Operator's Manual

abreak-inperiodtoestablishefcientelectrical
production.Thisbreakinperiodusuallyrequires100
to150discharge/chargecycles.
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Battery-LifetimeTable
1.Batterycapacity
4.Primebatterylife
2.Discharge/chargecycles5.Endofthebatterylife
3.Break-inperiod(100to
150cycles)
Afterthebreak-inperiod,thebatterymaintainsahigh
capacityformanycycles.Thenumberofcyclesthata
batteryperformsdependsonthefollowing:
•Batterymaintenance—impropermaintenance
severelyreducesthelifeofthebatteries.
•Depthofdischargebetweenchargecycles—the
deeperthebatteriesaredischargedona
regularbasisbetweencharges,theshorterthe
servicelifethebatterieswillhave.
•Chargefrequency—fullychargethebatteries
wheneverpossible.
Important:Fullydischargingthebatteries
damagesthemandreducestheirlife.
•Lowwaterlevels—iftheleadplatesbecome
exposed,itmaypermanentlydamagethe
batteries.Performthefollowingtomaintainthe
electrolytelevel:
Afterfullychargingthebatteries,llthe
batterieswithdistilledordeionizedwater;referto
CheckingtheWaterLeveloftheBatteries(page
37)andAddingDistilledorDeionizedWatertothe
Batteries(page37).
Important:Fullychargethebatteriesbefore
addingthewatertothebatteries.While
charging,theelectrolyteincreasesinvolume,
andllingalowbatterybeforefullycharging
thebatteriescancausetheelectrolyteto
overowandleakoutofthevent.
Attheendofthebatterylife,thebatteriesgradually
loseelectriccapacity.
UsingtheBatterySystem
Whenyourbatteriesarefullycharged,thetenth
bar(farright)illuminatesonthebattery-discharge
indicator(Figure13).
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Figure13
1.Battery-discharge
indicator
2.Charge-indicatorbars
Asyouusethemachine,thebarsdisappearasthe
electricalcapacityofthebatteriesisused.
Whenonlythesecondbarfromtheleftremainson
thebattery-dischargeindicator,itisagoodtimeto
charge(Figure14).
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Figure14
1.The2leftbarsalternatelyblinkuntilyouchargethe
batteries.
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