Owner`s manual
Steps For Setting The Auto Restart Set Point
1. Unplug anything connected to either of the RJ data ports on the front of the
charger. (This includes unplugging even any Manzanita Micro BMS from the
reg bus port.
2. SET THE MAIN VOLTS TRIM TO YOUR PEAK OUTPUT LEVEL FIRST!!!
3. Remove the blue faceplate from the front of the charger as described earlier
in this section.
4. Ensure that dip switch 8 is moved to the ON (down) position to enable the
auto restart feature.
5. With the peak volts trim set properly, allow your charger to fully charge the
pack until it times out and the blue timer LED remains on solid.
6. Turn the charger's main “Amps” knob all the way down (counterclockwise)
7. Without interrupting the input power to the charger wait for the battery pack
voltage level to settle down to a specific low voltage threshold that you would
like the charger to restart at. Note: this could potentially take many days to
reach so adding a load to the battery pack such as turning on the vehicle's
heater can accelerate this process or temporarily moving the charger's
battery pack connection to a lower voltage point in the battery pack, (THIS IS
WHY THE CURRENT KNOB MUST BE TURNED ALL THE WAY DOWN SO
THERE IS NO CURRENT FLOWING WHEN THE DC OUTPUT IS
DISCONNECTED!)
8. Double check that the battery pack is properly connected to the charger and
that the pack is at the desired voltage level for the auto restart to initiate.
9. Slowly turn the auto restart potentiometer VR6 clockwise to increase the
voltage limit level at which the charger will auto restart. Keep watching the
charger's blue timer LED as you turn up the VR6 potentiometer. As soon as
the blue timer LED turns off the auto restart threshold has been reach and if it
is left there then the charger should restart whenever the pack reaches that
voltage level.
10. With the blue timer LED now off and the battery pack connected, you can
turn up the charger's “Amps” knob and verify that it will move current for
charging the battery pack.
11. NOTICE! IF YOU CHANGED ANY BATTERY PACK CABLES TO MAKE
THE CHARGER SEE A LOWER VOLTAGE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
MOVE THOSE CABLES BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITIONS SO THAT
THE CHARGER DOES NOT EXCEED THE SAFE PEAK CHARGING
VOLTAGE FOR ANY GROUP OF CELLS!
12. Turn the charger off and re-attach the blue front face plate
13. If a BMS was plugged into the charger's reg bus port, it can now be
reconnected.
It would be wise to test out the auto restart feature by charging the pack to full and
then leaving the charger turned on but purposely letting the pack get down to a low