Product Manual

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them attractive for use in motor vehicles to provide the high current required by motors. This is
the Default setting.
AGM – AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) batteries differ from ooded lead acid batteries in that
the electrolyte is held in the glass mats, as opposed to freely ooding the plates. Very thin
glass bers are woven into a mat to increase surface area enough to hold sufcient electrolyte
on the cells for their lifetime. The bers that compose the ne glass mat do not absorb nor are
they affected by the acidic electrolyte.
Gel – A modern gel battery (also known as a “gel cell”) is a VRLA battery with a gelied
electrolyte; the sulfuric acid is mixed with fumed silica, which makes the resulting mass
gel-like and immobile. Unlike a ooded wet-cell lead-acid battery, these batteries do not need
to be kept upright. Gel batteries reduce the electrolyte evaporation, spillage (and subsequent
corrosion problems) common to the wet-cell battery, and boast greater resistance to extreme
temperatures, shock and vibration. Chemically they are almost the same as wet (non-sealed)
batteries except that the antimony in the lead plates is replaced by calcium, and gas recombi-
nation can take place.
Custom – This is the mode that can be custom programmed via the USB port using the Power
Wizard program on a laptop. From the factory, this is prole is not programmed, and is not
available unless programmed via the PowerWizard software.
BATTERY TYPE INDICATORS
FLOODED LEAD ACID
AC
POL
FLOODED
BAT
TYPE
GELAGM
AC
POL
FLOODED
BAT
TYPE
GELAGM
GEL
BLINKING
ABSORBED GLASS MAT
AC
POL
FLOODED
BAT
TYPE
GELAGM
OTHER - DEFAULT L-ION
AC
POL
BAT
TYPE
CUSTOM