Operation
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MAXILYZER NG Plus
Lebensdauer und Kapazität des Akkus
MAXILYZER NG Plus is equipped with an NiMH storage battery. The
service life and capacity of the battery are considerably affected by
the way the instrument is charged and used. In order to make the
handling safer, the instrument has an efficient and battery saving
load management unit for all purposes.
The graphic charge-level indicator of the MAXILYZER NG Plus con-
sisting of three elements of a battery symbol helps the user to esti-
mate correctly the capacity of the battery. There will be five different
states of capacity displayed.
During normal use it is recommended not to recharge the bat-
tery until it is run down completely.
The battery can be recharged at any time given the load manage-
ment unit recognises the need of recharging the battery. If the bat-
tery is too full already the load management unit can deny a further
recharging of it.
The service life of the NiMH battery can be significantly reduced
when the instrument is operated at temperatures below 5 °C (40 °F).
Reconditioning cycle
If the device is used outside the permitted temperature range, if the
battery is quite old or if incomplete charging cycles (charging/dis-
charging) are carried out the charge-level indicator can possibly not
show the true charge-level anymore. In this case the indicator can be
corrected as explained in the following:
1. Discharge batteries by switching on the device until it runs out of
battery power and switches off automatically.
2. Connect MAXILYZER NG Plus to mains.
3. Switch the device on and off.
The charging of the batteries starts automatically.
Recharging completely takes approx. 4 to 6 hours, depending
on surrounding temperature.
After having finished active recharging the MAXILYZER NG
Plus switches off automatically.
4. Repeat the reconditioning cycle if necessary.
