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NO Alternator Operation Instructions PDF

The time adjustment potentiometers rotate about 300 Degrees total, a little bit less than one complete turn.  WARNING, DO NOT use excessive force to turn the potentiometers, roll a small screwdriver between your thumb and forefinger to adjust.  When the unit is shipped the potentiometers are centered and the potentiometers will rotate less than a half turn in each direction.  Rotate the Pots to the right or clockwise to increase time interval and left or counterclockwise to decrease the time interval. 

 

Initial adjustability will be ON time of 30 seconds to 5 minutes, OFF time of 1 minutes to 15 minutes, and Auto shutoff of 2 hours to 12 hours.  The unit comes shipped with the time set to approximately 3 minutes on time, 8 minutes off time and 7 hour auto shutoff time.

When the unit is initially turned on, it will do a tank fill cycle for 1.5 minutes, which should be more than sufficient to fill any livewell tank. After the initial Tank fill, the unit will do an OFF Cycle, then Alternate between ON Cycle and OFF Cycle for the adjusted time per each potentiometer.  The times can be changed at any time and the unit will act accordingly.  AUTO Shutoff occurs when a low battery is sensed at the power terminal or from a specified time period when the battery is not charging. 

If you run your adjustable livewell timer for a period of 10 hours in one outing without recharging the battery, your timer will go into battery saving mode and set the time cycles to 3 1/2 minutes ON and 12 minutes off.  If you charge your battery for a period greater than one minute, the time settings will go back to the originally adjusted time.  For instance:  If you have your automatic livewell timer set to 5 minutes ON and 10 minutes OFF, if you do not charge the battery because you have been fishing for 10 hours straight the timer goes into battery saving mode and changes to 3 1/2 ON and 12 OFF.  Most likely this condition will never happen, if it does, you can turn off the timer by flipping off the manual switch supplying power to the timer, and turn it back on.  The timer will again start doing a tank fill and cycle normally again for another 10 hours or until your battery goes dead.

Automatic LOW Battery measurements are taken in the background while the unit is run, and this feature can be turned off by rotating the auto-shutoff pot all the way counter clockwise (left) to minimum time stop. This Disabled setting is recommended for Kayaks users that typically use smaller batteries.   If the unit turns off because of LOW Battery, It will do five cycles of ON for 5 seconds, then OFF for 5 seconds, and it will lock out in the OFF position, and no more ON Cycles will occur.  To reset the device, remove power by turning off the manual power switch, and turn it back on.  If the battery charge is still LOW, it will do five cycles of ON for 5 seconds and OFF for 5 seconds and it will lock out again in the OFF condition AGAIN.  Its time to charge your battery by connecting it to a battery charger, or buy a new battery if it is more than 5 years old.