User guide

SECTION 6—OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Invacare SOLO
2
™ 22 Part No 1156872
Checking Battery Charge Level
Theinstalledbatterychargelevelca nbecheckedasfoll owswithout
operatingtheunit:
•WhenusingbatteryortheDCpowercable,momentarilypressthe
On/Offbutton.TheStandbyscreenwilldisplayforashortperiodof
time.
•WhenusingtheACpoweradaptertheStandbyscreenisdisplayed.
Whentheunit
isoperating,theSt andbyscreenisperiodicallydisplay ed.
Prolonging Battery Life
Do’s
•Fullychargethebatterymoduleov ernightwhenyoufirs treceiveyour
transportableoxygenconce n tr ator.
•Thebatterypa ck canbechargedatanytime.Thebatterydoesnothave
tobefullydischarge dbeforeattemptingtocharge.Trytokeepyour
batterymodulesfullychargedwhenusingtheunit.
•Alwaysensuretheba ttery
moduleisrechargedassoonaspossible
afteritbecomesfullydischarged.Thebatterymaypermanent ly
degradeifleftful lydischargedforanextendedlengthoftime.
•Checkthestatusofbatterymoduleonceamonth ifyouarenotusing
yourunitregularly.Thebatteryshouldbe maintainedat2
segments
(approximately50%) worthofcharge.
•Heatistheworstenemyofabattery.Allowplentyofairtocirculate
aroundthetransportableoxygenconcentratorsothatthebatteryis
keptascoolas possible.
Don’ts
• DO NOTuseorleavethebatterymod ule inexcessiveheatorcold.
• DO NOTstoreorleav ethebatterymoduleincartrunks,etc.for
extendedperiodsoftime.
• DO NOTstorethebatterymodulefullycharged(4segmentsonthe
unit’sbattery gauge)ifyouaregoingtostoreyourunit
foranytime
greaterthan2weeks.Rechargeordischargethebatterymoduletoonly
2segments(50%charge)only.Storingabatterywithafullchargemay
degradeitsusefullife.
• DO NOTleaveyourbatterymodulepluggedintothetransportable
oxygenconcen tr atorwhenthetransportableoxygenconcentr atoris
notin
use.Thebatterywilllosechargewhilepluggedintothe
transportableoxygenconce n tr atorevenwiththeunitturnedoff.