POWER-HUB 12 VOLT PORTABLE POWER STATION P/No.
WARNINGS • Risk of explosive gas. Working in the vicinity of a lead-acid battery can be dangerous • Batteries might release explosive gases during normal operation and charging • Before using the product, read and follow the instructions carefully. Follow all manufacturer’s instructions • Do not smoke, use matches, use a cigarette lighter, or allow a spark or flame near the battery • Do not allow metal to bridge the battery posts.
Overview The Projecta Power-Hub (PH125) is a batty box which is designed to house high capacity batteries, equipped with advanced battery fuel gauge. The Power-Hub provides all the necessary connections to power portable fridges and electronic devices. It has the following features.
QUICK START 1. Unscrew the top section of the unit with the Allen Key provided 2. Place the top section next to the main body of the unit 3.
4. Secure the battery with horizontal and vertical straps provided 5. Use the pre-cut packaging foam to secure the battery 6.
7. Connect the red battery lead to the positive terminal of the battery 8. Put the top section back onto the main body 9.
10. Press enter to acknowledge the Welcome message on the LCD screen 11. Enter the battery capacity in Ah 12.
13. Enter the value for battery health warning alarm in Ah 14. Fully charge the battery with any multistage battery charger (e.g. IC1000, PC1600 etc) 15. Disconnect the battery charger when the battery is full 16.
SPECIFICATIONS Part No. PH125 Inverter Input Voltage Range Input Current 10.5V – 15.0 Vdc ≤ 32A Open Circuit Output Voltage 240±5% Vac Full Load O/P Voltage 240±5% Vac Output Frequency Continuous Output Power 50±0.5Hz 300VA Surge Output Power 600VA for 0.2s Output Waveform Pure Sinewave Protection Overload with Auto-recovery 360 – 450VA Input Overvoltage 15.5±0.5Vdc LVD 10.5±0.2VDC Reconnect Input Voltage after LVD 12±0.
Maximum Battery Dimension Allowed: Deep Cycle: 60–140Ah Automotive: 300–800CCA Marine: 350–950 MCA BATTERY GAUGE USER INTERFACE MAIN MENU MENU Battery Settings Alarm Settings Display On Time Settings Brightness Exit Function Description Battery Settings Set Battery Capacity Alarm Settings Set Low Battery Capacity and Battery Health Alarms Display On Time Settings Set the LCD Display On Time (10 mins as default on time) Brightness Set the brightness of the LCD Display (50% as default value
DEFAULT SCREEN Battery Voltage 5:30pm Battery Charging 12.5 V + 6.5 A 100% 70% Time To Remaining Full Battery State of Charge (SOC) in % Battery Symbol Colour: Green: 50% < SOC <100% Orange: 20% < SOC ≤50% Red: SOC < 20% 120.0 5.
BATTERY SETTINGS BATTERY CAPACITY AT 100 Ah Use Up and Down buttons to change the value of battery capacity which is marked on the battery case. Press OK button to apply the changes. The default value is 100Ah. ALARM SETTINGS LOW BATTERY CAPACITY BATTERY STATE OF HEALTH at 10 % Use Up and Down buttons to change the value of low battery capacity alarm. Reduce the value to 0 to disable the alarm. Press OK button to apply the changes. The default value is 10Ah.
BATTERY STATE OF HEALTH BATTERY STATE OF HEALTH at 10 % Use Up and Down buttons to change the value of battery state of health alarm. Reduce the value to 0 to disable the alarm. Press OK button to apply the changes. The default value is 30%. When the battery state of health diminishes to the set level, an audio alarm is activated. The audio alarm can be muted by pressing any button. DISPLAY ON TIME SETTING Use Up and Down buttons to change the time the LCD display remains on without user action.
BRIGHTNESS Use Up and Down buttons to change the brightness of LCD display. Press OK button to apply the changes. The default value is 50%. BRIGHTNESS 50 % BATTERY HEALTH It is an indicator to show if the battery requires rejuvenation or replacement. Indication Description Ideal or Good No action is needed Fair Try to rejuvenate the battery Poor Try to rejuvenate the battery as soon as possible.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Q. What is state of charge (SOC)? A. It is the remaining battery capacity expressed as a percentage of full charge capacity. Q. What is State of Health (SOH) or Battery Health? A. It is expressed as a percentage of the ratio of predicted full charge capacity over the design capacity. The PH125 uses 4 levels to represent the battery health: Ideal, Good, Fair and Poor. Please look at the battery health section for more detail. Q.
WARRANTY STATEMENT Brown & Watson International Pty. Ltd. (“BWI”) of 1500 Ferntree Gully Road, Knoxfield, Vic., telephone (03) 9730 6000, fax (03) 9730 6050, warrants that all products described in its current catalogue will under normal use and service be free of failures in material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of the original purchase by the customer as marked on the invoice (see elsewhere for specific warranty period).