Invacare XPO100, XPO100B Battery Time Management, Prolonging XPO2 Battery Life

SECTION 6—OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

Invacare XPO2™ 26 Part No 1148112

Battery Time Management

Timeawayfromhomeisalmostlimitlessbycombiningthe

useoftheACpowersupply,DCpowersupplyandtheXPO2

batteries.Toensurethebatteriesmaintaintheiroptimal

chargelevel,utilizetheACpowersupplywheneveryouhave

accesstoelectricpower.UtilizetheDCpowersupply

wheneveryouareinavehicle.

Prolonging XPO2 Battery Life

NOTE:Forthisprocedure,refertoFIGURE6.6.

•WhenyoufirstreceiveyourXPO2,fullychargethe

internalbattery(andsupplementalexternalbatteryif

provided)overnight.

•KeepyourbatteriesfullychargedwhenusingtheXPO2

regularly.

•YourXPO2andsupplementalexternalbatterycanbe

rechargedatanytime.Thesebatteriescanhavetheir

charge“toppedoff”atanytime.

• AlwaysensuretheXPO2internalandsupplemental

externalbatteriesarerechargedassoonaspossibleafter

theybecomefullydischarged.Thebatteriesmaybe

permanentlydegradedifleftfullydischargedforan

extendedlengthoftime.

•CheckthestatusofyourXPO2internalandsupplemental

externalbatteryonceamonthifyouarenotusingyour

XPO2regularly.Bothbatteriesshouldbemaintainedat2

illuminatedbarsworthofcharge.

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

tocirculatearoundtheXPO2sothatthebatteryiskeptas

coolaspossiblewhenchargingandalsowheninuse.