User manual

Chapter 5: Maintenance and troubleshooting
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Maintenance
Normal use of the battery
It is recommended not to partially charge/discharge the battery several times in a row. Partial
charging/discharging affects the accuracy of the capacity measurement.
Never leave the battery fully discharged for a longer period of time. If the battery is not to be
used for a shorter period of time (1 month), charge the battery to minimum 20 to 30% and
remove it from the EXPLORER 710. If the Battery is stored for more than a month, see Storage
at the end of this section.
To recharge batteries
One battery inserted
To recharge the battery, connect external power to the DC input of the EXPLORER 710 while
the battery is inserted. For details on how to apply external power, see DC input on page 14.
Two batteries connected
You may connect an extra, external EXPLORER 710 battery for extra capacity. When external
power is applied to the EXPLORER 710, both batteries are charged as follows:
One battery is charged to 80%. Then the other battery is charged to 80%, and then they are
both charged the last bit up to 100%. This is because the last 20% take longer to charge, and
this way the batteries are charged in the shortest possible time.
The display and the web interface of the EXPLORER 710 show battery status such as which
battery is currently charging and the battery level.
To connect an extra external EXPLORER 710 battery
If you are not close to a power source, you may want to use an extra EXPLORER 710 battery as
backup. Do as follows:
1. Acquire an extra EXPLORER 710 battery with a dedicated cable for hot-swap from Cobham
SATCOM.
2. Connect the dedicated cable between the EXPLORER 710 battery and the External battery
connector on the EXPLORER 710.
The EXPLORER 710 continues normal operation on the inserted battery until it runs out of
power.
3. When the inserted battery runs out of power, the EXPLORER 710 switches to the external
battery and continues normal operation.
Important
Before removing the empty battery, click/select the battery symbol in the
web interface or the display to check that the EXPLORER 710 is actually
running on the external battery.