Xantrex BC3012 User Manual page 34

Operation
To equalize your batteries with the optional remote display:
1. Check the battery electrolyte level. If necessary, refill with distilled water only.
All the cells should have similar electrolyte levels. If the levels are widely
different, it will influence the relative concentration of acid, thereby affecting
the specific gravity measurements.
2. Verify that all banks are in either float or rest mode.
3. Press
4. Press
will flash to show which bank has been selected.
5. Press and hold
You can cancel the equalization request by pressing
If the battery cannot be equalized, the display will show n o .
Check that the battery is flooded and in float mode.
6. When the charger is in equalize mode, the display will show e q u .
7. Monitor the specific gravity of each cell of the battery during equalization with
a battery hydrometer.
The equalize cycle will terminate in one hour.
Check the specific gravity of each cell and repeat the equalization cycle until
they all meet the battery manufacturer's specifications for specific gravity or
until the specific gravity stabilizes relative to each other for an hour.
8. The charger automatically exits equalization to float mode or rest mode after 1
hour. To manually exit equalization mode early, press
same time and then press and hold
You can cancel the manual exit request by pressing
9. When equalization has finished, check the battery electrolyte level. If
necessary, refill with distilled water only.
2–10
and at the same time.
MODE BANK
to select which bank you are equalizing. The bank indicator light
BANK
/
ON STANDBY
to put the BC Series into equalization mode.
/
ON STANDBY
/ once.
ON STANDBY
and
MODE BANK
.
/ once.
ON STANDBY
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