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Refer to and observe the operating manual 
for your car and/or contact the manufacturer 
of your car.
Using the RECOND charging program
• 
 Connect the charger to a lead acid battery as 
described in section 5.3 and check the char-
ging process every half hour.
• 
 After 4 hours at the latest or as soon as the 
battery starts audibly gassing (bubbling), re-
move the charger as described in section 5.3.
• 
 If possible, check the acid level and, if pos-
sible, top up the battery cells, if necessary 
just with distilled water. The acid level should 
ideally be between the marked max. and min. 
level and should be identical for all the cells. 
Screw the battery stoppers, if there are any, 
tightly in place.
5.2.3 Additional function
H) SUPPLY: For supplying 12V d.c. voltage, e.g. 
when changing a battery or for operating 12V d.c. 
consumers.
Press the “Mode” button –> switch from the RE-
COND to the SUPPLY function
Warning! Protection against swapped poles will 
not be available. If the poles are swapped there 
is a risk of damaging the charger and the battery/
on-board vehicle power supply or a connected 
consumer. It is imperative that you make sure the 
polarity is correct when you connect up. Observe 
the maximum power consumption (see “Technical 
data”) of the consumer.
Note:
• 
 The direct voltage which is provided (shown 
in the display) is load-dependent and without 
load it is approx. 14.5 V.
• 
 This function can be used for consumers 
which are operated from a vehicle’s cigarette 
lighter.
• 
 Refer to and observe the operating manual 
for your 12 V consumer.
5.3 Charging the battery:
• 
 Release or remove the battery stoppers (if 
fitted) from the battery.
• 
 Check the acid level in the battery. If neces-
sary, top up the battery with distilled water (if 
possible). Important! Battery acid is aggres-
sive. Rinse off any acid splashes thoroughly 
with lots of water and seek medical advice if 
necessary.
• 
 First connect the red charging cable to the 
positive pole of the battery.
• 
 Then connect the black charging cable to the 
bodywork of the vehicle away from the battery 
and the petrol pipe.
• 
 Warning! Under normal circumstances the 
negative battery pole is connected to the bo-
dywork and you proceed as described above. 
In exceptional cases it is possible that the po-
sitive battery pole is connected to the body-
work (positive earthing). In this case, connect 
the black charger cable to the negative pole 
on the battery. Then connect the red charger 
cable to the bodywork at a point away from 
the battery and the petrol pipe. 
• 
 After the battery has been connected to the 
charger, you can connect the charger to a 
socket (see Technical Data). You can now 
change the charging settings (see section 
5.2).
• 
 Important! Charging may create dangerous 
explosive gas and therefore you should avoid 
spark formation and naked flames whilst the 
battery is charging. There is a risk of explosi-
on! It is essential that you ventilate the rooms 
well.
• 
 When “FUL” appears in the LCD display (and 
all increments Fig. 2/Item K), charging has 
been completed. The charger holds the bat-
tery at 95% – 100% available battery capacity 
using pulsed charging. If the charger shows 
this after just a few minutes, this indicates that 
the battery capacity is low. The battery needs 
replacing.
Calculating the charging time (Fig. 3a-3c)
The charging time depends on the charge status 
of the battery. If the battery is fully discharged, 
the approximate charging time up to approx. 80% 
charged can be calculated using the following 
formula:
    Battery capacity in Ah
Charging time/h = 
 Amp. (charging current)
The charging current should be 1/10 to 1/6 of the 
battery capacity.
5.4 Fault indicator (Fig. 2/Item G)
The fault indicator will fl ash (light up) in the fol-
lowing cases:
• 
 If the voltage of the battery is less than 
  3.5 V or more than 15 V. The battery is either 
unsuitable for charging or is defective. It is 
also possible that other battery errors or faults 
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