Balmar SG210, Installation & Operation Manual

Page 1: ...SG200 BATTERY MONITOR Installation Operation Manual SUP 0250 REV D ...

Page 2: ...t in personal injury 8 If installing in an engine compartment with a gasoline engine proper ventilation practices must be used to ensure no explosive gases exist before installation 9 If installing a compartment with batteries the compartment must be properly ventilated to ensure no build up of explosive gases prior to installation Table of Contents Table of Contents Safety Precautions 3 Installat...

Page 3: ...0 does have two additional leads to connect to starting batteries to read voltage only NOTE If a SG200 is used to monitor a starting only bank using the cable posts and not the voltage only leads then an accurate state of health may not be determined or maintained The diagram above shows a typical installation with one house battery bank and two auxiliary or engine start batteries If multiple disp...

Page 4: ...ery s capacity is remaining The SG200 very accurately calculates the State of Charge and it does so by incorporating a new feature State of Health SoH State of Health is another percentage value that compares the design capacity of a battery or the capacity the battery s manufacturer says it should be when new with it s actual capacity which degrades over time as a battery ages Accurate and contin...

Page 5: ... NOT watertight from the rear to allow for condensation to exit the Display NOTE Should the LCD need cleaning it can be done with water and a clean cloth No chemicals of any type should be used The SmartShunt is installed in line with the negative battery cable of the battery system or bank that you wish to monitor If you are designing a new system refer to a wire size chart to determine the corre...

Page 6: ...uded The wires do not carry any current so the fuse should be sized for the wire gauge and length If you need to extend the wire do so with at least 18ga wire 7 If the auxiliary batteries being monitored do not share a common ground with the main battery bank connected to the shunt a negative lead must be wired from the auxiliary battery s NEGATIVE post to the CABLE post on the shunt 8 Determine t...

Page 7: ... the factory installed connector for guidance NOTE When initially inserting the connector into the SmartShunt receptacle a light application of grease to the connector s rubber seal will reduce the force needed for insertion Adding an Additional Device to the SmartLink Network You may add additional Displays and or SmartShunts to the SmartLink Network up to total of 32 devices Most SmartLink devic...

Page 8: ...if it has an upgrade available You see the changes in the latest upgrades as well all previous versions here http www balmar net sg200 upgrades Real Time Data Once a SmartShunt is selected the SG200 will display the Real Time Data for that SmartShunt Selecting a different SmartShunt will allow you to view the data from that SmartShunt and battery bank You will see the SmartShunt bank selected on t...

Page 9: ...e are multiple batteries installed in a parallel bank the voltage of each battery should be taken individually using a hand held meter as there may be a bad battery in the battery bank Initial Accuracy The SG200 is a self learning product It continuously monitors the battery bank and self adjusts over time to improve the accuracy of the two most important parameters State of Health SoH and State o...

Page 10: ...type as well as a counter showing how many times that particular fault has been triggered See faults in FAULTS AND ALERTS for more information on faults Config The CONFIG menu has the options listed below CONFIG OPTION DESCRIPTION BAT TYPE Select the battery chemistry CAPACITY Set the battery capacity in Ah CHARGING Configure charging parameters ALERTS Configure ALERT thresholds BAT TYPE Selecting...

Page 11: ...p hours They are connected in parallel to make a 12v 300Ah bank The design capacity to be entered is 300 Even if the batteries are older and they have diminished in capacity the bank capacity should always be entered as a design capacity To set the capacity use a short press to highlight the digit to be changed Once it is highlighted a long press will allow you to edit that digit then a short pres...

Page 12: ...UOTIENT VALUE The default value for each chemistry should only be changed if a different value is provided by the battery manufacturer Faults and Alerts Faults and Alerts Alerts Alerts are used to notify the user when a particular threshold on a param eter is passed For instance an alert can be set for when the State of Charge exceeds 90 but also when it drops below 50 High and low values can be s...

Page 13: ...fe of a battery Faults can only be cleared from History with a Factory reset The values used to trigger Faults are contained in the Appendix named Fault Thresholds Fault History is accessed from within the History Sub menu see History NOTE The High Voltage Fault threshold for flooded batteries may be higher than a safe voltage for operating electronics and other equipment This is to allow for the ...

Page 14: ...tivity between the two devices If you are getting errors it typically indicates a bad cable connection Note While you can run a test to the Bluetooth Gateway it is not a functional test and will give a false result Performing a long press on any of the advanced settings immediately performs that function except for FACTORY RESET which has a confirmation step to help avoid false resets Specificatio...

Page 15: ...ARFOAM LIFEPO4 GEL Dual Purpose High Voltage 16 3 15 15 15 14 3 14 4 15 Low Voltage 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 13 10 5 10 5 Low SoC 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Low SoH 20 20 20 20 40 20 20 High Current 351A Converting Reserve Capacity to Amp Hours The following formula converts Reserve capacity typically expressed in min utes drawing a 25 amp load to Amp hours at the 20 HR rate RC 60 25 3600 Multiply Reserve Capacity ...

Page 16: ... left in place the other cells can be overcharged risking excessive heat and fire Cycle Life Batteries are rated to show how many charge discharge cycles they are able to endure before their health falls to a point where replacement is necessary This is typically expressed as XX of cycles to XX discharge It means that if you discharge to a lower value each time before re charging the total times t...

Page 17: ...s should be considered a shortcut and not the standard method for obtaining a SoH value While we have tested this procedure with many batteries we cannot guarantee that it will work with every installation and battery configuration Changing Charge Termination Values Each battery chemistry has default values for both Charge Voltage and Taper Current These values should only be changed if 1 Charge T...

Page 18: ...htening collision theft explosion rust corrosion or items damaged in route to Balmar for repair Balmar s Warranty is void if a product is returned with removed damaged or tampered labels or any other alterations including removal of any component or external cover to the product Balmar s Warranty does not cover labor charges or any direct consequential or incidental damages Costs related to recove...

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