/24 20 2 90-1356’/6’ 12.125”x 7.25” x 2.75”

ProSport20 Plus 43021 12/24/36 20 3 90-1356’/6’/6’ 12.125”x 7.25” x 2.75”

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please save and read all safety, operating and installation instructions before installing or applying AC power to your ProSport On-Board Marine Battery Charger.

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Your Satisfaction is Important to Us!

Do not return this product to a retailer or dealer for any service or warranty requirements. Please call our Customer Care Department at 800-824-0524 from 8:30 am to 5 pm Eastern Time

for any warranty, service or installation assistance. Thank you - ProMariner Customer Care

PLEASE RECORD YOUR:

Model Number: Serial Number: Date of Purchase:

For use with Flooded (Lead-Acid), AGM and Gel Batteries. Not for use with 4D or 8D large capacity batteries.

Amps Banks AC In

Cables

Size

INTRODUCTION

Table of Contents

Introduction... 1

CAUTIONS, WARNINGS AND SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS… 2-3

General Overview… 4-5

General Operation… 6-8

Installation... 9-11

Wiring Diagrams… 11-18

Charging your Batteries... 19

Maintenance… 20

Troubleshooting... 21

Accessories...

Warranty Information... 23

Important Charger Operation Note:

Once your new ProSport is installed and properly connected to batteries you will be ready to plug it in.

Please note the ProSport has a built-in self test feature that will also analyze all battery connections and batteries to determine your boats batteries are capable of being charged correctly. The self test is automatic and will take place everytime the unit is plugged into a 110VAC outlet. The self test may take up to 2 minutes to complete.

During the self test the red charge mode indicator will be flashing. When completed if everything is connected properly and the batteries are OK and above 2.0 volts DC then the charger will register and illuminate the green system check OK indicator followed by a solid (non flashing) red charge mode LED illuminating indicating all batteries are being charged.

If the charger does not go into the charge mode with a solid (non flashing) red charge mode indicator and the system check OK indicator is not illuminated with a solid green LED then a red battery bank fault LED will illuminate identifying the battery(s) that have either a wiring fault present i.e poor connection, a blown DC cable fuse, the DC cable is wired in reverse polarity, battery cable is wired across two batteries in series with a high DC overvoltage of 24V or the battery itself may be under 2.0 volts DC. In any of these cases refer to the troubleshooting section on page 21 of this manual.

Introduction

Thank you from all of us at ProMariner and congratulations on your recent purchase of the ProSport On-Board Marine Battery Charger. Powered and designed by ProMariner, a leader in the marine charger industry for over 30 years. The Generation 3 ProSport has been taken to the next level of performance. Each model fully utilizes state of the art all digital microprocessor controlled charging technology, delivering industry leading features not seen in our previous generation of marine battery chargers. Features include: digital bank trouble indicators, once a month storage reconditioning mode and expanded digital LED display.

ProMariner’s Generation 3 ProSport Features Include:

ProMar Digital Technology

Microprocessor and software controlled pulse charging technology delivering a 40% lighter design, cooler charger operation and faster charging.

System Check OK and Battery Bank Trouble Status Indicators

Advanced technology eliminates time consuming troubleshooting by clearly indicating system and battery connections are OK or if a fault is present on a specific battery bank.

Digital Multi-Stage Performance Charging

Fully charge and extend the life of your batteries. Automatically charges, conditions and safely maintains all batteries on board for maximum time on the water.

Storage Recondition Mode

During short or long-term storage, ProSport automatically reconditions all batteries on board once a month for maximum battery life and performance.

Distributed On-Demand™ Technology

ProMariner’s Distributed-On-Demand™ Technology automatically senses and distributes 100% of available charging amps to any one bank or combination of all banks. All unused charging amps are Distributed-On-Demand™ to batteries on board requiring additional charging amps.

Digital LED Display and Battery Type Selector

LED indicators for charging, conditioning and maintain modes in addition to AC power and selected battery type (2 charge profiles to choose from with a 3rd profile for AGM HP on the ProSport 20 Dual model only. )

Built-in Quality & Safety

Compact and rugged extruded aluminum design, dual in-line DC safety fuses for trolling motor battery banks. Built-in over-voltage, overload, over-temperature, reverse polarity and ignition protection.

Pre-wired for Easy Installation

2-Year Warranty

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

General Safety Instructions

Before connecting your batteries or applying AC power, read all instructions and cautionary markings on the battery charger, cables, and batteries.

CAUTION - To reduce the risk of injury, charge only lead-acid type rechargeable batteries; Flooded (lead-acid), Sealed (lead-acid), Gel (Gelled Electrolyte Lead-acid) and AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat). Other types of batteries may burst, causing personal injury. The ProSport is

factory set for standard Flooded (lead-acid) /AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) batteries.

Use of attachments not recommended or sold by Professional Mariner, LLC may result in a risk of fire, electrical shock or personal injury.

EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS TO CHARGER SHALL COMPLY WITH THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS (33CFR183, SUB PART 1).

Do not operate the charger if it has received a sharp blow, direct hit of force, been dropped or otherwise damaged in any way. Do not install if any protective AC and DC cable insulation, DC fuse holders and/or ring terminals have been damaged or compromised.

Call ProMariner for repair service to avoid risk of fire, short circuits or electrical shock. Do not disassemble the battery charger. If service or repair is required please contact customer

care at 1-800-824-0524. Incorrect reassembly or cable modifications may result in a risk of electrical shock, fire or explosion.

To reduce the risk of electrical shock, remove AC power from the charger prior to any maintenance or cleaning.

WARNING: RISK OF EXPLOSIVE GASES

WORKING IN THE VICINITY OF A LEAD-ACID BATTERY IS DANGEROUS. BATTERIES GENERATE EXPLOSIVE GASES DURING NORMAL BATTERY OPERATION. FOR THIS REASON IT IS OF EXTREME IMPORTANCE THAT EACH TIME BEFORE USING YOUR CHARGER YOU FOLLOW THESE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.

WARNING AVOID SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH FROM FIRE, EXPLOSION, OR ELECTRICAL SHOCK

- Make your AC power connection in an open atmosphere free of explosive fumes.

- Make your AC power connection in a secure manner that will avoid contact with water.

Personal Safety Precautions

a) Someone should be within the range of your voice or close enough to come to your aid when working near a lead-acid battery.

b) Have plenty of soap and water nearby in case battery acid comes in contact with skin, clothes, or eyes.

c) Wear complete eye protection and clothing protection. Avoid touching eyes while working near battery(s).

d) If battery acid contacts skin or clothing, wash immediately with soap and water. If acid enters eye, immediately flood eye with running cold water for at least 10 minutes and get medical attention immediately.

e) NEVER smoke or allow a spark or flame in the vicinity of a battery or engine. f) Incorrect assembly or modification may result in risk of electrical shock, fire, or explosion. g) Be extra cautious to reduce risk of dropping a metal tool onto the battery. It might spark

or short-circuit a battery or other electrical hardware which may cause an explosion or fire.

General Safety Instructions

h) Remove all personal metal items such as rings, bracelets, necklaces, watches, and jewelry when working near a battery. A battery can produce a short circuit current high enough to weld a ring or any other metal, causing serious burns.

Use your ProSport On-Board Marine Battery Charger to charge: Flooded (lead -acid)/AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) Gel (Gelled Electrolyte Lead-acid) Batteries. It is not intended to supply low voltage electrical systems other than in a marine application. Do not use your marine battery charger to charge dry cell batteries that are commonly used with home appliances. These batteries may burst and cause injury to persons and property. Never charge a frozen battery

Safety Precautions Prior to Charging Batteries

If necessary to remove a battery from a boat to charge, always remove the grounded negative terminal from the battery first. Make sure all accessories in the boat are off, as to not cause

an arc. Be sure the area around the charger and batteries is well ventilated while the batteries are being charged. Gases can be forcefully blown away using a piece of cardboard or other nonmetallic material as a fan.

Clean battery terminals with full eye protection to prevent corrosive material from coming in contact with eyes.

Add distilled water in each cell until electrolyte reaches levels specified by the battery manufacturer. This helps purge excessive gases from cells. Do not overfill. For batteries without caps, carefully follow manufacturer's recharging instructions.

Study all manufacturer’s specific precautions, such as removing or not removing cell caps while charging, in addition to battery type for proper rate of charge.

Extension cords should be industrial grade / heavy duty UL approved and grounded. Check extension cord before use for damage, bent prongs, and cuts. Replace if damaged. Always make your extension cord connection on the charger side first. After connecting the extension cord to the charger proceed to plug the extension cord to a nearby 120 VAC GFCI protected (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt) outlet.

Always remove the extension cord from the 120 VAC outlet first when charging is completed followed by unplugging the charger from the extension cord.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: FCC CLASS A PART 15 NOTIFICATION

Your ProSport On-Board Marine Battery Charger has been designed and tested to comply with FCC Class A part 15. These regulations are to provide adequate protection against harmful interference while operated in a commercial application. If in a residential setting, you are encountering interference with TV and radio reception, simply remove AC power from the ProSport to confirm if your battery charger is causing interference. End user can explore the following to minimize interference:

1) Chose a different AC circuit to power your On-Board Marine Battery Charger.

2) Make sure your outlet is properly grounded.

3) Re-position receiving antenna.

4) Purchase a separate AC line filter.

5) Relocate charger so that it is at the furthest point from home receiving equipment,TV, radio, etc.

GENERAL OVERVIEW

General Overview

The ProSport Charger is an advanced electronic and fully automatic multi-stage on-board marine battery charger. ProSport is pre-wired for easy installation and is 100% waterproof for fresh and salt water applications. ProSport’s multi-stage charging process delivers five modes of operation that include: start up diagnostics, charging, conditioning, auto maintain and storage reconditioning of each battery. This process is proven to extend the life of your batteries and will fully charge your batteries each time you connect to AC power. ProSport delivers increased power and performance while providing improved durability and heat transfer.

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The ProSport Distributed-On-Demand 100% of the available charging output of 8,12, 15 or 20 amps (model specific) to any one battery or combination of all batteries. Each battery charger output is fully isolated. ProSport’s easy to view LED indicators will provide at a glance status of: AC power, battery type, charging, and ready status. The LED status center also includes an indication of a fault or failure detected at each battery that is connected to the charger and can be seen on the top of the unit when installed.

Note: ProSport On-Board Marine Battery Chargers are designed for any combination of group 24,27,30 and 31 batteries. Each battery charger DC output cable must be connected to one (1) 12 Volt DC battery (even if batteries are configured for 24 Volt DC or 36Volt DC trolling motor or system applications).

Important: The pair of red and black wires in 1 cable jacket MUST GO TO THE SAME 12VDC battery.

Each charger cable

be connected to 1 battery, just as shown. Observe black to (-) and red to (+). Do this for each battery.

When connecting to an engine start battery only connect the battery bank cable that is LABELED: "FOR ENGINE BATTERY, USE THIS BANK CABLE ONLY".

must

Charging Technology will automatically sense and distribute

black (-)

cable jacket

red (+)

Group size 24

thru 31 only

Top View of Battery

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How Distributed-On-Demand

Charging Technology Works

ProSport’s Distributed-On-Demand™ Charging Technology ensures 100% of the available charging amps are fully utilized to meet the demand of each battery on-board. For example, if your engine start battery only needs 2 amps from your ProSport 12 (6/6 two bank charger) the unused 4 amps will be automatically Distributed-On-Demand™ to your house or trolling motor battery, providing a total of 10 amps for faster charging versus only 5 amps that the conventional 5/5 battery charger would provide. The competitive 5/5 charger has a 5 amp limit per bank.

Other 5/5

10 amp chargers

Not Fully Distributed

Fully

Charged

Engine

Start Battery

House or

Trolling Battery

12 Amps Fully Distributed

Start Battery

210

Fully

Charged

Engine

House or

Trolling Battery

Application Tip

If your application is for 4D or 8D large capacity batteries, please refer to ProMariner's website www.promariner.com and view our ProNauticP Hardwired Charger Assortment for a model that is correct for this group size of batteries.

Most specifically you do not have to remove series or parallel jumper cables to use your ProSport charger. See typical wiring diagrams for these systems in the installation section of this manual.

Note: The ProSport must be connected to batteries to operate. It will not operate as a 12 volt power supply.

General Operation

Install your ProSport On-Board Marine Battery Charger to the guidelines in this manual.

Make sure your charger and batteries are properly vented. Connect your extension cord with no AC power present to the ProSport and proceed to plug your extension cord in at a nearby 120 VAC GFCI protected (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt) outlet.

With your ProSport plugged in properly, it will automatically/ fully charge your batteries while it conditions and extends the life of your batteries. Always leave your charger plugged in to reduce sulfate build-up allowing your batteries to be fully charged and maintained for your next fishing trip.

The ProSport design incorporates a new storage recondition mode that stimulates and reconditions your onboard batteries for 3 hours once a month and when completed will resume its normal auto maintain mode. During the storage recondition mode the ready/maintain LED will remain green and the storage recondition mode LED will fade-in fade-out pulse, indicating your batteries are being reconditioned and are fully charged during this process.

GENERAL OPERATION

ProSport LED Status Center - Operation and Display

ProSport includes 7 LEDs for operation status and up to 3 battery bank trouble LEDs depending on the model.

The blue AC power LED

1. Illuminates when AC power is applied

2. The battery type LED Will illuminate red for standard Flooded (lead-acid)/AGM and green for GEL.

Note: The ProSport 20 Dual bank model includes an amber battery type LED for AGM HP (High Performance) battery type. Please read the battery manufacturer literature carefully and select the correct charge profile. Failure to do so may cause early battery failure.

3. The system check OK LED After applying AC power the ProSport will self test and analyze all battery connections

and batteries. If all checks are OK the green LED will illuminate. This can take up to 2 minutes.

4. The charge mode LEDs

Charging: Red LED will flash during the self test and battery test mode

Conditioning: Amber LED illuminates during conditioning mode.

Ready / maintain: Green LED illuminates when batteries are fully charged and being

Storage recondition: Green LED fades in and out when performing a once a month storage

Battery bank trouble status LEDs

5. Red LEDs will illuminate indicating a wiring problem or fault at one of the batteries connected

to the ProSport charger. See page 21 for further details.

(approximately 1-2 minutes) and will be solid red during charging.

automatically maintained until you are ready to use your boat.

recondition mode.

Operation after Applying AC Power to a ProSport Charger Connected to Discharged Batteries

(The following example is for the factory setting of Flooded (lead-acid) batteries) When power is applied the ProSport performs a self test of the battery charger electronics and the batteries connected to the battery charger.

During the startup test the battery type LED will be illuminated and the red charge mode LED will flash indicating that the unit is in a self test mode. When complete and if there are no faults, the charger's system check OK indicator will illuminate green and the ProSport's solid red charging LED will be ON indicating the charge process is initiated.

Note: If there is a fault the appropriate bank LED will illuminate and the charge process may not start, depending on the location of the fault. See page 21 for further troubleshooting details.

If There are no Battery Faults, the Green System Check OK LED will Illuminate and the Following Sequences will Proceed:

The red battery type LED (factory set for standard Flooded (lead-acid)/AGM batteries) will illuminate. The red charge mode LED will illuminate indicating the charger has started its multi-stage charging process. When the charge process is approximately 80% complete the red charge mode indicator will

turn off and the amber conditioning LED will turn on indicating the conditioning mode. When the multi-stage charge process is completed you will observe the following: Battery type red LED goes OFF. The red charging LED and the amber conditioning LED will be off and the green ready/maintain

LED will illuminate indicating your batteries are fully charged. The only LEDs on after the multi-stage charge process is completed are the green system

OK LED, blue AC power LED and the green ready/maintain LED.

Multi-Stage Charging Overview

ProSport Charging: During this mode the “Charging” indicator will be red. ProSport will use all of its

available charging amps (as controlled by temperature) until the battery voltage is raised to 14.6VDC (Flooded lead-acid factory setting).

ProSport Conditioning: During this mode the “Conditioning” status indicator will be amber. Batteries will hold at 14.6 VDC (factory set for Flooded lead-acid batteries) to complete charging while conditioning each battery connected. Upon completion the ProSport will go into its maintain mode.

ProSport Ready / Maintain: During this mode the “Ready/Maintain” status indicator will be green and remain on with the blue “power” LED indicating that your batteries are fully charged while being maintained at a precision

13.4 volts (factory set for Flooded lead-acid batteries) and are ready to go when you are. ProSport Storage Recondition Mode: During this mode the ProSport “Recondition Mode” green indicator

will illuminate with a slow fade in and out pulse indicating that while your batteries/boat are in storage the ProSport will automatically recondition all batteries for up to 3 hours once a month extending battery life and maximizing on the water battery power performance.

Average Voltage

Volts

(Factory installed black programming cap charge profile illustration).

Charging

Conditioning

14.6V

13.4V

Ready/ Maintain

Monthly Storage Reconditioning

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