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4.0OPERATION
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4.0
4.0 Operation
4.1 LED Indications
STATUS LED
TheStatusLEDindicateschargingstatusandany
existingsolarinputerrorconditions.TheStatusLEDison
whenchargingduringthedayandoffatnight.TheStatus
LEDwillashredwheneveranerrorcondition(s)exists.
Table2liststheStatusLEDindications.
Color Indication
Operating
State
None Off(withheartbeat¹) Night
Green
OnSolid
(withheartbeat²)
Charging
Red Flashing Error
Red
OnSolid
(withheartbeat
2
)
CriticalError
¹StatusLEDheartbeatindicationflickersONbrieflyevery5seconds
²StatusLEDheartbeatindicationflickersOFFbrieflyevery5seconds
Table 2. Status LED denitions
FormoreinformationonStatusLEDerrors,seeSection
5.1 Error Indications.
BATTERY SOC LEDS
Three(3)battery“stateofcharge”(SOC)LEDsindicate
thelevelofchargeonthebattery.TheSOCindicationis
basedonlyonbatteryvoltagesetpoints,whichonlyprovides
anapproximationoftheactualstateofchargeofthebattery.
Table3liststheSOCLEDindications.
SOC
LED
Indication Battery Status Load Status
Green
FastFlashing
(2Flash/sec)
FullBattery:
EqualizeCharge
LoadOn
Green
Med.Flashing
(1Flash/sec)
FullBattery:
AbsorptionCharge
LoadOn
Green
SlowFlashing
(1Flash/2sec)
FullBattery:
FloatCharge
LoadOn
Green Onsolid BatteryNearlyFull LoadOn
Yellow Onsolid BatteryHalfFull LoadOn
Red
Flashing
(1Flash/sec)
BatteryLow
LVDWarning
(LoadOn)
Red Onsolid BatteryEmpty
LVD
(LoadOff)
None NoLEDSOn BatteryMissing LoadOff
Table 3. Battery SOC LED denitions
NOTE:
An error condition exists if multiple Battery SOC LEDs
are ashing. See Section 5.1 Error Indications for more
information.