Guide
QuiQChargerTroubleshooting
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fl a s h e s ,
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Mode.
Maintenance
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Absorption
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guidebelow.
troubleshooting
.
fora leadacidbatteryis 2 V per cell For exampie,
The nominalvoltage
a 48V batterywillhave48/2= 24 cells.
lf the batteryvoltageis grealerthan2.5Vper cell,the cfiargerwillnot
startcharging.
lf the batteryvoltageis lessthan0.5Vpercell,lhe chargerwillnol start
il
0.81or lower,thechargerwillnot starlcharging
For softwarerevisions
the batteryvoltageis lessthan1Vpercell. Referto the lowerrighthand
Manualto determine
lhe software
cornerof thebackof theProduct
r e v i si o n
C h e c kf o ra n yf a u l ct o d e st h a lm i g h bt e s e ta n dr e f e rt o t h ed e s c r i p t i o n s
above.
y ild
i r a wv e r yl i t t l ec u r r e n tb, u tw i l ln o ts h o w
A f u l l yc h a r g e b
d a t t e rw
1 0 0 %c h a r g e jdm m e d i a t e lTyh ec h a r g ewr i l lc h a n g et o A b s o r p t i o n
r m i n u t eosn c et h ec o n d i t i o nf os r t h ee n d o f b u l kc h a r g e
m o d ei n u n d e 5
the
h a v eb e e nm e t . T h eB 0 %L E Dw i l li l l u m r n aat et t h i st i m e D u r t n g
willonlyacceptavery smallcurrent
finalphaseof charging,
thebattery
thisportionof the chargecycle
the chargeris unableto accelerate
withoutdamaging
thebaltery.
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Excessive
Battery
Watering
or Strong
Sulphur(Rotten
E!g) Smell
Thesesymptomsare unlikely
to be caused
temperature.
Overcharging
or highbattery
willbe
sincethemaximum
chargecurrenlof thecharger
by too higha chargecurrent
pack Themostlikelycauselor
sizedbaftery
to evena moderately
smallcompared
setting
and/orhighambienttemperatures,
chargealgorithm
thisproblemis incorrect
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Difficulty
Changing
the
DefaultBattery
Charge
Algorithm
C o n f i r rtnh a tt h eb a t t e rpya c ki s n o t t o os m a l l - u s u a l l y> 5 0 A h ,
voltagematchesthe chargeroutput
battery
Confirmthatthenominal
voltage.
chargealgorithm.lf the batterypackis new,
Confirmthecorrectbattery
w i l ln e e dt o b e c h a n g eidf t h ep a c ki s n o t t h es a m ea s t h e
t h ea l g o r i t h m
Manualfor instructions
on howto
old one. Feferto theProducl
t h eb a t t e rcyh a r g ea l g o r i t h m ,
d e t e r m i naen dc h a n g e
l f t h e o u t p uvt o l t a goef t h ec h a r g esre e m se x c e s s i v er e, t u r nt h ec h a r g e r
l o g e tt h ee x p e c t ebda t t e r yv o l l a g es e l t t n g s
f o r s e r v i c eC
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f o r t h ec h a r g errng u e s t i o nB. es u r et o h a v et h ec h a r g e r 'sse r i anl u m b e r
whencalling.
setting
available
and chargealgorithm
lhefirst
canonlybe selecteddurirrg
chargealgorithm
The modeto changethebattery
for instructions.
Manual
Refer
to
Product
the
10secondsof operation.
the clrarger,
cycleAC powerby unplugging
lf the 10 secondwindowis missed,
power,
AC
reconnecting
and
30
seconds,
waiting
on
Modeby 30 seconds(120seconds
Change
To extendBafteryChargeAlgorithm
1
to
a good batteryfor approximalely
output
the
charger
models),
connect
newer
again
thebatlery
secondandthendisconnect
GeneralTroubleshooting
to check
Should
thecondition
of a chargerbe in doubt,theflowcharton thenextpageshouldbe tollowed
thecharge/s
operating
condition.
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T r y t h e c h a r g e ro n a g o o db a t l e r y ,
l f t h i s f a u l to c c u r st h e b a t t e r yp a c ki s l i k e l yi n p o o r c o n d i t i o n .T r y l o
r e c o v e rt h e p a c k w i t h a c h a r g e rt h a t c a n c h a r g e t h e i n d i v i d u a cl e l i ss u c h a s a n a u t o m o t i v ec h a r g e r .B e s u r e t o s e t t h i s c h a r g e rt o t h e
a p p r o p r i a t ev o l t a g e- 6 V p e r 6 V b a t t e r y ,1 2 Y p e r 1 2 V s t r i n g / b a t t e r y .
Thisfaultindicates
the chargerhas becometoo hot durrng
Over-Temperature:
){3i3i3+ioperation.
(asopposed
to theflashing
ammeter
described
Thisextrafaultindication
)+(-
below), indicates an even higher temperaturewas reached inside the charger
Though not damagingto the charger,chargetimewillbe extendedsignificantly
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T h i s f a u l ti n d i c a t i ow
n i l ln o l c l e a ra u t o m a t i c a l lby u, t t h e c h a r g e rw i l l
r e s t a r tc h a r g i n ga u t o m a t i c a lwl yh e nt h e t e m p e r a t u r e
drops. The fault
i n d i c a t i o nm u s t b e c l e a r e dr n a n u a i lbyy u n p l u g g i n g
t h e a c , w a i t i n g3 0
s e c o n d sa n d r e c o n n e c t r nl nge a c p o w e r
l f p o s s i b l e i,n s t a ltl h e c h a r g e irt ra c o o l e rl o c a t i o n .
C o n fi r m t h a td i r l o r m u d i s n o tb l o c k i n gt h e c o o l i n gf i n s o f t h e c h a r g e r .
C l e a nt h e c h a r g e r .R i n s et h ec h a r g e w
r i t ha l o w p r e s s u r eh o s e i l
r e q u i r e d .D o n o t u s e h i g ho r e s s u r e D
, o n o t u s e a p r e s s u r ew a s h e r
that the bafterieswill not acceptcharge
QuiQ InternalFault:Thls faultindicates
faulthasbeendetected
in the charger,Thisfaultwillnearly
or an internal
current,
lf il occursaflerthecnarger
of operation,
alwaysbe set withinthefirst30 seconds
be sureto makea noteof it,
hasstartedchargingnormally,
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.
t y u n p l u g g i nt hgea c ,w a i t i n g3 0 s e c o n d sa n d
T r y t o c l e a rt h ef a u l b
r e c o n n e c t i nt hgea c p o w e r ,
C h e c ka l lb a t t e rcyo n n e c t i o nLso. o kf o ra h i g hr e s i s t a n cceo n n e c t i o n
T h em o s tl i k e l yr e a s o fno rt h i sf a u l its a f a u l it n t h eb a t t e r ys u c ha s a b a d
water.
an opencell,or insufficient
batteryconnection,
t h e c h a r g ebr l o w s .l f t h e
T h i sf a u l tw i l lo c c u ri f a n i n l e r n af ul s ei n s i d e
greenwireis shorted
thisfusewillblow,To
to groundevenmomentarily
e i t ha n o h m m e t ebre t w e e n
t h e g r e e na n dr e d
c h e c kt h ef u s e m
, e a s u rw
lf a shortcircuitis not measured,
the
wireswiththe ac disconnected.
depotto havethisfuse
fusehas blown,Returnunitto a service
rantaaaa
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F o r s o f t w a r er e v i s i o nO 8 1 o r o l d e r t h i sf a u l tm a y r n d i c a t et h a t t h e i n p u l
o r o u t p u tv o l t a g ew e n to u t o f r a n g e .C h e c ki n p u ta n d o u t p u tc o n n e c t i o n s
d e p o t C h a r g e rm a y n e e d l o b e
b e f o r er e t u r n i n gt h e u n i tl o a s e r v r c e
b r o u g h tt o a s e r v i c ed e p o tt o n a v ei l s s o t l w a r eu p g r a d e d . R e f e rt o t h e
l o w e rr i g h th a n dc o r n e ro n l h e b a c ko f t h e P r o d u c lM a n u a lt o d e t e r m i n e
t h e s o f t w a r er e v r s i o n .
l f t h i s f a u l to c c u r sa f t e rb a t t e r yc h a r g i n gh a s s t a r t e d c, o n f i r ml h a t a c
power was not interruptea
d n d t h a t a l l b a t t e r yc o n n e c t l o n sa r e g o o d .
l f a l l b a t t e r yc o n n e c t i o n sa r e g o o d ,a n i n t e r n a fl a u l t h a s b e e n d e t e c t e d
s e r v i c ed e p o t ,
a n d t h e c h a r g e rm u s tb e b r o u g htto a q u a l i f i e d
O t h e rl n d i c a t i o n s :
lndication
won't
Charger
startcharging.
Explanation
and Solution
aregood
Confirmbatteryconnecttons
FaultIndications:
RedLEDFlashes
x
and Solution
HighBatteryVoltageDetected
pack
voltage
isconsistent
withthebattery
charger
Checkthatthebattery
the
of thefourdigitmodelnameindicale
voltage,Thefirsttwodigits
a
)r3r1-
Low.BatteryVoitageDetected
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)+ixx
to lhe battery.
Checkthe batteryandconnections
voltageThef irsttwo digitsof the fourdigit
Checkthe nominalbattery
voltage
thechargersupports.Confirm
thebattery
modelnameindicate
is thesameas the chargervoltage.
voltage
thata nominalbattery
d o e sn o tc l e a a
r f t e tr h eb a t t e rvyo l t a g ei s c o n ifr m e dt o b e
l f t h i sp r o b l e m
h i g h e rt h a n1 Vp e rc e l la n da l lc o n n e c t r oanrseg o o d ,r e t u r nt h ec h a r g e r
for service.
whenthelow batteryvoltageproblemis
Thisfaultwillclearautomalically
rectified.
thebatteryfailedto chargewithinthe allowedtime.Thrs
ChargeTimeout- Indicates
is of largercapacity
thanthe algorithmis intendedfor. In
couldoccurif the bal1ery
unusualcases it could mean chargeroutputis reduceddue to high ambient
old,or in poorcondition.
is damaged,
lt canalsooccuril thebatlery
temperature.
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b a f t e r yv o l t a g et h e c h a r g e rs u p p o r t s .
C h e c k f o r w i r i n ge r r o r s .
H i g h b a t t e r yv o l t a g ec o u l da l s oo c c u ri f t h e r ei s a n o t h e r s o u r c ec h a r g i r l g
t h e b a t t e r y . D i s c o n n e cat n y o t h e rs o u r c e sd u r i n g c h a r g i n g .
l l t h i s p r o b l e md o e s n o t c l e a ra f t e rt h e b a t t e r yv o l t a g ei s c o n fi r m e d t o b e
l e s s t h a n 2 , 4 Yp e r c e l l ,r e t u r nt h e c h a r g e rf o r s e r v i c e ,
T h i s f a u l t w i l l a u t o m a t i c a l lcyl e a ra n d t h e c h a r g e rw i l l r e s t a r tc h a r g i n g
w h e n t h i s p r o b l e mi s r e m o v e d .
c e l l sa n d i n s u f f i c i e n t
C h e c kt h eb a t t e rfyo rd a m a g se u c ha s s h o r l e d
on a goodbattery.
water. Try thecharger
on the
checkthe connections
lf the samefaultoccurson a goodbattery,
voltage.
and
ac
to
ac,
batteryand connection
packvoltageis the sameas thebattery
battery
Confirmthatthenominal
c h a r g evr o l t a g e .
thisfaullon a batterypack,and the packis of
lf a chargerdisplays
questionable
ac for 30
by disconnecting
status,resetthecharger
theac to starta new chargecycle Aftera
seconds,andthenreconnecl
as the pack
couldstopoccurring
few chargecyclesthisproblem
"recovers,"
30
g ea c , w a i t i n g
d a n u a l bl yy u n p l u g g i nt h
T h i sf a u l tm u s tb e c l e a r em
tneac power.
secondsand reconnecting
-Thisfau|tindjcatesthebatterypackcou|dnotbetricklechargedupto
the minimum levelrequiredfor the normalchargecycleto be staded.
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t
C h e c k t h a t n o n e o f t h e b a t t e r yp a c k c o n n e c t i o n s b e t w e e n m o d u l e s a r e
r e v e r s e d o r i n c o r r e c t l yc o n n e c t e d .
C h e c k t h a t o n e o r m o r e c e l l si n t h e b a t t e r ya r e n o t s h o r t e d .
C o n f i r m t h a t l h e n o m i n a lb a t t e r yp a c k v o l t a g ei s t h e s a m e a s t h e b a t t e r y
c h a r q e rv o l l a q e .
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a n dc o n n e ctlo A C P o w e t '
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nurnber(relerlo manualfor
procedur€)
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s e l l i n gl o r b a l l s r i e s .
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andplugcharger
sxcessiveboiling or
olher odd behaviour
whlle charging?.
guldelo lry and
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problem.llproblempersistsmake noleof lhe
problem.and
returncharger