ECLAIR ACL, Operating Manual

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BATTERY (BAKEL)
CHARGER (CIBRE)
If a battery having a larger capacity
than the MIBAC battery is desired, especially
if the camera is often used at higher speed
than the standard, we can supply the BAKEL
battery (of the Eclair NPR 16) type VR 4 (4
amp-hour). It is a 12 volts cadmium-nickel
battery - Fig EF - with a discharge controller
(Schoeller galvanometer) and is supplied in a
plastic box made of unbreakable black poly-
ethylene with a carrying textile belt.
It is composed of 10 insulated cells
SAFT type and weighs 1,650 kg; its dimen-
sions are 230 x 150 x--40-mm and its capac-
ity is equivalent to ten to fifteen 120 m (400 ft)
reels. Its use necessitates a connection cable
« Camera/ Battery » (BABAC), a 220/110 v -
12 V charger (CIBRE) and a connection cable
« Charger-battery » (COURT).
The BAKEL battery can be also suppl
ied in a leather belt with built-in charger, its
code is BACHA. Its weight 2.750 Kg; only the
connection cable « Camera/ Battery »
(BABAC) is necessary.
The new compact charger CIBRE type
76 is very smal I : 125 x 64 x 40 mrn and
weighs only 420 grammes.
An internal tension selector permits its
utilization on 220 or 110 volts; safety is en-
sured by a 500 mA fuse. A 2 metre connec-
tion cable « Main/Charger » is supplied.
The CIBRE charger bears, at one end,
a 3 pin socket (mains side) and at the other
end a 4 pin Amphenol socket for connection
to the battery; two control lamps : one red and
one green light up as soon as the charger is
connected to the main. The green light cuts
off when the load is over.
The select the voltage in the charger
(110 or 220 volts) or to replace the safety fuse,
unscrew the 4 screws of the lid ; take- off the lid
without dropping the screws, select the tension
or replace the fuse, put the lid back and tighten
the screws.
CARRYING CASE
Made in shape of a rigid suit-case(fig
GH) and not like an ordinary transport case, the
framework is anodized aluminium supporting
two shells in ABS which is a very high impact
resistance material. The inside is entirely pad-
ded with expanded polyethylene cut out to the
form of a complete ACL equipment : Camera
with motor, viewfinder and 60 m or 120 m
magazine mounted, extra 60 or 120 m. maga-
zine, battery, charger, cables, pilotone module
and miscellaneous (fig. HI).
Fig. EF
Fig. FG
Fig. GH
Fig. HI
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