Vetus EP2200E Manuel D'utilisation page 30

3 Operation
When instruments are installed, the following functions will be dis-
played:
• Voltmeter - this shows the battery voltage. In practice, you can only
discerne whether the battery is (more or less) charged or discharged.
However, the actual charge condition cannot be read from a volt-
meter.
• Ammeter - this indicates the charge or discharge current. In other
words, while cruising at a constant speed with constant current con-
sumption, this will give an indication of how much energy is being
used.
• Energy Consumption Meter - this meter measures voltage and cur-
rent against time.
So you can use this instrument to read out how much energy is be-
ing used (current x time) and, when the battery capacity is included,
how long you can continue to cruise. This last read out will be at the
current consumption measured at that moment.
• Charge Condition Meter - this meter electronically measures the
general charge condition of the battery during use.
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When a hybrid propulsion unit is installed:
If the diesel engine is being used do not forget to open the raw water
sea cock!
The batteries for the electric motor, which then functions as a genera-
tor, are charged up while sailing on the diesel engine. If it is required to
use the full power of the diesel engine for sailing then the main switch
must be switched off.
Instruments
Hybrid installation