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| Installation Connect the Rudman regulator's Positive terminal to the battery positive terminal and the negative to the battery's negative. Charge as normal. Monitor for the first Rudman Reg to strobe it's LED. Reduce your charging current to just keep the Regs blinking about once a second. On the first pass, your batteries will be the farthest from equalized, and it may take time to get all the Regs flashing at the same rate. Reduce your charge current to just keep all your Regs flashing about once every 5 seconds. You can leave your system in this mode indefinitely as long as the Regs don't over heat. This will allow you to equalize severely mismatched batteries. Installation Instructions The following link is the sheet of paper that is included with each set of regulators: http://www.manzanitamicro.com/installmk2.doc Adjustment Most Rudman Regs are tuned to operated at 14.80 volts...they should bounce from 14.82 to about 14.75 volts...this is their operational area of about 100 mV. Adjustment is easy. Turn pot R2 counter-clockwise to reduce the trip voltage, and clockwise to increase the trip voltage. R2 is right out in the open. Additional Information An 11 page manual can be downloaded from: http://www.manzanitamicro.com/mk%202%20regulator%20d3.doc This manual includes a glossary, descriptions of the installation options with schematics, description of the regbus concept, tables for adjustment of the regulator function, and tables for adjustment of the undervoltage function. The recommendation for fusing has been revised: Regulators should not share fuses with the next regulator. If a fuse blows, the next regulator will burn up. A separate fuse for each wire is recommended. Email us for the most recent recommendation. This file will be updated when the best solution is chosen. |
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