Control Handle; Battery Charger; Dockside Connection; Extra Instruments - Vetus DIESEL EP2200K Instructions D'installation

9.6 Control handle

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Use the drill template to drill the holes for fitting and cable
entrance at the place required at the helm position.
Fit the control handle with the gasket and two M6 nuts supplied.
Feed the connector cable through to the electric motor, insert
the plug and tighten the lock nut clockwise, see page 59.
If it is necessary to cut the intermediate cable and then recon-
nect it, make certain that the wires are connected colour to
colour.
Bundle any excess cable together and ensure that it does not
'hang' on the plug or chafe against moving parts.
N.B.: It is not possible to connect 2 control handles.

9.7 Battery Charger

The choice of the correct battery charger depends on the bat-
tery capacity installed and the charging time required.
Semi-traction batteries can be charged with an initial charge
current of 16 A per 100 Ah, maximum.
With a charger with a maximum initial charge current of 10 A per
100 Ah, the battery will be recharged in about 14 hours, which
is acceptable in most cases.
Vetus can supply the following chargers specially designed for
charging semi-traction batteries:
- 50 A at 24 V, suitable for 1 set of 4 batteries 12 V - 230 Ah,
connected in series/parallel (Type BC240503)
- 80 A at 24 V, suitable for 1 set of 6 batteries, 12 V - 230 Ah,
connected in series/parallel (Type BC240803)
With batteries connected in parallel, it is preferred that the
batteries are charged separately using an diode splitter.
See 9.10 also.
Electric Propulsion EP2200K, EP2200KH

9.8 Dockside connection

The battery charger can be set up on board or on the dockside.
When the battery charger is installed on board, a suitably safe
dockside connection for 230 Volt alternating current should be
made.
When the battery charger is on the dockside, the connection
between the charger and batteries should be made using a
plug-socket connector which cannot be connected the wrong
way.
Consult Vetus for suitable plug-socket connectors.
Take precautions to prevent sailing away accidentally while the
battery charger is still connected.
For example, fit a relay as shown in the wiring diagram 14-4 on
page 66.
The relay is run by current from the shore and the potential free
relay contact is included in the control wire for the controller.

9.9 Extra instruments

The relevant Manual should be consulted when installing extra
instruments, for example a Voltmeter, Ammeter or Ah-meter.
For your information, Diagram 14-5 shows how these instru-
ments can be connected.

9.10 Explanation of connection diagrams

For connection diagrams, see page 64.
Connection diagrams show installations fitted with 4 to 8 semi-
traction batteries.
Because Vetus battery chargers types BC240503 and
BC240803 have a built-in diode splitter they can charge 3
batteries at once without having to fit an additional diode
splitter.
If battery chargers without built-in separation diodes are used
the additional separation diodes must not cause any voltage
drop unless the battery charger can be compensated for this!
With standard diode splitters the output voltage is 0.6 Volt less
than the input voltage.
Compensation means increasing the output of the battery
charger by 0.6 Volt to get the correct charging voltage at the
output of the diode splitter.
Vetus can supply suitable diode splitters with a negligible volt-
age drop:
- With 2 outputs, Art. code: 'DIODE1252'.
- With 3 outputs, Art. code: 'DODE1253'.
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