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Weasel
®
Lite User Manual
Weasel
®
Lite User Manual
The Charging Station
A charging station may be useful depending on the daily operating time of your Weasels. Two batteries
are included in the Weasel standard scope of supply.
If your Weasel
®
Lite system is only used in
one-shift operation
and one single charge is enough for
one day, y
ou don’t have to install a charg
ing station. Just remove the batteries at the end of your
shift and put it into the designated chargers. At the beginning of the next shift, reinstall the fully
charged batteries in the Weasels. You may use the batteries alternately for a longer battery life.
If you use your Weasel
®
Lite system in
two-shift or three-shift operation
we recommend that you
install a charging station which is approached by the Weasels once battery replacement is required
(battery level of 30% or less). When a charging station is used, each Weasel needs two batteries:
one battery is in use while the other one is being charged. Ideally, the battery chargers should be
located close to the charging station.
The charging station must branch off the main loop of your travel path. It should be installed at a location
where free Weasels are circulating. This is important as only free Weasels will approach the charging
station.
The charging station is normally designed as a bay. A harp design is not required because there may
only be one charging station in a Weasel
®
Lite system. The charging station uses the same markers as
simple station bays. The markers for the charging station, however, are special variants. Request
markers are not used because the charging station is no source and does not have to request free
Weasels. Free Weasels (i.e. Weasels without destination) follow the Turn marker into the charging
station automatically once the battery level is 30% or less.
Fig. 8 | Pattern of a charging station
