Invacare TPO100, TPO100B Checking Battery Charge Level, Prolonging Battery Life

SECTION 6—OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

Invacare SOLO2™ 22 Part No 1156872

Checking Battery Charge Level

Theinstalledbatterychargelevelcanbecheckedasfollowswithout

operatingtheunit:

•WhenusingbatteryortheDCpowercable,momentarilypressthe

On/Offbutton.TheStandbyscreenwilldisplayforashortperiodof

time.

•WhenusingtheACpoweradaptertheStandbyscreenisdisplayed.

Whentheunitisoperating,theStandbyscreenisperiodicallydisplayed.

Prolonging Battery Life

•Fullychargethebatterymoduleovernightwhenyoufirstreceiveyour

transportableoxygenconcentrator.

•Thebatterypackcanbechargedatanytime.Thebatterydoesnothave

tobefullydischargedbeforeattemptingtocharge.Trytokeepyour

batterymodulesfullychargedwhenusingtheunit.

•Alwaysensurethebatterymoduleisrechargedassoonaspossible

afteritbecomesfullydischarged.Thebatterymaypermanently

degradeifleftfullydischargedforanextendedlengthoftime.

•Checkthestatusofbatterymoduleonceamonthifyouarenotusing

yourunitregularly.Thebatteryshouldbemaintainedat2segments

(approximately50%)worthofcharge.

•Heatistheworstenemyofabattery.Allowplentyofairtocirculate

aroundthetransportableoxygenconcentratorsothatthebatteryis

keptascoolaspossible.

•DO NOTuseorleavethebatterymoduleinexcessiveheatorcold.

•DO NOTstoreorleavethebatterymoduleincartrunks,etc.for

extendedperiodsoftime.

•DO NOTstorethebatterymodulefullycharged(4segmentsonthe

unit’sbatterygauge)ifyouaregoingtostoreyourunitforanytime

greaterthan2weeks.Rechargeordischargethebatterymoduletoonly

2segments(50%charge)only.Storingabatterywithafullchargemay

degradeitsusefullife.

•DO NOTleaveyourbatterymodulepluggedintothetransportable

oxygenconcentratorwhenthetransportableoxygenconcentratoris

notinuse.Thebatterywilllosechargewhilepluggedintothe

transportableoxygenconcentratorevenwiththeunitturnedoff.