TecMate Optimate 7 TM254 Modo De Empleo página 6

STEP 1 LED #1
Confirms AC power
Low Volt
supply to the
START -
charger
Bat ≥ 0.5V
1
STEP 2
LED #2
Protection
No operation
without user
interaction.
STEP 3 Immediately following connection to a battery there may be a 1-2 second delay before
charging progresses, during which time battery State Of Charge (SOC %) and ambient
Preparing
temperature (°C / °F) is measured to determine charge requirement and duration of the test in
to charge
STEP 9.
STEP 4 & 5 LED #3 : RED
SAVE
3
State of
charge:
STEP 4
less than
TURBO SAVE
50%
STEP 5
PULSE SAVE
STEP 6
LED #4 :BLUE
CHARGE
4
State of
charge:
50% - 75%
STEP 7 LED #5 : BLUE
S
OPTIMIZE
5
(pulsed
absorption /
final charge)
State of
charge:
75% - 100%
4
OptiMate 7 automatically activates and will proceed to STEP 3 if
connected battery voltage is at least 0.5 Volt.
With battery connected, if AC power is lost & again recovered, the
charge program will restart from STEP 3.
2
REVERSE POLARITY / incorrect battery connection: The charger is
electronically protected so no damage will result, and the output will
remain disabled until the connections are corrected.
Following correction charging automatically activates and will
proceed to STEP 3.
The battery SAVE mode engages if the battery is less than 50%
charged OR voltage is between 0.5 to 12.4 Volt. Charge time: 15min
to 2hrs.
TURBO SAVE : The battery was diagnosed as sulphated, unable to
accept or hold charge - Current is limited to 0.4A and voltage is
allowed to rise towards 16V to check for active vehicle electronics, if
detected, STEP 5 immediately engages. Otherwise voltage may briefly
rise as high as 22V to overcome sulphation within the battery.
IMPORTANT: Read section VERY FLAT NEGLECTED BATTERIES below.
With voltage limited to 14.4V current is delivered in pulses to prepare
the battery to accept normal charge and increase its state of charge
towards 50%.
Engages if the battery state of charge is 50% or higher or once
the battery has been sufficiently recovered during STEP 5.
The ampmatic™ charge current monitoring and control program
automatically determines the most efficient rate of charge current for
the connected battery, according to its state of charge, state of
health, and electrical storage capacity.
Engages when the voltage has reached 14.4V for the first time
during STEP 6.
The ampmatic™ current control program now delivers pulses of
current to equalise the individual cells within the battery and optimize
charge level.
Charge time during this step varies between 10 and 120 minutes,
influenced by initial battery State Of Charge and health as measured
in STEP 3, and current draw by connected circuitry.
For safety reasons there is an overall charge time limit of 72
hours for STEPS 4 to 7.