Product Manual

MORNINGSTARCORPORATION
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3.2 User Selections
Select a Battery Type
TheSunSaverprovidesaBattery Select Jumperto
choosethebatterytype.SeeSection 7.0 Technical
Specicationsfordetailedcharginginformationforeach
batterytype.
Thebatteryselectjumperissecuredintheterminalblock
betweenterminal#6andterminal#7asshowningure2a.
Thesecondcolumnintable1specieswhetherthejumper
shouldberemovedorremaininplace,dependingonthe
desiredbatterytype.
Battery Type Battery Jumper Absorption Float Equalize
Sealed Inserted 14.10V 13.70V N/A
Flooded Removed 14.40V 13.70V 14.90V
Table 1. Battery Type selection
Figure 2a. Removing the Battery Select jumper.
3.0 Installation Instructions
3.1 General Installation Notes
• Readthroughtheentireinstallationsectionbefore
beginninginstallation.
• Beverycarefulwhenworkingwithbatteries.Wear
eyeprotection.Havefreshwateravailabletowash
andcleananycontactwithbatteryacid.
• Useinsulatedtoolsandavoidplacingmetalobjects
nearthebatteries.
• Explosivebatterygassesmaybepresentduring
charging.Becertainthereissufcientventilationto
releasethegasses.
• Donotinstallinlocationswherewatercanenterthe
controller.
• Loosepowerconnectionsand/orcorrodedwires
mayresultinresistiveconnectionsthatmeltwire
insulation,burnsurroundingmaterials,oreven cause
re.Ensuretightconnectionsandusecableclamps
tosecurecablesandpreventthemfromswayingin
mobileapplications.
• TheSunSaverchargingalgorithmiscompatiblewith
lead-acidorNiCdbatteries.NiMH, Li-ion, and other
battery chemistries are not compatible with the
SunSaver charging algorithm.
• TheSunSaverBatteryconnectionmaybewiredtoone
batteryorabankofbatteries.Thefollowinginstruc-
tionsrefertoasingularbattery,butitisimpliedthatthe
batteryconnectioncanbemadetoeitheronebattery
oragroupofbatteriesinabatterybank.
3.0INSTALLATIONINSTRUCTIONS