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Battery Usage
A fully charged battery should last about four hours.
Battery charge status is viewable:
- In the upper-right corner of the screen.
- On the battery. To view the LCD gauge on the
Inspired Energy battery, open the FieldFox battery
compartment door.
To conserve battery power:
- Use Hold (Run/Hold) mode to trigger a
measurement only when needed. Hold is shown on
the display.
- Press System then Display then Brightness then
dim the FieldFox display as much as possible.
- Press the power button and press the Standby
softkey when not being used. Press again to restore
power. All current settings are preserved.
The FieldFox will shutdown automatically when battery
power is very low to prevent it from being completely
discharged.
Use ONLY a FieldFox charger to recharge a battery.
The battery can be fully charged while in the FieldFox in
about 4 hours with the FieldFox either ON or OFF.
A fully discharged battery takes about 1.5 hours to
recharge to 80%.
The battery can be fully charged in about 4 hours using
the external battery charger (Opt 872).