Product Manual

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Installation
MOUNTING
Mount the unit in a DRY location. Allow at least 4 inches of clearance around the heat sink
ns for adequate cooling.
POWER CONNECTION
The unit is supplied with a power cable 5 feet long. This should normally be adequate to
connect to a source of power. If you must extend the power cable be sure to use a 3 conduc-
tor grounded type extension cable. For hard wiring to a source of power, cut off the plug, and
strip the wires as necessary. The wire colours are: to connect to a source of power. If you must
extend the power leads, be sure to use at least a good quality (typeTEW) AWG 8 gauge wire.
The wire colours are:
All connections should be made inside an appropriate junction box. The maximum current
draw from the 110 VAC supply is 13.8 amps, so a 15 amp circuit breaker should be used in the
circuit panel and for a 220 VAC supply, 6.9 amps is the maximum current draw, so a 10 amp
circuit breaker should be used in the circuit panel to feed power to the BCA1000.
OUTPUT CONNECTIONS
Two Positive output terminals and two Negative output terminals are provided. Connect only
one wire to each terminal. Ensure that the total average load connected does not exceed the
continuous current rating of the unit.
To ensure spark free connections the power switch must be in the OFF position prior to making
the connections to the battery bank(s).
The charger may be hooked to 1 or 2 battery banks. Hook up the battery bank(s) as shown
below. If you are hooking up 2 battery banks keep in mind that they MUST share a common
ground! If you are going to hook up one battery bank to the charger, you may hook up the
outputs in parallel to reduce stress on the output isolation diodes inside the charger.
110 VAC 220 VAC
Brown - AC Hot Brown - AC Hot / Phase 1
Blue - AC Neutral Blue - AC Neutral / Phase 2
Green - Ground Green/Yellow - Ground
OUTPUT 1 OUTPUT 1
OUTPUT 2 OUTPUT 2
BATTERY
BANK #1
BATTERY
BANK #1
BATTERY
BANK #2