Battery Operation
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Figure 13:
• Pressing the “Escape” key will return you to the Main Menu
Screen.
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.14 &
15)
- 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
