User Manual

Changing Lithium Battery on RF500 Series Transmitters

Battery Reordering

RF500 transmitters are fitted as standard with a high power 3.6V Primary lithium-thionyl chloride C-size cell.

Manufacturers part number Saft LSH14 LIGHT or Saft LS26500.

The Saft LS26500 battery can only be used in transmitters manufactured after April-2009. The date-of-manufacture is

encoded in the serial number. The serial number has the format MMYYxxxx where MM represents the 2-digit month and

YY represents the 2-digit year in which the transmitter was manufactured.

Only use Saft LSH14 LIGHT or Saft LS26500 as replacements. Use Comark part number: ‘RFBATT’ to order a

replacement battery.

Battery Change Procedure

The Transmitter latches any low battery condition and must be powered off fully for it to clear. Waiting for the display to go

blank ensures that the low battery status is cleared.