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ZOLL AED PLUS Administrator’s Guide
3. After installing new batteries, press the Battery Reset Button inside the battery compartment when
prompted (see Figure 8). Pressing the button resets the battery usage indicator to full charge.
NOTE If you do not press the Battery Reset Button in the battery well within 15 seconds after installing all
batteries, the device assumes that the batteries installed in the device were temporarily removed, and are
not fully
charged.
NOTE Because Lithium Manganese Dioxide battery cells do not contain toxic materials, they may be disposed of
in general trash after discharge or when properly protected against shorting between terminals.
Identifying Battery Condition
Battery capacity depletes during standby operation of the unit, while the unit is operating, and as a result
of each defibrillation. Battery capacity also gradually diminishes over a shelf life of years without use.
The unit monitors energy remaining in the installed batteries. When battery capacity is low or depleted,
the unit will not function to specification. When a low battery condition occurs, the unit:
• emits an audible alarm or “beep” once every minute, if the unit is off
• issues the
CHANGE
BATTERIES
audio prompt, if the unit is on
• displays a red “X” in the status indicator window, indicating that the batteries have less than 50%
of full capacity remaining or that the unit has failed other self tests.
CAUTION! You MUST replace all ten (10) batteries at once. Do not replace individual batteries. The
unit cannot detect whether all batteries or only a few batteries have been replaced. Do not
place used batteries into the unit.
Using less than fully charged batteries can affect the
unit when performing a rescue
. DO NOT press the Battery Reset Button if all the
batteries are not new. The unit then assumes that they are the same batteries that were just
removed.
Table 3: Battery Condition
Battery Condition
Indications
Correction
Low Battery with unit off.
Audible beep from unit once
every minute.
Replace batteries.
Low Battery during power
up self test.
CHANGE BATTERIES
prompt
(when unit is powered on)
Replace batteries.
Low Battery or other self
test failure with unit
powered off or during self
test.
Status Indicator has red “X”
indicating failure to operate
(when off).
Replace batteries. Check or
replace electrodes. If red “X”
remains, return to ZOLL
Technical Support for service.
Low Battery with unit
powered on.
CHANGE BATTERIES
prompt
(unit powered on).
Replace batteries as soon as
possible.
Dead Battery.
Status Indicator has red “X”
indicating failure to operate
(when off).
Replace batteries. If red “X”
remains, return to ZOLL
Technical Support for service.
