HOW DOES IT WORK?

The basic steps for using this charger are simple: It hooks up like a conventional charger – black lead to negative on the battery, red to positive, and then connect to a AC power supply. Flick the main switch (left side of the charger face) to 12 or 16 volts (dependent upon the battery type) and watch the show.

Aside from hooking up the respective leads, the only input required from you to operate this charger is to select between 12 volts, 16 volts and Off! The solid-state circuitry inside the charger does the rest of the work.

The brains of the charger take over. Once the charger is switched from OFF to ON (choosing the appropriate battery type – 12 or 16V), the Green-Yellow-Red LED’s on the right side of the charger will indicate in sequence the battery charger self-test. After this sequence (which takes roughly two seconds), the red will come ON, indicating the beginning of the

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charge. If there is no battery connected, the yellow LED will flash briefly once each second, indicating that the AC power to the charger is connected.

With a battery connected, the charger will begin to charge the battery, as indicated by the red charging LED’s. The length of time the charger remains in the “Charging Mode” depends upon the size and state of discharge of the battery.

This is controlled by the charger’s internal “brain” (actually, solid state circuitry) that constantly monitors the state of the battery and provides the correct charge automatically.

When the green “ready” LED comes ON, the battery is ready to use. The battery may be connected to the charger in the “Ready” mode indefinitely, in order to maintain the battery in a fully charged state while not in use without the risk of overcharging.

Instead of a traditional amp gauge on the face of the charger, the Moroso Power Charger incorporates a series of easy to understand LEDs that indicate the charge status. Unlike some battery chargers of old, this charger is intelligent enough to determine when the battery is fully charged. At that point, it functions as a battery “tender”.

During the charging, the current flowing into the battery is indicated by the LED Amp Meter. At the start of the charge, if the battery is normally discharged, all 4 red LED’s will be on, and will go out in sequence as the charge current drops. When the last red LED goes off, the internal proportional timer will start. The green LED will show proportional to the time of the constant current time. If the battery voltage is less than 1/2 a volt, then the battery is considered very heavily discharged. In this case, the yellow charging LED will not show.

NO COST OPTIONS…

Internally, the battery charger is equipped with a resettable “BTS” or “Battery Type Switch”. This is an internal switch that can be set by the dealer or an authorized service technician. When shipped form the factory, the charger is set in the “normal mode” which is for sealed lead acid or equivalent batteries. An internal switch allows the charge to be set for Gel Cell batteries or Minimal Gas Emission Batteries. Another option is to switch the battery over for use with vented liquid lead acid batteries (fast charge mode). Moroso points out that this switching process is not for consumers, and must be set by an authorized technician or a dealer.

As you can see, with this charger, you really don’t need more than one charger for the job. Best of all, you don’t have to babysit the battery as it’s being charged. A “smart” battery charger? Looks like it to me.