GE Marquette Responder 3000

Battery Power Operation
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Figure 14-4. Battery maintenance indicators
a = yellow, battery charging
b = red, battery discharging
c = yellow, battery charging
d = green, battery charged
Note
- The waveform and trend memories are over-
written during the battery maintenance pro-
gram.
- At the end of the maintenance program, you
can check the event memory for details of the
battery maintenance routine.
Warning
Operational Readiness — Recondition the batter-
ies at least once every month. using either the
separate charging unit ASU 3000 or the battery
maintenance program.
Battery Maintenance Program
The batteries should be reconditioned once a
month with the battery maintenance program. As
the battery will be discharged in the course of the
maintenance program, a second battery is required
to ensure that the defibrillator is ready for use. The
maintenance program can be activated with the
defibrillator connected to the power line or to the
ambulance power system.
•
Connect the device to the power supply system.
•
Turn on the defibrillator with the energy
selector (position
).
•
Simultaneously press
F1
and
F5
to display the
setup menu.
•
Press
F1
to position the bar cursor on
BATTERY and confirm the selection with
F3
ENTER
.
•
Press
F4
+
to select the "Battery Mainte-
nance ON" option and confirm the selection
with
F5
Previous Menu
.
•
Set the energy selector to "Off".
This is what happens during the automatic
maintenance program:
1. Battery 1 charges
2. Battery 2 charges
3. Battery 1 is discharged and then recharged
4. Battery 2 is discharged and then recharged
5. defibrillator prints maintenance report, then
switches off (screen blanks)
The progress bar on the monitor indicates the
battery status (Figure 14-4):
green battery charged
yellow Battery charging
red Battery discharging
You can abort the maintenance program at any time
by switching the defibrillator on with the energy
selector. In this case, however, the battery charge
level is unknown.
For discharged batteries, the maintenance program
may take up to 20 hours to complete.
At the end of the maintenance program, you can
check the event memory for details of the battery
maintenance routine.