Invacare Bora Series - 7.2.9 Handling Damaged Batteries Correctly

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•Beawarethatfortemperaturesbelow20°C,the
nominalbatterycapacitystartstodecline.Forexample,
at-10°Cthecapacityisreducedtoabout50%ofthe
nominalbatterycapacity.
•Toavoiddamagingthebatteries,neverallowthemto
befullydischarged.Donotdriveonheavilydischarged
batteriesifitisnotabsolutelynecessary,asthiswill
strainthebatteriesundulyandshortentheirlife
expectancy.
•Theearlieryourechargethebatteries,thelongerthey
live.
•Thedepthofdischargeaffectsthecyclelife.Theharder
abatteryhastowork,theshorterisitslifeexpectancy.
Examples:
–Onedeepdischargestressesthesameas6normal
cycles(green/orangedisplayoff).
–Thebatterylifeisabout300cyclesat80%discharge
(rst7LEDoff),orabout3000cyclesat10%
discharge(oneLEDoff).
ThenumberofLEDcanvarydependingon
theremotetype.
•Undernormaloperation,onceamonththebattery
shouldbedischargeduntilallgreenandorangeLEDare
off.Thisshouldbedonewithinoneday.A16hour
chargeafterwardsisnecessaryasreconditioning.
7.2.7TransportingBatteries
Thebatteriessuppliedwithyourmobilitydeviceare
nothazardousgoods.Thisclassicationisbasedonthe
GermanGGVSHazardousGoodsRoadTransportOrdinances,
andtheIATA/DGRHazardousGoodsRailTransport/Air
TransportOrdinances.Batteriesmaybetransportedwithout
restrictions,whetherbyroad,railorbyair .Individual
transportcompanieshave,however,guidelineswhichcan
possiblyrestrictorforbidcertaintransportprocedures.
Pleaseaskthetransportcompanyregardingeachindividual
case.
7.2.8GeneralInstructionsonHandlingBatteries
•Nevermixandmatchdifferentbatterymanufacturesor
technologies,orusebatteriesthatdonothavesimilar
datecodes.
•NevermixgelwithAGMbatteries.
•Thebatteriesreachtheirendoflifewhenthedrive
rangeissignicantlysmallerthanusual.Contactyour
providerorservicetechnicianfordetails.
•Alwayshaveyourbatteriesinstalledbyaproperly
trainedmobilitydevicetechnicianorapersonwith
adequateknowledge.Theyhavethenecessarytraining
andtoolstodothejobsafelyandcorrectly.
7.2.9HandlingDamagedBatteriesCorrectly
CAUTION!
Corrosionandburnsfromacidleakageif
batteriesaredamaged
–Removeclothesthathavebeensoiledbyacid
immediately.
Aftercontactwithskin:
–Immediatelywashaffectedareawithlotsof
water.
Aftercontactwitheyes:
–Immediatelyrinseeyesunderrunningwaterfor
severalminutes;consultaphysician.
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