Hand Held Products Dolphin 7200 manual Servicing the Battery Pack

Servicing the Battery Pack

For maximum battery life, Hand Held Products recommends that you deep-cycle the battery twice before initial use. To deep cycle, insert the battery into the HomeBase auxiliary battery well. Then, push and hold the Service Aux Batt button for at least 4 seconds. For more information, see Charging an Additional NiMH Battery Pack on page 8-6.

You may also deep cycle the battery using the CycleBat battery utility conditioning software which is available from the Partners area of the Hand Held Products web site www.handheld.com. More information on this utility is available from the help file that comes with the software.

Note: For maximum battery life, Hand Held Products recommends that you deep-cycle (service) the battery twice before initial use and then, once a month thereafter.

Hand Held Products also recommends that you service, or calibrate the battery once per month. For details, see Servicing the Battery Pack on page 11-3.

Charging the Battery Pack

You can recharge an individual battery pack using the auxiliary battery well of the Dolphin HomeBase, or the Dolphin 10-Slot MultiCharger.

Note: Keep a charged battery pack in the Dolphin at all times to conserve the internal back-up battery.

For details about the Dolphin HomeBase, see Charging Batteries in the Dolphin 7200 HomeBase on page 8-5.

For details about the Dolphin MultiCharger, see Charging Batteries in the Dolphin MultiCharger on page 11-3.

Storing Battery Packs

To maintain top performance from batteries, follow the guidelines below when storing them:

•Avoid storing batteries outside of the specified range of -4 to 104° F (-20 to 40°C) or in extremely high humidity.

•For prolonged storage, do not keep batteries stored in the terminal.

•During long-term storage, battery deactivation may tend to occur which may cause charging to stop early during recharging after storage. Charging and discharging the battery several times can handle this issue. Also, the first charging after prolonged storage may yield a lower than normal capacity. While this will vary depending on the storage conditions, charging and discharging the battery several times will almost completely restore capacity.

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