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ADDITIONAL NOTES AND PRODUCT MANUALS AVAILABLE AT: www.manzanitamicro.com
CAUTION: Your PFC-Charger uses High Voltage DC and AC electricity.
The chargers have been designed to be adaptable or use with many di erent battery types and
voltages. It is the responsibility o the end user to properly set up the charger making necessary
adjustments so that it can work with their unique system. With such lexibility, the charger is intended
to be able to be con igured or use in various experimental applications and Manzanita Micro LLC and
its employees, contractors and a iliates cannot be responsible or any damages due to any Manzanita
Micro product that has been set up by the end user. There are too many variables out o Manzanita
Micro's control. It is entirely the responsibility o the end user to make sure that they are competent to
work with potentially lethal voltages and that they have a solid understanding o how to sa ely
integrate the Manzanita Micro product(s) into their application.
The in ormation contained in this warning and in the product manuals is intended to be used as a
guide to better amiliarize onesel with the product(s) but Manzanita Micro has no control over how the
in ormation will be used or not used and cannot possibly oresee all possible con igurations that a
user may come up with.
•Do not work on the PFC-Charger or attempt to use one i you are not quali ied
•Observe the owner’s manual procedures and cautions
•Avoid working on an electric vehicle while it’s charging
•ALWAYS assume that high voltage is present
•Use electrical tape or another suitable insulator to cover all exposed high voltage connection
points and also cover metal tools to reduce the likelihood o the tool completing a current path
•DO NOT USE A CONDUCTIVE METAL SCREW DRIVER TO ADJUST THE VOLTS TRIM ON YOUR
CHARGER!
•When using a Manzanita Micro BMS with older charger models the Regbus GND return line is
NOT ISOLATED FROM MAIN BATTERY PACK NEGATIVE! Never touch or create a path rom
the regbus conductors to any battery in the pack or serious shock could occur!
•Disconnect all other non-isolated chargers rom the battery pack and rom line current
•Make sure there is NO PATH TO GROUND or the vehicle chassis rom any portion o the main
battery pack.
•Make sure the polarity is correct BEFORE you hook the battery pack to the charger cable.
•Make sure the area around and above the workplace is clean and dry
•Do not compress or set heavy objects on the charger. De orming the case can result in shorting
the internal circuit boards to the case.
•DO NOT operate this charger unloaded! A battery pack must always be plugged in to the DC
output plug rom the charger i it is turned on!
FAILURE TO HEED THESE WARNINGS AS WELL AS THE BATTERY WARNINGS ON THE BACK OF
THIS SHEET MAY RESULT IN PHYSICAL INJURY, DEATH, OR DAMAGE TO YOUR CHARGER, BMS OR
OTHER EQUIPMENT WHICH WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER YOUR WARRANTY.
IT IS RISKY TO PLUG ANY BATTERY CHARGER INCLUDING MANZANITA MICRO CHARGERS INTO
GENERATORS. MANY GENERATORS ESPECIALLY THE LESS EXPENSIVE GENSETS DO NOT HAVE A
CLEAN, WELL REGULATED, PREDICTABLE OUTPUT AND THEY CAN CREATE HIGH VOLTAGE
SPIKES WHICH CAN DAMAGE COMPONENTS IN THE CHARGER. SOME CUSTOMERS HAVE HAD
SUCCESS WITH HIGH END PURE SINE WAVE COMPUTER GRADE GENERATORS BUT MANZANITA
MICRO CANNOT RECOMMEND A SPECIFIC MODEL AT THIS TIME AND CANNOT BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR ANY DAMAGE DUE TO GENERATORS OR OTHER POWER SOURCE PROBLEMS.
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