Contents Power categories General 30 kW Safety rules General Environmental conditions Mains connection Dangers from mains current and charging current Danger due to acid, gases and vapours General information regarding the handling of batteries Protecting yourself and others Safety measures in normal operation EMC device classifications EMC measures Data protection...
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“Opportunity Charge” special function DC connection Additional functions General settings Reset settings USB mode Status codes Power path status codes Options Safety Electrolyte circulation External start/stop Charging lights Temperature-controlled charging Relay board Aquamatic control Charging Charge 50% Charge 80% Charging not complete Charge finish Main charge finished Common error message...
Power categories General The kW information for the power categories relates to the housing design and is not dir- ectly related to the actual device output. 30 kW Selectiva 8250/8300/8375...
Safety rules General The device has been manufactured in line with the state of the art and according to recognized safety standards. If used incorrectly or misused, however, it can cause: Serious or fatal injury to the operator or third parties Damage to the device and other material assets belonging to the operating company Inefficient operation of the device All persons involved in commissioning, operating, maintaining and servicing the device...
Dangers from Anyone working with battery chargers exposes themselves to numerous dangers, e.g.: mains current Risk of electrocution from mains current and charging current. and charging cur- Hazardous electromagnetic fields, which can risk the lives of those using cardiac rent pacemakers.
General informa- Protect batteries from dirt and mechanical damage. tion regarding the Store charged batteries in a cool place. Self discharge is kept to a minimum at handling of bat- approx. +2 °C (35.6 °F). teries Carry out a visual inspection at least once a week or as often as specified by the battery manufacturer to ensure that the acid (electrolyte) level in the battery is at the max.
EMC measures In certain cases, even though a device complies with the standard limit values for emis- sions, it may affect the application area for which it was designed (e.g. when there is sensitive equipment at the same location, or if the site where the device is installed is close to either radio or television receivers).
Copyright Copyright of these Operating Instructions remains with the manufacturer. Text and illustrations were accurate at the time of printing. Fronius reserves the right to make changes. The contents of the Operating Instructions shall not provide the basis for any claims whatsoever on the part of the purchaser. If you have any suggestions for improvement, or can point out any mistakes that you have found in the Operating Instructions, we will be most grateful for your comments.
General information Explanation of DANGER! safety notices Indicates immediate danger. ▶ If not avoided, death or serious injury will result. WARNING! Indicates a potentially hazardous situation. ▶ If not avoided, death or serious injury may result. CAUTION! Indicates a situation where damage or injury could occur. ▶...
WARNING! Danger due to unsuitable batteries being connected to the charger. Escaping gas, fire or explosion may result in serious injury and damage to property. ▶ Never connect a battery to the charger unless it is compatible in terms of its type, voltage and capacity and corresponds to the charger settings.
WARNING! Danger due to faulty or insufficient power supply. This may result in serious injury and damage to property. ▶ The power supply requirements detailed in "Technical data" must be met. Charging lead WARNING! Danger due to trailing charging leads. This may result in serious injury and damage to property.
OVC III xxxxW DC max. AC max. IP20 Protective class I Fronius International GmbH HIGH LEAKAGE CURRENT! Froniusstraße 1 Ensure proper grounding 4643 Pettenbach Austria An electric shock can be fatal. The housing must never be opened by anyone other than a service technician trained by the manufacturer.
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The charger can cause DC fault currents in the ground conductor. If a fault current protection device (RCD) is used on the mains side to protect against electric shock, it must conform to type B. The device has an increased leak- age current.
Warning notices WARNING! inside the device Danger from electric current. This can result in serious injury or death. ▶ The housing must never be opened by anyone other than a service technician trained by the manufacturer. ▶ Before starting work, switch off all the devices and components involved and discon- nect them from the grid.
Setup regulations WARNING! Danger due to system components falling or toppling over. This can result in serious injury and damage to property. ▶ After delivery, remove the device from the pallet as described in the "Removing the pallet" section. ▶ Make sure that all system components are securely in position when setting them ▶...
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NOTE! Danger due to partially or fully covered air inlets and outlets. This can result in damage to property. ▶ If several chargers are set up one behind the other, they should be offset. 30 cm (11.81 in.) If the chargers are arranged in a line one behind the other without being offset, the minimum clearance between the chargers must be as follows: 30 cm (11.81 in.)
Dimensions mm (in.) 145 (5.71) 600 (23.62) 780 (30.71) 369 (14.53) Removing the Remove the device from the pallet after pallet delivery. WARNING! Danger resulting from operating the device on the pallet. This may result in serious injury and dam- age to property.
Fitting to the mm (in.) 750 (29.53) floor Wall mounting Drill bore holes (1) of the correct size mm (in.) 240 (9.45) for the selected wall plugs and screws. If the surface allows, the SW10 screws (3) and washers (4) used for storing the wall bracket bar can be used, as shown in the illustration below.
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Remove the wall bracket bar (2): Remove the SW10 screws (3) and washers (4) (3) (3) Pre-mount the wall bracket bar (2) to a suitable wall using the previously removed SW10 screws (3) and wash- ers (4). If this is not possible, other suitable screws and washers should be used.
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If the wall bracket bar (2) is not required, store it on the rear of device and secure it using wing nuts (7). Alternatively, the wall bracket bar (2) can also be stored on the right-hand side of the device. It is secured using TX25 screws (8) and a tightening torque of 3 (8) (2)
Control elements and connections Controls and (10) (11) (12) connections Function (+) Charging lead Position for the external start/stop option or temperature-controlled char- ging option. (-) Charging lead Position for the internal electrolyte circulation option. Compressed air outlet Position for the remote control system or 13 V charging lights options. USB port The USB port allows a USB flash drive to be used to update the device and also to log the charging parameters while charging is in progress.
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(11) Position for the internal electrolyte circulation option. Air intake with air filter (12) Options, connection area The connection area inside the device can only be accessed by removing the connection plate on the front of the device. The warning notices in the "Safety" section of the "Options" chapter must be obeyed.
Pin assignment Connections of the 18-pin option plug Plug Plug Plug of the option plug on the P-Control PC board inside the Code Code housing G / 2 13V / 1 Y / 3 R / 4 Dete C2 G C1 G 13V O C1 L...
Control panel Function Display Displays the current charging parameters. Displays settings. "Menu" key Selects the desired menu. Return to the higher-level menu. "Up/Down" keys Selects the desired menu item. Sets the desired value. “Pause/Start” key For interrupting and resuming the charging process. Confirms a menu item or setting.
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"Charge" indicator (yellow) Lit: during charging. Flashes: if charging has been interrupted. "Battery charged" indicator (green) On steady: Charging ended. Flashes every second: Charging ended. The water refill indicator has also tripped.
Charging the battery Starting for the When the charger is first connected to the mains, the device is in SETUP mode. first time The following basic settings must be changed or confirmed in this mode: Language (English, German, French, etc.) Date, time and time zone Length and cross-section of the charging lead Type of battery, characteristic, number of cells and charging time or battery capacity...
Use the "Up/Down" keys to set the cross-section of the charging lead. Confirm with the "Pause/Start" key. The charger is configured with the correct charging lead cross-section as per the order. An incorrectly set charging lead cross-sec- tion can have a negative influence on the charging process.
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NOTE! Risk of property damage if the charging plug contacts are very dirty. The resulting increase in contact resistance can lead to overheating and subsequent destruction of the charging plug. ▶ Keep the charging plug contacts free from impurities and clean them if necessary. Connect the charger mains plug to the electrical mains supply.
When the battery is fully charged all 4 bars of the battery symbol appear black. As soon as the battery is fully charged, the green indicator lights up. The battery is always ready to use. The battery can remain connected to the charger for any length of time.
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NOTE! Risk of damage to the battery if it is disconnected from the charger before the charging process is complete. This may damage the battery. ▶ Only disconnect the battery from the charger when it is fully charged (green "Battery charged"...
Display Overview of dis- The device has the following display modes: play modes Function Standard mode In standard mode the display shows the charging parameters. Statistics mode Visualises the frequency of the device operating modes and shows the total number of charging actions. Also shows an overview of the total and average Ah produced and energy consumed per charge.
The charger parameters can be set individually. More information can be found in the "Configuration mode" section. Menu selection Change from standard mode to the menu selection as follows: Press and hold the "Menu" key for approx. 5 seconds. Change from all other modes to the menu selection as follows: Briefly press the "Menu"...
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Use the "Up/Down" keys to switch between the pages for each stored charging pro- cess. Contents of the display window Charge start date, e.g.: Thursday, 19/06/14. Charge start time, e.g.: 19:29 or charging time, e.g.: 8 h 28 min. Voltage at charge start, e.g.: 45.9 V. Voltage after 5 minutes, e.g.: 47.9 V.
Number of cells Characteristic Type of battery Configuration Configuration mode provides the following setting options: mode "Charging settings": settings for the battery Type of battery, e.g. "Wet". Charging characteristic, e.g. "IU". Capacity (Ah) or charging time (h) depending on the charging characteristic. Cells: voltage (V) and number of battery cells or automatic setting of the number of cells.
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First the screen will appear in its initial format, showing the date, time and soft- ware version. The "Up/Down" keys can be used to retrieve the following information: Serial number of the charger plus serial number and version of the configuration memory.
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When you select a menu item you may be presented with a prompt to read the Oper- ating Instructions. Confirm this prompt by pressing the "Pause/Start" key again. The procedure for navigating the configuration menu and its submenus is as follows: Use the "Up/Down"...
Use the "Up/Down" keys to set the desired value (e.g. "24" for the number of battery cells). Use the "Pause/Start" key to confirm what you have entered. If one or more relevant settings are changed for the charging process in configuration mode, you will once again be prompted to confirm acceptance of the changed settings when exiting configuration mode.
Electrolyte circu- "Air Pump" electrolyte circulation (not lation available on the Selectiva 220 V variant): The electrolyte circulation cycle is con- trolled by the charger's control system. A number of selection options are available for this purpose. The following settings are available for electrolyte circulation: Electrolyte circulation switched off.
The following settings are available for temperature-controlled charging: automatic/OFF/required automatic ... Temperature-dependent adjustment of the charging characteristic. OFF ... The measured battery temperature is not taken into account. required ... Charging only starts if the temperature sensor is connected. Error overtemperature ON/OFF ON ...
Delay If the battery remains connected to the charger for the duration of the equalising charge delay ("equalize charge delay"), a special type of charging takes place. This prevents acid stratification. The parameters for the current (ampere/100 ampere hours), voltage (volt/cell) and duration of the equalising charge may all be changed.
Calendar Calendar The calendar function allows charging to be started automatically according to the follow- ing criteria: Time window in which charging may not be started if a battery is connected. Time window in which charging is to be started using a defined characteristic 1 if a battery is connected.
NOTE! Ongoing charging operations are unaffected by the set time windows. ▶ If, in the example above, a battery is connected at 05:45, the charge end time is governed according to need and is not interrupted by the end time specified for the set time window (06:00 in the example).
Selecting "Special Charges" allows one or more of the alternative charging types to be performed temporarily. The "repeat" setting defines how often the alternative charging mode should be per- formed until the device reverts to the original charging parameters again: Setting range 1 to 99 repetitions Disable Start Button...
Display when RI characteristic is selected Display for other characteristics (e.g. IUI) To start opportunity charging: Use the "Up" key to select the runner symbol (1). "Runner symbol" (1) Display when opportunity charging starts DC connection DC Connection: The “DC Connection” menu contains the setting for the DC connection check.
Setting the "Blue LED" indicator Time (minutes) that must be allowed to pass before the blue "battery cooled" indicator comes on to indicate that a battery has cooled down sufficiently. The time from the end of charging is used as the setting. At mains failure restart charging If this option is selected, the charging process is restarted automatically as soon as the mains supply becomes available again after a disruption to the electrical mains supply.
AC current consumption: Adapt the maximum consumed device current to the on-site electrical install- ation or the device connector fitted on the device. The minimum and maximum values differ depending on the different device classes. The minimum value is approx. 25% of the maximum nominal current of the charger.
32 Gigabyte maximum Non multi-partitioned I-SPoT VIEWER (www.fronius.com/i-spot) software supports the visualisation and evaluation of data on the USB flash drive. Only insert the USB flash drive when charging is not in progress or if the charging pro- cess has been interrupted.
The logged data is saved in the same way as for the "Download" function, but is saved as "csv" files rather than in the I-SPoT VIEWER format. (Automatically created folder structure for the ".csv" files: * Fronius\<device serial number>\Charges\<yyyymmdd>\<hhmmss.csv>) Save events. Events are saved to the USB flash drive.
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Battery fault: If the battery signals a fault, the charger displays this fault as a battery fault including the corresponding fault number for the battery. The respective fault is explained in the bat- tery's Operating Instructions. If an error message appears on the display and if you cannot resolve the error yourself: Note the displayed status code: e.g.
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(53) Battery voltage not supported (54) Communication fault (55) Battery fault (56) Battery does not switch on (57) Message time limit exceeded (58) Registration failed Status codes in the event of a charging error Cause / Remedy (31) Timeout in I1 phase (32) Timeout in U1 phase (33)
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(532) Microcontroller error (e.g. division by 0) (533) Reference voltage outside the tolerance (534) Start-up error (535) PFC overcurrent (536) Phase shifter or PFC faulty Status codes in the event of a fault in the secondary circuit Cause / Remedy (520) Secondary temperature sensor faulty (521)
(549) Charging could not be resumed after a power failure (550) Time not set (551) Hardware change detected (552) Configuration memory chip invalid (553) Primary update failed (554) Fault in the master-slave communication (555) Incorrect device software Power path The status code indicates which power path is affected: status codes (1): Power path 1 - e.g.
Options Safety In order to connect optional components, it may be necessary to open the housing. The following warning notices must be obeyed: WARNING! Danger due to work that has been carried out improperly. This can result in serious injury and damage to property. ▶...
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Program ON 1 OFF 1 Repeat ON 2 OFF 2 30 min 25 min 5 min 25 min 3 min 10 min 3 min 20 min 3 min 12 min 3 min 12 min 5 min 10 min 5 min 20 min 2.5 min 7.5 min...
External start/ The external start/stop option prevents sparking if the charging plug is disconnected dur- stop ing charging. Special contacts inside the charging plug register a separation from the charging socket. These are leading contacts in relation to the main contacts. This trig- gers an immediate stop to charging.
Relay board WARNING! Danger from using the relay board for safety-critical functions. This can result in serious injury and damage to property. ▶ Do not use the relay board for safety-critical functions. NOTE! Danger due to non-observance of the permissible mains voltage tolerance. This can cause malfunctions and damage.
Aquamatic con- The Aquamatic control contains the controller for a solenoid valve that automatically tops trol up the water in the battery to be charged. Standard setting At the start of the recharging phase, the solenoid valve opens for 12 seconds and then closes for 4 seconds.
lamps can be designed for a voltage of up to 30 V DC or up to 250 V AC on a starpoint- earthed network. If the lamp circuit is potential-free, then the switching current must not exceed 4 A. A lamp that is actuated by the 230 V supply relay must be operated with an output current of max.
Technical data Selectiva 30 kW 3~ NPE 400 V/50/60 Hz Mains voltage (-10%/+30%) 3~ PE 400 V/50/60 Hz Optional: 63 A Mains fuse protection Minimum mains lead cross section 10 mm² (0.0155 in²) 360 VAC - 3.3 mA A.C. Leakage current 400 VAC - 4.2 mA A.C.
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A high ambient temperature may result in power degradation (derating). Device-specific data Device Max. AC Max. AC Nominal voltage Max. char- current power ging current 8250 30 kW 49.2 A 30530 W 80 V 250 A 8300 30 kW 52.0 A 31640 W 80 V 300 A...
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