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Charging battery with battery chargerVAS 5900
Charging battery with battery charger -VAS 5900-
  WARNING
Injury risk! Observe safety precautions → Chapter.
  WARNING
The batteries whose magic eye a clear yellow or clear colour should not be tested nor charged. Do not perform an auxillary start.
The risk of explosion exists upon testing and charging or performing an auxillary start.
These batteries must be renewed.
Special tools and workshop equipment required
   
t  Battery charger -VAS 5900-
  Note
The battery must have a temperature of at least 10 °C.
–  Turn off the ignition and all electricity consumers.
–  Plug the charger into the mains. The display will show the battery type selected.
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–  Select the operation mode corresponding to the battery using the INFO button.
The symbol -1- appears on the screen of the „standard wet battery charge“ or the symbol -2- for the „standard gel battery / Absorbed glass mat battery charge“.
–  Adjust the battery capacity (Ah) of the battery to be charged using the respective „Up“↑ or „Down“↓ buttons.
–  Connect the red charge clamp „+“ of the charger to the positive pole of the battery.
  Note
On vehicles with Start / Stop function and battery monitor control unit -J367-, the black charging terminal - must be connected to the body earthing. Connecting it to battery negative terminal will cause start/stop system to malfunction.
–  Connect the black charge terminal „-“ to the negative pole of the battery.
The charger will recognize the nominal voltage of the battery connected (6 V, 12 V or 24 V) and automatically begin the charge operation.
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As soon as the charge status is approx. 80 - 85% of the charge, the charger starts the „final charge“. -1- appears on the display in the fourth column. The battery is available for operation.
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When a 100% charge is reached all the columns appear on screen.
  Note
t  For battery type „Standard charge“, other consumers can be connected parallel to the charging procedure. In this case the charge operation will be prolonged.
t  Depending on the type of battery in question, the charger will switch after approx. 1 to 7 hours to the charge maintenance mode. In order to reach a 100 percent charge status the battery must remain connected to the charger all of the time.
Possible faults and troubleshooting:
1 - The battery voltage displayed does not correspond to the nominal voltage:
–  Press and hold the button „Up“↑ or „Down“↓, until the charge operation begins.
2 - The battery voltage displayed does not correspond to the nominal voltage-the charge operation has already begun:
–  Press START / STOP twice.
–  Press and hold the button „Up“↑ or „Down“↓, until the charge operation begins again.
3 - The charger does not detect any battery if the battery voltage is less than 2 V.
The value displayed does not change.
The adjusted battery type and the amperes/hour (Ah) are displayed.
Finish charging the battery:
–  Press START / STOP.
–  Remove the black charge terminal „-“ of the charger from the negative pole of the battery.
–  Remove the red charge terminal „+“ of the charger from the positive pole of the battery.
–  Unplug the charger from the mains.
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Service charge with the battery chargerVAS 5900 > < Description of the battery chargerVAS 5900