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5. INDICATORS
Mains On (green LED)
- On when mains is applied and mains fuse is fitted.
Battery/Charger Fault (yellow LED)
- On steady for charger voltage high or low (only when mains is on, inhibited during battery test).
- Flashing for battery not connected, battery voltage low or battery charge capacity low.
Charge/Test (red LED)
- Brightness indicates rate of charge/load current during normal operation.
- Flashing indicates battery test or battery charge capacity test in progress.
6. OPERATION
Automatic Battery Connection Check:
- For this to operate correctly a minimum load is required on either the +V or VNB outputs of:
- 20mA for the 12V supplies;
- 30mA for the 24V supplies.
- Reduces output voltage to 80% for up to 500ms every 30 seconds of continuous mains supply
(uses 50Hz based timer), to allow the battery voltage to be measured.
- If battery low is detected during the test, the output voltage is restored to 100% immediately, the
PSU Fault- output is activated and the Battery/Charge Fault LED flashes until the next battery
connection check passes.
Automatic Battery Charge Capacity Test:
- Reduces output voltage to 80% for up to 90 seconds every hour of continuous mains supply, to
allow the battery voltage to be measured.
- If battery low is detected during the test, the output voltage is restored to 100% immediately, the
PSU Fault- output is activated and the Battery/Charge Fault LED flashes until the next battery
charge capacity test passes.
- If a low battery charge capacity is detected future battery charge capacity tests are carried out at
30 minute intervals until the low battery charge capacity test passes.
Automatic Battery Test:
- Reduces output voltage to 80% for the last 40 minutes of every 48 hours of continuous mains
supply, to allow load to be powered from battery.
- If battery low is detected, the output voltage is restored to 100% immediately, the PSU Faultoutput is activated and the Battery/Charge Fault LED flashes until the end of the 40 minutes.
Reset:
- The timer for the automatic battery checks and tests, and the latched Battery Fault are reset by:
- Removing the Timer Disable link (LK1), or
- Activating the Charger Disable Input (J7), or
- Activating the Timer Disable Input (J18), or
- Turning the Mains switch off.
Note that inputs take approximately 1 second to operate and changes of voltage state take 3-4
seconds to register.