AAT S-max, Original User Manual

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8.3 Battery pack
The bat te ry pack’s sea led lead acid bat te ries should be re char ged af ter each
use. Tech ni cal de tails for the sea led lead acid bat te ries you find in chap ter
8.3.1.
The bat te ry pack is sub ject to a so-cal led self-disch ar ge. The re fo re, you
should con nect the bat te ry pack to the char ger whe ne ver pos si ble. Due to
the fact that the bat te ry pack au to ma ti cal ly goes into char ge re ten ti on as
soon as it is ful ly char ged, an over char ge is im pos si ble.
If your bat te ry pack does not pos sess its full ca pa ci ty yet, the rea son may be
that a new bat te ry pack rea ches its full ca pa ci ty only af ter se ve ral char -
ging/disch ar ging cy cles.
If ful ly char ged bat te ries disch ar ge more quic kly as be fo re, they are pro ba bly
used up. In such case, plea se have your aut ho ri zed dea ler check and re pla ce
them, if ne ces sa ry.
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If the s-max is at a stand still for some time, plea se con nect it to the
char ger to re tain the char ge. This does not da ma ge the sea led lead
acid bat te ries, on the con tra ry, it in crea ses their du ra bi li ty.
8.3.1 Sealed lead acid batteries
The re are 2 sea led lead acid bat te ries 12 V / 3,3 Ah in the bat te ry pack of
the s-max. The se bat te ries are sea led, main ten an ce free, re char ge ab le and
of top qua li ty.
They are con si de red as safe as dry cells and ad mit ted for air tra vel ac cor ding
to DOT and IATA .
The du ra bi li ty of sea led lead acid bat te ries de pends pri ma ri ly on the char -
ge/disch ar ge cy cle. For ins tan ce, you may disch ar ge them parti al ly more
than 1000 ti mes and use up the en ti re ca pa ci ty more than 200 ti mes, if you
avoid a total discharge entirely.
A to tal disch ar ge does not only lead to a loss of the bat te ries' ca pa ci ty, but
also shor tens their du ra bi li ty. Thus, do avoid a to tal disch ar ge, by re char ging
the bat te ries whenever possible!
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Char ging your bat te ries is ta king good care of them.
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Al ways char ge your bat te ry pack with the AAT char ger de li ver ed with
your s-max. This par ti cu lar char ger au to ma ti cal ly turns off when the
bat te ries are ful ly char ged kee ping them from being over char ged.
If ful ly char ged bat te ries run emp ty fas ter as usu al, then they are pro ba bly
used up. In such case plea se have them che cked and, if nes se sa ry, re pla ced
by AAT Al ber An triebs tech nik or its re pre sen ta ti ve.
Da ma ged bat te ries you can turn in at de sig na ted pla ces for pro per re cy cling.
You may also re turn them to your aut ho ri zed AAT re pre sen ta ti ve.
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