User's Manual

Appendix A Detailed CCU/Repeater Specifications
52 CCU 100 and Repeater 100 Installation Guide
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Battery Pack
The battery pack is contained in its own compartment. The battery pack is a three-cell,
sealed, lead acid battery pack (6V, 4.5 amp-hours) that is field replaceable and designed to
last five years under normal circumstances. To ensure minimal impact upon battery life, a
preventative maintenance schedule of two year replacement is required in an extreme
environment, such as a desert installation. Normal preventative maintenance is every five
years for non-hot environment installations.
Warning Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Always
replace with Itron part number BAT-0045-001.
The batteries can power the system for a duration of 90 minutes in the case of a power
outage.
If
Then
AC power fails The CCU/Repeater battery pack maintains system functions for
approximately 90 minutes. A message indicating the AC failure
is sent to the Network Software.
AC power is restored A message is sent to the Network Software indicating that AC
power has been restored.
The battery pack specifications are listed below.
Specification
Value
Type Sealed-lead acid, rechargeable
Power 6V, 4.5 amp-hours
Life Five years at 33° C. Battery life decreases by 50% for each 8° C
rise in temperature above 25°C.
Charge time 10 hours at 25° C
The battery in the CCU/Repeater uses three EnerSys Cyclon lead-acid cells connected in
series to provide a nominal voltage of 6 volts. The battery is terminated with a four position
Molex connector (Molex P/N #39-01-4041) with the following pinout:
Pin #
Wire Color
Signal
1 Red +V BATT
2 Black Ground
3 White Thermistor
4 White Thermistor
For information on battery disposal/recycling contact EnerSys at 1.800.363.7797 or
[e-mail].