Power
- You must run a group 31 battery with a minimum of 960 CCA
- A battery maintainer with a minimum of 2 amps or connect to a vehicle charging system.
- Minimum 8 gauge wire (10 mm2) at a maximum of 60 inches (1.5 m) of length
Proper grounding
- Always ground Mixmate system back to battery ground
- Each power wire should have a parallel ground wire back to the source whether it is a pump or charging source
Understanding Voltage
- 11.7 volts and below is a dead battery
- 11.8 to 12.3 volts is a very low battery. Typically 12.3 volts represents about 25% capacity remaining.
- This is also where we throw low voltage warnings.
- 12.7 to 13.8 volts maintains the current capacity of a battery.
- The voltage can be in this range indefinitely.
- Greater than 14 volts adds capacity back to the battery.
- WARNING: overcharging can damage batteries just like letting them go dead!
If you never get above 13.8 volts, you never add capacity back to the battery. You can have voltage, but no capacity in a battery. This means the voltage looks good when there is no draw, but the voltage drops hard when there is a load demand. We have a weak group 31 battery we test with and we can have 13.5 volts with the charger attached and get constant low voltage errors because there is no capacity left in the battery.
Each Mixmate system must have two (2) CAN bus terminators for the system to operate properly. These terminators are included in your system when purchased. The placement of these terminators is equally important; each one should be placed at ‘opposite’ ends of the CANbus line. For example, if the system is laid out in a line (right to left), Carrier (with terminator at/around valve) -> Mixmate system/inductor (w/ terminator on opposite side of carrier wiring) OR if there is a stack stand, flow single, etc. beyond the inductor, terminator should go there.
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