Control Handle; Battery Charger; Dockside Connection; Extra Instruments - Vetus EP2200E Instructions D'installation

9.7 Control handle

• Use the drilling template to make the necessary holes in the right
location on the wheelhouse, see page 67.
• If forwards/backwards movement does not correspond to the
movement of the lever, turn the plug and socket connection
around. See diagram on page 56.
• Mount the operation lever with the packing included.
• Feed the connector cable through to the electric motor, insert the
plug and tighten the lock nut clockwise, see page 56.
• If it is necessary to cut the intermediate cable and then reconnect
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.

9.8 Battery Charger

The choice of the correct battery charger depends on the battery ca-
pacity 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 accept-
able in most cases.
Vetus can supply the following chargers specially designed for charg-
ing semi-traction batteries:
- 50 A at 24 V, suitable for 1 set of 4 batteries 12 V - 220 Ah, con-
nected in series/parallel (Type BC24503A)
- 80 A at 24 V, suitable for 1 set of 6 batteries, 12 V - 220 Ah, con-
nected in series/parallel (Type BC24803A)
With batteries connected in parallel, it is preferred that the batter-
ies are charged separately using an diode splitter.
See 9.11 also.
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9.9 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 dock-
side connection for 230 Volt alternating current should be made.
When the battery charger is on the dockside, the connection be-
tween 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 bat-
tery charger is still connected.
For example, fit a relay as shown in the wiring diagram 14-4 on page
62.
The relay is run by current from the shore and the potential free relay
contact is included in the control wire for the controller.

9.10 Extra instruments

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

9.11 Explanation of connection diagrams

For connection diagrams, see page 60.
Connection diagrams show installations fitted with 4 to 8 semi-trac-
tion batteries.
Because Vetus battery chargers types BC24503A and BC24803A 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 voltage
drop:
- With 2 outputs, Art. code: 'BS1252' .
- With 3 outputs, Art. code: 'BS1253' .
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