Owner`s manual

of the ambient temperature and how fast the vehicle needs to get back into service.

Higher temperatures will make the absorption phase take less time but is more risky to

the regulators. When the upper thermal threshold on a regulator has been reached, the

reg will pull the hot reg line to +5 volts. This will tell the charger to stop charging until the

temperature of the heat sink drops below the thermal limit. Adding airflow across the

regulators will dramatically help cooling the regs and speed up charge equalization.

NOTICE! Manzanita Micro strongly advises air cooling of the battery regulators for

maximum dissipation capability and longevity of the reg. For more information on

regulator cooling see the appropriate Manzanita Micro regulator manual for your

system.

Reg Bus Cable Construction;

The 6-wire RJ cable which is used to connect the regulators is a common data transfer

cable and is available at most any electronics store. The 6-pin connector plugs are

usually clear and it is easy to crimp them using an appropriate crimping tool with a 6-pin

die. These are also readily available.

NOTICE! RJ cable is quite rugged but take care not to cut or sharply bend (and fatigue)

the cable in order to avoid errors from broken internal wires. Additionally, follow the

proper cable construction techniques listed below and make sure that all the wires are

installed in the correct orientation. (See figure 09.)

Proper Reg bus cable construction is not difficult but it requires keen attention to detail

on the part of the person installing the plug ends onto the RJ cable. The following steps

tell how to correctly make a reg bus cable suitable for use with any 6-Pin Manzanita

Micro product.

Step 1: Cut the RJ cable to the desired length. It is advisable to err on the long

side because each of the cable’s ends will be pushed to the back of their respective RJ

receptacles.

Step 2: Strip about a quarter inch of the thick “flat” outer jacket off of each end of

the cable in order to expose the 6 colored wires inside. Most RJ crimping tools will have

a special wire stripping section with a guide which will allow you to quickly strip the

correct length of cable jacket off.

Step 3: Hold the flat RJ cable in front of you in your left hand with one end

pointing towards you and one away from you.

Step 4: Looking down at the cable in your hand make sure that the end facing

away from your body has the blue wire to the right side.

Step 5: Now take an un-crimped plug-end in your right hand and with the tang

oriented on the bottom side, slide the outward facing end of the flat RJ cable into the

slot in the un-crimped plug. Make sure it is not crooked and push it all the way into the

un-crimped plug. (see figure 09.)