Introduction And Features; Charge Curve; Features - Vector VEC1087C Owner's Manual

IilIRODUfi
IOII AIID
TEAIURES
Thonk
you for
selecting the Vector
Model VEC1087C
2/6/10
AJAP
l2
Volt Smort
Bottrery
Chorger,
with Alternotor
Voltoge
Check
ond
Bottery Vo[toge Check funciions.
With
proper core ond use, it
will
give you yeors
of
dependoble service.
This
bottery
chorger hos o high chorge rote o[ up to l0
omps,
ond low chorge
rote
o[
up
trc
2 omps. lt
is designed
for chorging
only
l2
voli leod-ocid
botteries
-
conventionol outomolive, mointenonce [ree, morine deep rycle ond Gel
-
used
in
cors,
trucks,
form
equipmeni, boots, RVs
ond
SUVs,
lo*n
mo*ers/gorden
koctrcrs, moicrcycles, personol wotercroh,
snowmobiles, ATVs, trucks ond vorious commerciol opplicoiions.
Vector
Smort Bottery Chorgers feoture 3-Sloge High Efficiency Chorging Technology BuilFin Microprocessor Control thoi
ensures Fost, Sofe
ond complete Chorge on serviceoble botteries (See
FIGURE
2).
Sbge One -
Ropid Stqd Chorge delivers moximum chorging omperoge
trc
"woke up" ony serviceoble
I 2 Volt
boilery ond ollows
for quick engine storting in
iust
5
minutes
(bosed on
midsize vehicle bottery
ot
50% chorge
le'rel). When bofiery
reoches
o
moximum
sob predecrmined voltoge, the chorger will
outrcmoticolly
signol
o
"BEEP"
ond
move into Stoge
2 of
the chorging
process.
Al
the end
of Stoge 2, the chorger
will
signol
o
"BEEP"
ond
move
inlrc
Sloge 3 chorge mode.
Sluge Two -
Absorption Chorge mointoins lhe moximum possible chorge ol o constont sofe predetermined voltoge.
During
the phose, voltoge obsorption regulotion chorge. the chorging voltoge remoins constont, while the octuol chorging current
is reduced
to ollow for the moximum proper internol chemicol energy
lronsfer.
Stoge
Three - Too-O[f Chorge voltoge is outomoticolly mointoined ond reduced
lo o
predetermined level while curreni
is
od;usted for
o
sofe, effective bottery
chorge
level
(step-down
regulotion mode); ldeol lor lopping off
bottreries
thot hove been
in storoge.
Al fie
conclusion o[
Stoge
3, the unit
will
BEEP
signoling the completion of the chorging
cycle.
The
Automolic Floot Chorge feoture is ideol for mointoining
o bottery.
ll outomoticolly lops off
bothery
os needed to
keep
bottery fully chorged oll
the time.
FIGURE2-(HARGECURVT
CHARGING COMPLEIE
LED
LIT
FEAIURES
'This
unit hos three chorge rote
settings,
with o
2/6/10
AA,IP
push button chorge role switch:
o) 2
omps: smoller
boHreries
os in lown mowers, snowmobiles, motorcycles,
ek.
b)
6
omps:
middle sized botteries
such
os in smoll
cors.
c)
10 omps:
outomobile bofieries ond light
trucks.
o
Auicmotic
Floot
Choroe Monitorino
o Microprocessor
conkJled fo,
prop-er, operolion ond for foult detection.
.
L,orge Lighled
Digitol Disploy,'sh6ws chorging current, ond
codes
fiot
indicote fqulh, ond
modes
of
operotion ond
timeout
o[
[unclions.
.
High Frequency, Switch-Mode operotion for pure DC output.
.
Ropid chorging.three stoge output.
.
Rooid
choroino
o Heow-dutv"co6I
!
KOPIO
Cnorgrng.tnree stoge output.
.
Heovy-drty cobles ond clomps ore
corrosion-.resistont.
o Connect to side or
bottery terminols.
o Connect to side or top-mount bottery terminols.
.
Rugged cose
with boked on finish,
plus sturdy corrying
hondle
.
SeJf"storoqe
of
cobles
ond
clomps.
.
SgFitoroge of
cobles
ond
clomps.
.
ldeol.duririg winler
seoson when vehicle's slorting perlormonce is reduced by cold or exlreme weother conditions.
.
Sinole
bee-p
tone indicqtes
o
buttrcn
is
oresr"d-o, o
mode
chono.
o..r.r.
.
Aheinotor Voltoge Check con determine if the olternotor oulpuiis within o typicol ,ohoge ronge.
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