Motorola Smart Energy System manual Facts, Myth, IMPRES chargers perform adaptive reconditioning

Facts:

1.IMPRESTM products are smarter because they “talk” to each other.

Motorola’s industry-exclusive IMPRES technology allows communication between the charger and the battery, which enables automated battery re- conditioning, display of critical charging information and other key benefits. IMPRES batteries have a memory chip that stores all usage information, which can then be accessed and evaluated by any IMPRES charger. IMPRES chargers have built-in re- conditioning capability that is automatically utilized any time an IMPRES battery requiring maintenance is inserted.

2.IMPRES chargers perform adaptive reconditioning.

Before the availability of IMPRES chargers with automatic, adaptive reconditioning, battery mainte- nance technicians had to guess at the correct reconditioning intervals. Reconditioning too often wasted battery cycles; not reconditioning often enough resulted in diminished battery performance. IMPRES has changed all that. IMPRES chargers evaluate the actual usage pattern of every battery to establish the optimal reconditioning interval.

3.IMPRES offers long-term safe charging.

Most conventional chargers transition to a mainte- nance charge mode at the completion of a charge cycle. Maintenance charge is constant power applied to a battery in an effort to keep it charged over time. This results in long-term heating that can damage a battery, resulting in lost capacity. IMPRES chargers automatically turn off at the end of a charge cycle yet continue to electronically monitor IMPRES batteries every 5 minutes to determine when more energy should be applied to the battery. This process assures that the battery maintains a very high state of charge without sustaining heat damage due to the charger.

4.Fully charged doesn’t mean full battery capacity.

Most conventional chargers have an LED to indicate charge status. Red indicates charging and green indicates charge complete. But what does charge complete really mean? The charger is saying that it did the best it could given the condition of the battery and it is done. However, the resulting battery capacity could be far less than the original stated capacity for an old or defective battery, yet the user has no way of knowing that with only an LED indication. IMPRES chargers with displays provide the actual charge capacity of the battery, so you’ll know exactly how much usage you will get from each battery.

5.IMPRES charger LED indicators give additional information.

IMPRES chargers have additional LED indication capability to supply you with even more information during a charge cycle. The alternating red/green LED indicates batteries have fallen below a certain capacity threshold (typically less than 60% of rated minimum capacity). An IMPRES battery exhibiting a red/green indication is not defective – it has simply reached a capacity level that may limit its usage.

Myth:

Competitive batteries are IMPRES compatible.

Competitive battery manufacturers often claim to be “IMPRES compatible.” While it may be true that some competitive batteries can be charged in IMPRES char- gers, there are still significant limitations and con- cerns. The communication between an IMPRES bat- tery and IMPRES charger that enables automatic reconditioning, display of IMPRES data on display chargers and other IMPRES features is a Motorola ex- clusive technology and will only occur with the combi- nation of IMPRES batteries and IMPRES chargers. Motorola does not test the charge compatibility or safety of competitive batteries in IMPRES chargers.

5