Battery Setup - Alpha Group OutBack Power MATE3 Owner's Manual

Battery Setup

This menu allows the user to set the parameters for the battery bank in that particular system. These
figures are used by the FLEXnet DC battery monitor to track the status of the battery bank. (Many of these
figures must be given by the battery manufacturer.) For more information on the battery monitor, see the
User's Guide for the FLEXnet DC.
To access the Battery Setup menu:
1. Access the Battery Monitor menu as shown in Figure 106.
2. Use the control wheel to highlight the Battery Setup menu.
Press the button in the center of the control wheel to accept the selection.
3. Use the control wheel to increase or decrease the set points to the correct voltage.
Press the button in the center of the control wheel to accept the selection.
This should automatically move the highlighting to the next set point.
4. After setting the parameters for each set point, press the TOP navigation key to return to the
Main Menu screen.
Set Points:
 Battery Amp-hours: Identifies the total size of the battery bank in amp-hours.
 Charged Voltage: Sets the minimum voltage the three-stage charger must reach during the Bulk or
Absorption stages for the battery monitor to consider the batteries fully charged.
 Charged Return Amps: Sets the limit to which the charging current must "trickle down" or decrease
before the batteries are considered charged.
 Time: Sets the duration the Charged Voltage and Charged Return Amps must be maintained before
the charging cycle is considered finished.
 Charge Factor: Adjusts the anticipated charging efficiency of the batteries. Because the batteries
cannot be 100% efficient, the battery monitor discounts a certain percentage of the energy used to
charge them. This provides a better estimate of their capacity.
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Figure 107 Battery Setup
Battery Monitor Settings
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