Battery Charger; Batteries - General Maintenance; Batteries - Charging; Other Options - Snorkel MHP1335 Operation Manual

11. Options
Lead-acid batteries produce flammable and
explosive gasses. NEVER allow smoking,
flames or sparks around batteries.

Battery charger

The Bi-Energy MHP is fitted with an on-board
automatic battery charger (see Figure 11.5). The
charger has an electronic timer that will enable it to
c o m p l e t e l y r e - c h a r g e t h e b a t t e r i e s a n d
automatically turn off after the cycle is completed.
INLET FOR
CONNECTING
CHARGER TO MAINS
Figure 11.5 - On-Board Battery Charger
The bat tery charger is fit ted with an 'in ter lock". This
means that dur ing the charg ing cy cle all func tions
on the ma chine are in op er a tive and will re main so
un til the charger unit is switched off.
The charg ing cy cle may last from 1 to 12 hours de -
pend ing on the state of the bat ter ies.
If the charg ing cy cle should ex ceed 16 hours (in di -
cat ing a fault) the charger will au to mat i cally shut
down and the bat ter ies should be checked.
IMPORTANT
DO NOT re-charge the batteries unless the
electrolyte level has been checked.
DANGER
DO NOT allow smoking, flames or sparks
around batteries.
IMPORTANT
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DO ENSURE the covers are in the open
position during charging to allow gasses to
escape.

Batteries - General maintenance

Al ways keep the bat ter ies clean, free of dirt and
cor ro sion. A film on top of the bat tery can ac cel er -
ate dis charge.
Cold re duces bat tery ca pac ity and re tards charg -
ing. Heat in creases wa ter us age and can (in ex -
treme cir cum stances) re sult in over charg ing.
Use dis tilled wa ter to re fill the bat ter ies. Avoid wa -
ter con tain ing me tal lic sol ids such as iron.

Batteries - Charging

Fully re charge the bat ter ies, im me di ately af ter use.
one (1) charg ing cy cle per day is pre ferred. Fully
charged bat ter ies per form best. The deeper the
dis charge, the fewer num ber of cy cles a bat tery will
de liver. deep dis charges de te ri o rate the bat tery
quicker than shal low cy cles.
An overly dis charged bat tery may need to be cy -
cled a few times be fore it can fully re cover. If a bat -
tery be gins to heat be fore be com ing fully charged,
it may be nec es sary to re charge and dis charge the
bat tery a few times.
The MHP is equipped with an au to matic bat tery
charger that will com pletely re charge the bat ter ies
and turn off af ter the charge cy cle is com pleted.

Other Options:

Air Line To Platform

This con sists of pres sure flex yel low hose rated at
150 psi work ing pres sure, fit ted with quick dis con -
nect cou plers at each end .

Dual Fuel

This op tion con sists of an AC mo tor rated at ei ther
110 or 230 volts AC 50/60Hz mounted un der the fi -
ber glass cov ers. A se lec tor switch is used to change
from gas o line to elec tric. The same con trols are
used to stop and start the elec tric mo tor.
This op tion is used in shop ping malls and other
built up ar eas.
24V DC Battery Power
This op tion con sists of a 24V DC mo tor and bat ter -
ies that are used to power all func tions
Rev C MHP13/35 & MHP15/44 V3 – 13619-1