Additional information on Soneil 1212SR charger

- This charger can get quite hot when on continuously (45 minutes or more), so please ensure that charger case temperature is safe for your application. Do not use in an application where impaired people without temperature sense, or children might handle the charger. In a room temperature of 25 C (77 F), the top of the case can get up to 124 F (51.2 C) or more. This can cause a 3rd degree burn on adult skin in 1 minute, or a 1st degree burn (less severe) in far less than 1 minute. Please ensure adequate ventilation of charger.

- This charger is adjustable by a trained technician. Should you experience venting of your battery (gassing), the pulse cut off Voltage can be lowered. Current can be lowered as low as 3.25 Amps to suit smaller batteries, or to slightly reduce heat of charger.

- The Soneil supplied PDF brochure is incorrect regarding the green light. When the constant current bulk charge (stage 2) orange light goes out & the green light comes on, it does not indicate that charging is complete, it indicates that the charger has switched from the constant current bulk charge (stage 2), to the current reduction by pulsation (stage 3) which tops up the battery more slowly & safely. If you desire a full charge, leave the charger connected to the battery for at least an hour after the green light comes on, or until you see a slow flicker of the green light.

- The 3 stage charging diagram in the Soneil supplied PDF brochure doesn't adequately describe stage 3. Stage 3 pulsing actually has the net effect of gradually reducing the current to near zero over time (often about an hour), where it then visually pulses on briefly. This is better than described in the brochure diagram, because the tapered current of stage 3 helps top up the battery quickly without over charging the battery. Stage 3 eventually just merges into a trickle float pulse level, which is almost like a 4 stage charger.

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