35
Battery Operation
The Rebarscope® uses a 14.4V Lithium-Ion battery with a built-in
thermo-sensing circuit. This circuit allows for a suitable charge, and
maintains the voltage to the cells (< 4.1V). Additionally, this circuit
provides the proper charge current to lengthen the battery’s life.
At full charge, the bottom of the display will show
BATTERY=100%
.
(
Note
: This value may be inaccurate, if the battery counters were
reset without properly charging the unit.)
- The battery status can be viewed in the “
System Menu”
,
under the “
Battery Operation
” mode. (Fig.34 & 35)
- When the charger is supplying power to the unit, the battery is
charging, and the charge counter (“
Charge CTR”
) will increase.
- When the unit is ON, and the charger is disconnected from the
unit, the discharge counter (
“Discharge CTR”
) will increase.
- The battery will continue to charge even after the microcontroller
times out - display and unit turn OFF automatically.
- When the mode is set to any of the following settings:
Locate-
Cover, Size, Statistic
, or
Cover Map
(or
Scan Cart
for R-C-410)
the charge operation is disabled.
Figure 34: Battery Operation Menu is Highlighted
