C&D Technologies RS-990 Liberty Series 1000 - Manual (Page 6)

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LIBERTY SERIES 1000
VALVE-REGULATED (SEALED) LEAD ACID BATTERIES
INSTALLATION AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE
INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Recombination: a more efficient design
Recommended Practices, Technical Sources
PART 1
RECEIVING AND INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 1 - RECEIVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.1 General Information and precautions
1.2 Safety
1.3 Packing, Inspection at time of delivery
1.4 Damage and shortage situations
1.5 Unpacking and handling
SECTION 2 - STORAGE and SHELF LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1 Storing charged batteries
SECTION 3 - INSTALLATION AND ASSEMBLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.1 Location and preparation
3.2 Ventilation
3.3 Modular rack assembly
3.4 Relay rack assembly
3.5 Optional steel jackets for batteries/units operating in a demanding
environment
SECTION 4 - ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
4.1 Preparing electrical contacting surfaces
4.2 Polarity inspection of assembled units and inter-row, inter-tier con-
nections
4.3 Connecting and torquing battery terminal posts
4.4 Checking connection integrity
4.5 Parallel battery strings
PART 2
CHARGING AND OPERATION OF BATTERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 1 - CHARGING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
1.1 General information and precautions
1.2 Initial charge
1.3 Constant voltage charging
1.4 Initial charge records
1.5 Warning labels