Charger Controls; Completion Of Charging; Maintain Mode; General Charging Notes - Schumacher SpeedCharge SC-10030A Owner's Manual

could take up to 10 hours. If desulfation fails, charging will be aborted and
the digital display will blink.
12.5

COMPLETION OF CHARGING:

• 12V or 6V Standard Battery:
CHARGED (green) LED; when lit, the charger has stopped charging and
switched to the Maintain Mode of operation.
• 12V AGM OR GEL CELL BATTERY:
when the battery is charged enough for normal use. After charging is
complete, the CHARGED LED will be on and the voltage will be less than
14V.
12.6

MAINTAIN MODE

has started Maintain Mode. This mode of operation is also known as Float-
Mode Monitoring. In this mode, the charger keeps the battery fully charged
by delivering a small amount of current, when necessary. The voltage is
maintained at a level determined by the BATTERY TYPE selected.
NOTE: For 12V AGM and 12V GEL CELL battery types, the CHARGED
LED might be lit before the maintain mode is started.
12.7

GENERAL CHARGING NOTES:

cooling fan for efficient operation, but the fan might run continuously when
maintaining a fully charged battery. The fan does not run in Tester Mode.
If the charge mode is changed after charging has started (by pressing the
BATTERY SIZE or BATTERY TYPE button), the charging process will be
restarted.
The voltage displayed during charging will usually be higher than the bat-
tery's resting voltage.
The voltage displayed during charging is the battery voltage, not the RMS
charging voltage.
13.

CHARGER CONTROLS

Charge completion is indicated by the
: When the CHARGED (green) LED is lit, the charger
The charger is designed to control its
DIGITAL DISPLAY
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The CHARGED LED comes on
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