User Manual corpuls
3
Introduction
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3.5 Energy Management
Energy management is of paramount importance owing to the modular structure
of the corpuls
3
.
The corpuls
3
and the individual modules can be operated on battery alone or
on 12 V DC power supply or via a separate charger (only 230 V AC).
3.5.1 Battery Operation
The three modules of corpuls
3
each have their own lithium-ion battery. The
batteries are identical and have an integrated microchip which records the
history of use.
Each of these batteries can be replaced manually and without use of tools.
Exchanging the batteries for one another within the corpuls
3
is also possible.
Information on replacing the batteries can be found in chapter 9.6 Changing the
Battery, p. 218.
When the modules of the corpuls
3
are connected mechanically (compact
device or semi-modular use), the energy is drawn from the battery with the
currently highest state of charge. If the state of charge is identical in all batteries,
the corpuls
3
accesses all available batteries equally.
If only a low level of charge remains in the battery of one module, it is possible
to access the energy reserves of the other batteries by connecting this module
to one or both other modules.
If the charging status of a battery is less than 20 % of the total charge of the
module, an alarm message for the respective module is triggered.
To guarantee a sufficient charge, the corpuls
3
has to be inserted into the
charging bracket or connected to the external charger.
One battery with adequate charge is sufficient to operate the device reliably as
compact device.
Energy exchange or mutual charging between the batteries does not occur.
The corpuls
3
as well as the individual modules can be operated on battery,
directly on 12 V DC or via a separate charger (230 V AC).
The corpuls
3
is only intended for use with all three batteries inserted.
To be able to offer the user the maximum possible safety, the corpuls
3
calculates the remaining running time and indicates this in minutes. In
calculating the remaining running time, the device takes the current energy
consumption into account.
The remaining operating time is displayed in the status line of the monitoring
unit (Fig. 3-19).
Fig. 3-19 Remaining running time of the corpuls
3
in the current operating
status
1 Battery symbol and remaining running time in minutes
Influence of the
modular
structure
Identical lithium-
ion batteries
Remaining
running time
display
Empty or faulty
batteries
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