Owner`s manual

30, 10-40 or 6-50), use a 14-50 receptacle and simply disregard the middle straight
neutral prong. Run the green wire to the ground prong and then the white and black
wires to either of the two hot prongs. Since there is no neutral in the older 3 prong
220/240V plugs simply disregard the fact that your PFC charger has a 4 prong plug
on it.
Running Your PFC Charger on DC instead of AC
You may have heard that Manzanita Micro chargers can run from both AC and DC
power. This is true under the right circumstances; in fact the PFC40HM is designed
to run on both AC and DC in the Pi Prius conversion kits.
NOTICE! The Manzanita Micro chargers were really designed to run from an AC
power source. If you are planning to run one on DC power and it is damaged, repair
work will likely NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY! It should be noted that
the primary on/off circuit breaker on the charger is only AC rated. For this
reason, we recommend installing an appropriate DC rated breaker or fuse on
the input side when powering any Manzanita charger with DC.
There are two Manzanita Micro PFC charger models which can be run from DC
power without having to make any internal adjustments to the unit. These unique
models are the standard PFC-20 and the PFC-40HM. Some pre-2011 standard
PFC-50 chargers may work as well but check with Manzanita Micro to be sure.
If you are running a charger on DC power, it is advisable to keep the input voltage
between 100 and 390VDC. The lowest voltage that will get the charger to turn on is
about 60VDC. The absolute highest acceptable DC input voltage is 400V. NEVER
EVER EXCEED THE 400VDC MAXIMUM INPUT VOLTAGE!!
NOTE: The PFC-50B, PFC-75 and newer standard PFC-50 models can be modified
to run on DC. Contact Manzanita Micro for more information if you are really
determined to run a charger from a DC power source.
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