User's Manual

8 Battery and Charger

8.1 BATTERY

The Argus

3 camera is supplied with both rechargeable and primary battery

packs. All battery packs provid e an output to the battery status bar on the

Argus

3 camera. This bar provides a continuous indication of the remaining

charge, allowing the firefighter to avoid unpredicted power loss.

With a fully recharged battery, or a battery pack fitted with new batteries, the

battery status bar will be at its full status with 5 bars showing. With high quality

batteries or the condition of the rechargeable pack, it may remain at this height

for some minutes. The number of bars will then progressively decrease as the

batteries discharge. When the battery status bar has reached 2 bars, there is

approximately one (1) hour of battery life remaining.

When the battery is low, a ‘LOW BATTERY’ warning will appear over the batter y

status bar to alert the operator. The time remaining will depend on the type of

batteries being used, but will typically be 10 minutes.

Note: Before each BA team enters the fire, it is recommended that the camera is

used with a rechargeable battery at full charge or a battery pack fitted with new

batteries.

Rechargeable Battery Pack

The Argus

3 uses a readily avaliable camcorder-style Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-

MH) rechargeable battery pack. The type supplied is a Varta V217 6 V 3600 mAh

but other variants are avaliable. The rechargeable packs are designed to power

an Argus

3 camera for over 2 hours from a full charge, dependent on options

fitted. Before using the battery, read the leaflet supplied with this manual.

Note: Dispo sal of batteries should be in line with their manufacturers’

instructions.