Charging Your Batteries; Optional Remotes - ProMariner ProTournament 240 elite Dual Owner's Manual And Installation Manual

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Charging your Batteries

The ProTournament elite is designed to charge, condition, maintain and recondition your
batteries. Please follow these steps each time you use your ProTournament elite charger:
1. Open all battery compartments and ventilate for at least 15 minutes before applying AC
power to your charger. While charging your batteries make sure to keep your battery
compartment open allowing for free air ventilation.
2. Make sure all DC battery connections are tight and clean. Follow battery manufacturer's
recommendations for battery cell caps. (loosen caps if applicable).
Once your new ProTournament elite is installed and properly connected to batteries you
will be ready to plug it in.
3. Connect a heavy duty UL approved extension cord to the ProTournament elite charger first.
After connecting the extension cord to the charger, proceed to plug the extension
cord to a nearby 120 VAC GFCI protected (Ground Fault Circuit Interrupt) outlet.
4. Assuming your batteries are discharged and your ProTournament elite is factory set for
standard Flooded (lead-acid)/AGM batteries, you should observe ProTournament elite 's self
test mode (flashing red charge mode LED), blue AC power LED turn on, followed by the battery
type LED turning on and once the green "System Check OK" LED turns on you will notice a
solid red charge mode indicator identifying the charging process has started.
Note: The ProTournament elite has built in self testing to insure all batteries are connected correctly. The self
test is automatic and will take place every time the unit is plugged into a 120 VAC outlet. The self test may
take 2 minutes to complete. During the self test the LED will flash indicating it is in self test mode. If everything
is connected properly and the batteries are OK the charger's system check OK indicator will illuminate green
and the ProTournamentelite will then go into its charge mode indicated by a solid red LED.
If the charger does not go into the charge mode and a red "fault" LED is illuminated then make
sure your batteries have a voltage greater than 2 volts DC present and refer to the trouble shooting
section on page 28.
5. The multi-stage charging process is complete when the green LED for the Auto Maintain
mode is illuminated indicating that your batteries are fully charged and are being automatically
maintained with (Energy Saver Mode) which will monitor batteries and Auto Maintain batteries
only when needed to maintain a full state of charge.
6. When you are ready to use your boat, unplug your extension cord at the GFCI outlet first,
followed by unplugging the charger.
Optional ProTournament elite Charge Status Remote
See your local dealer or retailer for the ProTournament elite
Charge Status Remote. The tri-color remote indicator is easy
to install to the twist lock quick connector cable pre-wired on
ProTournament elite Chargers. The innovative design has an
LED indication of charge status as well as an illuminated halo
corresponding to the current charge mode (red for charge,
amber for conditioning and green for ready)
Optional Battery Bank Status Monitor
See your local dealer or retailer for the ProMariner Remote
Battery Bank Status Monitor. The remote monitor is easy to
install and connects directly to your boat's batteries. Once
installed, simply hold down the "push-to-test" button and
observe the charge level indicator for each battery (up to 3
batteries can be monitored).
Note: AC power to the battery charger and the boat's
engine must be off when using the Remote Battery
Bank Status Monitor.
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