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Balmar Warranty

Balmar Warranty

Balmar’s Limited Warranty covers defects in material or workmanship on new Balmar 
products generally for a period of two (2) years from the purchase date. Only consumers 
or dealers purchasing Balmar products from authorized retailers or resellers and 

installed by a qualified installer may obtain coverage under Balmar’s Limited Warranty. 

Components with a manufacturing date greater than ten (10) years old are not covered 
under the Balmar Warranty, event if the purchase date has been within the past two (2) 
years. Purchases from unauthorized resellers, which may include some online entities, 
may not guarantee the purchaser will receive a newly manufactured component, and 
therefore does not guaranty Warranty coverage.

Warranty Resolution

If Balmar authorizes a product to be returned to Balmar or an authorized service 
provider, Balmar will repair the product or replace it without charge with a functionally 
equivalent replacement product. Balmar may replace the product with a product that 

was previously in service or repaired, but re-tested to meet Balmar specifications. 

Balmar will pay to ship the replacement product to the purchaser. by sending the 
product for replacement, ownership of the original product will be transferred to Balmar. 
Labor charges at the consumer’s site are not covered under this Warranty. Balmar 
warrants that repaired or replaced products shall be covered under the Balmar Warranty 
for the remainder of the original product warranty, or 90 days, whichever is greater.

Not Covered Under Warranty

Balmar’s Warranty does not cover any problem that is caused by (a) an accident, 
abuse, neglect, exposure to shock electrostatic discharge, heat or humidity beyond the 

product’s specifications, improper installation, inappropriate operation/misapplication, 

maintenance or modification, or (b) any misuse contrary to the instructions provided 

with the product, or (c) loss, or (d) malfunctions caused by other equipment, or (e) acts 
of God. Examples of conditions not warranted: cracked or broken case, parts damaged 

by fire, water, freezing, lightening, 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 
recovery removal or installation are not recoverable under the Balmar Limited Warranty.

Applicable Laws

Balmar’s Warranty is governed by the laws of the State of Alabama, USA. The Balmar 

Warranty provides the purchaser specific legal rights, and you may also have other 

rights that vary from state to state. Balmar’s Warranty does not affect any additional 
rights consumers have under laws in their jurisdictions governing the sale of consumer 
goods, including, without limitation, national laws implementing EC Directive 44/99/
EC. Some states do not allow the exclusion of limitation of incidental or consequential 
damages, so the limitation of exclusions of Balmar’s Warranty may not apply in certain 
jurisdictions.

Warranty Return Material Process

1. 

Contact Balmar Technical Support at +1 (360) 435-6100. Tech Support will 
review the troubleshooting steps with you to help determine if Balmar’s product 
is defective.

2. 

Go to www.balmar.net and download the RMA request.

3. 

Once complete, you will receive an RMA number, at which point you should 
complete the forms and send them with the product and the original receipt 
showing the date of purchase to Balmar at the address listed below. Please 
include the RMA number on the outside of the package.

4. 

Please send the product postage prepaid via a carrier that can track the 
package. 

Balmar LLC
353 James Record Road SW
Huntsville, AL 35824
Attention: Warranty 
Returns RMA#________

Once Balmar receives the product, we will test the product to determine if the problem 
is due to a defect in the product. If, at the sole discretion of Balmar, the problem is 
determined to be a manufacturer defect, Balmar will repair the product or send a new 
product to replace the defective product.

Balmar will not provide Warranty coverage unless Warranty claims are made in 

compliance with all the terms listed here, and the specified return procedures are 

followed.

Summary of Contents for SG210

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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