Invacare Comet Series PRO - Battery Handling and Storage

Controlssystem
7.2.4Howtodisconnectthebatteriesaftercharging
1.Disconnectthebatterychargerfromthepowersupply.
2.Disconnectthebatterychargerfromthescooter.
3.Closethechargingsocketprotectivecap.
7.2.5StorageandMaintenance
Followtheinstructionslistedbelowtoensuresafeuseandlongevity
ofthebatteries:
•Alwaysstorethebatteriesfullycharged.
•Donotleavethebatteriesinalowstateofchargeforan
extendedlengthoftime.Chargeadischargedbatteryassoon
aspossible.
•Incaseyourmobilitydeviceisnotusedforalongerperiod
oftime(thatismorethantwoweeks),thebatteriesmustbe
chargedatleastonceamonthtomaintainafullchargeand
alwaysbechargedbeforeuse.
•Avoidhotandcoldextremeswhenstoring.Werecommendto
storebatteriesatatemperatureof15°C.
•GelandAGMbatteriesaremaintenance-free.Anyperformance
issuesshouldbehandledbyaproperlytrainedmobilitydevice
technician.
7.2.6Instructionsonusingthebatteries
CAUTION!
Riskofdamagingthebatteries.
–Avoidultra-deepdischargesandneverdrainyour
batteriescompletely.
•PayattentiontotheBatteryChargeIndicator!Chargethe
batterieswhentheBatteryChargeIndicatorshowsthatbattery
chargeislow.
Howfastthebatteriesdischargedependsonmany
circumstances,suchasambienttemperature,conditionofthe
surfaceoftheroad,tirepressure,weightofthedriver,wayof
drivingandutilisationoflighting.
•TrytochargethebatteriesalwaysbeforeyoureachtheredLED
range.
Thelast2LED(oneredandoneorange)meanaremaining
capacityof20—30%.
•DrivingwithblinkingredLEDmeansanextremestressforthe
batteryandshouldbeavoidedundernormalcircumstances.
•WhenonlyoneredLEDisblinking,theBatterySafefeature
isenabled.Fromthistime,speedandaccelerationisreduced
drastically.Itwillallowyoutomovethemobilitydeviceslowly
outofadangeroussituationbeforetheelectronicfinallycutsoff.
Thisisdeepdischargingandshouldbeavoided.
•Beawarethatfortemperaturesbelow20°C,thenominal
batterycapacitystartstodecline.Forexample,at-10°C
thecapacityisreducedtoabout50%ofthenominalbattery
capacity.
•Toavoiddamagingthebatteries,neverallowthemtobefully
discharged.Donotdriveonheavilydischargedbatteriesifitis
notabsolutelynecessary,asthiswillstrainthebatteriesunduly
andshortentheirlifeexpectancy.
•Theearlieryourechargethebatteries,thelongertheylive.
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