Severely Discharged Battery, Charging

Severely Discharged Battery, Charging

CAUTION:
- Risk of injury. Observe warning notes and safety precautions.
- Batteries that have a colorless or light yellow visual indicator must not be tested or charged. Jump starting must not be used
- There is a risk of explosion during testing, charging or jump starting.
- These batteries must be replaced.
- The polarity protection of the charger clamps is not active in the operation mode "charging severely batteries/Support mode". Connect the charger clamps to the battery terminals correctly according to polarity
- During the charging process, always set the operation mode corresponding with the battery operation instructions for battery charger VAS 5900
- - The severely discharged battery is not recognized by the charger.
- Do not touch START / STOP if the charge clamps are connected incorrectly The charger can be damaged.

It is not possible for the battery charger VAS 5900 to automatically recognize batteries with voltage under 2 Volts.

Special tools, testers and auxiliary items required
- Battery Charger VAS 5903 VAS 5900

NOTE: The battery temperature must be at least 10 degrees C.

- Turn off the ignition and all electrical consumers.
- Plug in the electrical system connector of the charger. The last selected operation mode is shown on the display.







- Using INFO, set the type that corresponds with the battery.

The symbol - 1 - for "service charging of wet batteries" or the symbol - 2 - for "service charging of Gel/Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) batteries" is indicated in the display.

- Set the capacity (Ah) of the battery to be charged with the corresponding button "Up" arrow up or "Down" (arrow down).
- Clamp the red charging clamp "+" to the positive battery terminal.
- Clamp the black charging clamp "-" to the negative battery terminal.
- Press the START / STOP for approximately 5 seconds. The menu selection "Charging severely discharged batteries/Support mode" is activated.
- Press corresponding button "Up" arrow up or "Down" (arrow down), to set respective battery voltage (6 V, 12 V or 24 V).

NOTE: If no button is touched within 5 seconds, the charger will return to the main menu (operation mode selection).

- Confirm the selected battery voltage by pressing START / STOP.

Then the inquiry about the correct polarity of the charger clamps is made.

- Verify that the charger clamps are connected to the correct polarity.
- Confirm that the charger clamps are connected to the correct polarity by pressing START / STOP.

The charger begins charging the severely discharged battery.

End battery charging process:
- Press START / STOP.
- Remove the black charging clamp "-" of the charger from the negative battery terminal.
- Remove the red charging clamp "+" of the charger from the positive battery terminal.
- Pull out the electrical system connector of the charger.