Equa li zing ch ar gin g
War nin g: r isk o f exp losio n!
In eq ualiz ing cha rging , an op en lead -acid b atter y can pro duce ex plosi ve gas, t heref ore t he
bat ter y cham be r sha ll ha ve good v entil ation c ondit ions.
Not e: risk o f equ ipmen t damag e!
Equ alizi ng char gin g may rai se the ba tter y vol ta ge to a l eve l that ma y cause d amage t o sensi tiv e
DC lo ads. Ch eck a nd make s ure t hat all owabl e input v ol tag es of a ll t he lo ads i n the sys tem are
gre ate r than th e set val ue fo r batte ry e quali zing ch argin g.
Not e: risk o f equ ipmen t damag e!
Ove rchar ge or t oo mu ch gas ge nerat ed may da mage ba tte ry pla tes a nd caus e activ e mater ial on
the b atter y plate s to scal e off. Equ ali zing ch argin g to an e xcess ive ly high l evel or f or too lo ng a
per iod may c ause da mage. R ead c arefu lly t he actu al requ ire ments o f the b atter y depl oye d in the
sys tem.
Som e types o f bat terie s benef it fr om regu lar e quali zing ch argin g which c an st ir the el ectro lyte,
bal ance th e bat tery v olt age and f in ish t he elec tro chemi cal rea cti on. Equ alizi ng char ging ra ises th e
bat ter y volt age t o a highe r level t han the s ta nda rd su pply vo ltage a nd g asi fy t he ba tte ry
ele ctrol yte . If the co ntrol le r the n autom ati cally s teers t he batt er y into eq ual izing c hargi ng, the
cha rging d urati on is 1 20 minu tes (de fault ). In ord er to a void to o muc h gener ated ga s or batt er y
ove rheat , equal izing c hargi ng an d boost c hargi ng wo n’t rep eat in on e compl ete c hargi ng cycl e.
Not e:
1) Wh en due to t he i nst allat ion e nviro nment o r worki ng l oad s, th e syste m can't co ntinu ous ly
sta biliz e the bat ter y volt age t o a const ant lev el , the c ont rolle r will in itiat e a timin g pro cess, a nd 3
hou rs aft er th e bat tery v olt age rea che s the set v alue, t he sy stem wi ll auto ma tic ally sw itc h to
equ alizi ng char ging.
2) If n o calib ratio n has bee n done to t he cont rol ler clo ck, th e con troll er will p er for m equal izing
cha rging r egu larly a ccord ing t o its int er nal c lock .
F loati ng char gin g
Whe n finis hing th e susta ining c hargi ng st age, th e contr ol ler w ill swi tch t o float ing c hargi ng in
whi ch the co ntrol ler l owers t he batt er y volta ge b y dim inish ing t he char ging cu rrent a nd ke eps t he
bat ter y volt age a t the set v alue of f loa tin g charg ing vol tag e. In the f loati ng char gin g proce ss, v ery
lig ht char ging is c arr ied out f or the ba tte ry to ma int ain it at f ull sta te. At th is st age, th e loads c an
acc ess alm ost all t he sola r power. I f the l oad s consu me more p owe r than th e solar p ane l could
pro vide, t he co ntrol ler wil l not be ab le to k ee p the b att er y volta ge at the f loa ting ch argin g stage .
Whe n the bat ter y volt age d rops to t he se t value f or re turni ng to boo st char gin g, the sy stem wi ll
exi t float ing cha rgi ng and re ent er into f ast cha rgi ng.
2. Produ ct Inst allation
2.1 I ns ta llati on P rec au ti ons
Be ve ry car efu l when in st all ing the b att er y. For ope n le ad- acid ba tte ries, w ear a p ai r of go ggl es
dur ing ins talla tion, a nd in cas e of cont act w ith bat ter y acid , flush w ith w ater im media tely.
In or der to pr eve nt th e batte ry f rom bei ng sh ort-c irc ui ted , no me tal obj ects sh all be pl aced ne ar
the b atter y.
Aci d gas may b e gener ated du ri ng ba tte ry c hargi ng, thu s mak e sure th e amb ient en viron men t is
wel l venti la ted .
Kee p the bat ter y away f rom f ire s parks , as th e batte ry m ay prod uce f lamma ble gas .
Whe n insta lling t he batt er y outdo ors , take su ffi cient m easur es to k eep the b att er y from di rec t
sun light a nd rain w ater in trusi on.
Loo se conn ectio ns or cor roded w ire m ay caus e exces siv e heat ge nerat ion whi ch may fu rthe r mel t
the w ire's insul ati on laye r and bur n surro undin g mat erial s, and ev en caus e a fire, t her ef ore m ake
sur e all con nec tions a re tigh tened s ecure ly. Wi res h ad bett er b e fix ed pr op erl y with ti es, a nd
whe n needs a rise to m ove t hings , avoid w ire swa ying so a s to ke ep co nnect ions fr om l oos ening .
Whe n conne cting t he syst em , the o utp ut term inals ' volta ge may ex cee d the top l imit fo r human
saf ety. If op er ati on need s to be d one, be s ure to us e ins ulati on tool s and kee p han ds dry.
The w iring t er min als on th e con troll er can be c onnec ted w ith a sin gle bat tery o r a pac k of
bat ter ies. Fo llowi ng desc ripti ons in th is manu al appl y to syst ems e mploy ing eit her a sin gle
bat ter y or a pac k of ba tte rie s.
Fol low the s afety a dvice g iven by t he ba tter y man ufact urer.
Whe n selec ting co nnect ion wir es fo r the sys tem, fo llow th e crite rion th at th e curre nt dens ity is
not l arger t han 4A/ mm2 .
Con nect th e contr oll er's ea rt h ter minal t o the g round .
2.2 W ir in g Speci fi catio ns
Wir ing and i nstal latio n metho ds must c omply w ith nat io nal a nd loca l ele ctric al spec ifica tions .
The w iring s pecif icati ons of th e bat ter y and lo ads m ust be se lecte d accor din g to rate d cur rents ,
and s ee the fo llowi ng tabl e for wir ing spe cific ation s:
Mod el
ML4 860
Rat ed char ging
cur rent
Rat ed disc hargi ng
cur rent
Bat tery w ire
dia meter ( mm2)
Loa d wire
dia meter ( mm2)
Bat tery v olt age
com pensa tion wi re
60A 20A
>15
<5
No re quire men ts
2.3 I ns ta llati on a nd Wiri ng
War nin g: r isk o f exp losio n! Neve r insta ll th e
con troll er and an o pen b atter y in the s ame
enc losed s pace! N or sh all the c ontro ller be
ins talle d in an enc losed s pace wh ere b att ery ga s
may a ccumu late.
War nin g: d ang er of h igh vol tage! P hot ovolt ai c
arr ays may p roduc e a ver y high o pen-c irc uit
vol tage. O pen the b reaker or fu se be fore wi ring,
and b e very c are ful dur in g the w iring p roc ess.
Not e: when i nstal ling th e contr oll er, make
sur e that en oug h air flo ws thro ug h the
con troll er's rad iator, a nd le ave at le as t 150 m m of
spa ce both a bov e and bel ow the co ntrol ler s o as
to en sure na tur al conv ectio n for hea t dissi patio n.
If th e contr oller i s ins talle d in an enc losed b ox,
mak e sur e the box d eli vers re liabl e heat
dis sipat ion eff ect .
≥150mm
Hot a ir
≥150mm
Col d air
Fig . 2.1 Ins talla tion an d heat di ssipa tio n
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