Exide GEL G85 Manual de usuario
The EXIDE GEL Guarantee
If the operating instructions in this Battery Passport are
obeyed, the guarantee on materials and/or manufactu-
ring defects is 24 months from the date of sale. There is
no guarantee in the event of incorrect charging technique
(see page 8), incorrect use or mechanical stresses excee-
ding the Standard DIN-EN 60095 Part 1 Vibration
Strength 20 h/6 g.
EXIDE Automotive Batterie GmbH
Im Thiergarten
D-63654 Büdingen, Germany
Tel.: +49 (0) 60 42 / 81 - 545
Fax: +49 (0) 60 42 / 81 - 221
www.exide.de
Hints and Tips
for long battery life
A good choice!
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Congratulations on choosing an EXIDE GEL battery. As
a power supply battery for professional needs, the
EXIDE GEL provides more usable capacity and therefore
the best safety in power supply. When used in leisure
and sport it ensures the highest possible level of inde-
pendence. To keep your new EXIDE GEL in best conditi-
ons for a long service life, please read and obey the
instructions for use given below.
The best way is to keep your EXIDE GEL Battery Passport
with you where the battery is – on board. Then you’ll
always have it handy. The purchase data opposite must
always be stated in the event of a warranty claim.
* German Lloyd, Approval No. 15828-00HH on 29.06.2000
GL
*
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First name/Name:
Purchase date:
Battery type:
Series Code No.:
– Dealer’s stamp –
Good for the environment!
By purchasing your EXIDE GEL you have acquired a bat-
tery that is particularly clean, safe and environmentally fri-
endly in manufacture and use. Make your contribution to
environmental protection and dispose of the battery at the
end of its life through a specialist dealer. He is obliged to
take back the battery. That allows your EXIDE GEL to be
recycled and returned to the circulation of reusable mate-
rials.
Your EXIDE GEL is ABSOLUTELY
MAINTENANCE-FREE!!
During the entire battery lifetime there is no need for you
to check the acid level, grease the terminal posts or top up
with distilled water.
These benefits are a result of the sealed construction of the
EXIDE GEL.
But that also means: you must never open the battery!
Otherwise the battery would be destroyed by oxidation.
For the case if your battery is installed where an exter-
nal charger is necessary:
“Absolutely maintenance-free” does not mean that you
can neglect your EXIDE GEL battery as far as charging with
the charger is concerned! Correct recharging (IU-charge
characteristic) is the only way to preserve the performance
benefits of your EXIDE GEL for a prolonged time.
Installation
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Switch off all power-consuming equipment, and connect the
earth/ground/chassis cable last of all. Take care to ensure
that the battery and its connections are secure. Your GEL
battery is supplied from the manufacturer ready for use!
➡CAUTION: In spite of the extremely small amount
of gassing from your GEL battery, please pay atten-
tion to the following:
• Do not use hermetically sealed battery containers.
• There should be no spark-producing switches, relays or
the like situated in the immediate vicinity of the battery.
Technological advantages
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As a result of its future-proofed technology with an immo-
bilised gel electrolyte, your EXIDE GEL is not only absolu-
tely maintenance-free but also
• absolutely electrolyte-tight • permitted angle of inclina-
• vibration-resistant tion up to 180 degrees
• extremely low gassing • deep-discharge-proof
• cycling-proof (recharge after a maxi-
mum of 4 weeks)
More cycles – longer lifetime:
Compared to an HD-commercial vehicle starter battery,
the EXIDE GEL allows a much greater number of cycles at
the same depth of discharge. A clear advantage in regard
to performance and economy.
What you need to know!
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Every accumulator is an electric current storage device
with a limited capacity. The difference compared to elec-
tricity from a mains socket is that the energy taken out of
the battery must be 100% returned to it again! Insufficient
recharge leads to a “negative charge balance”. Problems
up to premature failure of the battery can be expected.
As a rule, the lighting generator is the only available
accessory for recharging the battery while underway.
However, the lighting generator and solar panel are only
supporting charging devices.
100% recharge is possible only with a suitable charger
operated via an external mains supply. That’s the reason
why conscious and economical use of the energy supply
should be as self-evident as the conserving use of natural
resources (drinking water etc.): No battery yields an
inexhaustible supply!
➡HINT: Make an energy balance for all electricity-con-
suming equipments on board. This allows you to check
the amounts of energy used each day and which must
therefore be supplied to the battery again.
Example calculation for a refrigerator:
Power 42 Watts (W): Voltage 12 Volts (V)
= current 3.50 Amperes (A)
x duration of use/day in hours (h) e.g. 8 hrs.
= required capacity in Ampere-hours (Ah)
e.g. 28 Ah
Therefore:
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The highest standards of reliability and economy are
imposed in professional use, e.g. buses for local public
transport. The recommendation in order to keep the EXIDE
GEL in a good state of charge at all times is:
recharge at least 1x per week!
The following recommendations apply for use in the leisure
and sports area:
• Always start your journey with a fully charged battery!
• During the holiday, use every opportunity to recharge
the battery via the built-in on-board charging equipment!
• After the end of the journey, it is essential that the bat-
tery is charged via the on-board charger equipment
for longer than 12 hours, since as a rule the battery is
not fully recharged even during prolonged mobile use
(return journey).
•Before prolonged periods out of use, e.g. the winter
break, the battery must again be fully charged for longer
than 12 hours. Then disconnect the positive terminal post!
➡Following this example, you can determine the total ca-
pacity needed for all of the electricity-consuming equip-
ments on board by addition (you will find the power
data in Watts on rating plates, lamp holders etc.).
➡ Multiply the total Ah value determined by the EXIDE
GEL safety factor of 1.3 (it is much higher for conven-
tional batteries) and you will know what effective
capacity the GEL battery used should have. If your on-
board network is under-supplied, a more powerful
EXIDE GEL battery and/or an additional power supply
battery will help (p. 15).
What you must pay attention to!
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External charging:
Charge with an unsuitable charger, e.g. one that switches
off after reaching a charging voltage of 14.1 – 14.4 V,
leads to severe sulphating of the battery plates and thus to
battery “starvation”.
The correct charging technique:
Characteristic curve IU or IU0U1, i.e. “I” phase at a mini-
mum of 1/10th of the battery capacity as the charging cur-
rent (e.g. 8 A for a G 80).
After reaching the charging voltage of 14.1 – 14.4 V,
switchover to the “U” phase (main charging phase)
oat14.1 – 14.4 V takes place. The total charging time
must be at least 12 hours, even if the battery was only
slightly discharged. After that the charger can be switched
off (= IU characteristic curve) or switched over to float
charge (IU0U1).
The voltages mentioned above apply for a 12 V on-board
electric system. The data is doubled for a 24 V on-board
electric system.
Your alternative charging
configurations
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Permitted charging
voltage
1. Generators with
controllers
• 14.1 to 14.4 V for 12 V
• 28.2 to 28.8 V for 24 V
2. Chargers
(according to the data
quoted on the previous
page)
• 14.1 to 14.4 V for 12 V
• 28.2 to 28.8 V for 24 V
3. Solar panels
(with appropriate
voltage regulators)
• 14.2 V constant
4. Wind or wave generators
(with appropriate
voltage regulators)
• 14.2 V constant
The voltage values stated in
each case are set-point
values for the voltage
at the battery terminals.
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