Invacare TPO100 Oxygen Equipment User Manual


 
SECTION 6—OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Invacare SOLO
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Checking Battery Charge Level
Theinstalledbatterychargelevelca nbecheckedasfoll owswithout
operatingtheunit:
•Whenusing batteryortheDCpowercable,momentarilypressthe
On/Offbutton. TheStandbyscreen willdisplayforashortperiodof
time.
•WhenusingtheACpow eradapter the Standbyscreenisdispl ayed.
Whentheunit
isoperating,theSt andbyscreenisperiodicallydisplay ed.
Prolonging Battery Life
Do’s
•Fullychargethebatterymoduleovernightwhenyoufirstreceiveyour
transportableoxygenconce n tr ator.
•Thebatterypackcanbechargedatanytime.Thebatterydoesnothave
tobefullydischarge dbeforeattemptingtocharge.Trytokeepyour
batterymodulesfullychargedwhenusingtheunit.
•Alwaysensurethebattery
moduleisrechargedassoonaspossible
afteritbecomesfullydischarged.Thebatterymaypermanent ly
degradeifleftful lydischargedforanextendedlengthoftime.
•Checkthestatusofbatterymoduleonceamont hifyouarenotusing
yourunitregularly.Thebatteryshouldbemaintainedat2
segments
(approximately50%) worthofcharge.
•Heatistheworstenemyofabattery.Allowplentyofairtocirculate
aroundthetransportableoxygenconcentratorsothatthebatteryis
keptascoolas possible.
Don’ts
DO NOTuseorleavethebatterymod ule inexcessiveheatorcold.
DO NOTstoreorleav ethebatterymoduleincartrunks,etc.for
extendedperiodsoftime.
DO NOTstorethebatterymodulefullycharged(4segmentsonthe
unit’sbattery gauge)ifyouaregoingtostoreyourunit
foranytime
greaterthan2weeks.Rechargeordischargethebatterymodule to only
2segments(50%charge)only.Storingabatterywithafullchargemay
degradeitsusefullife.
DO NOTleaveyourbatterymodulepluggedintothetransportable
oxygenconcen tr atorwhenthetransportableoxygenconcentr atoris
notin
use.Thebatterywilllosechargewhilepluggedintothe
transportableoxygenconce n tr atorevenwiththeunitturnedoff.