Battery Life And Management - Invacare XPO100 User Manual

Invacare® XPO₂™

5.9 Battery Life and Management

Time away from home is greatly extended by combining the use of the
AC power supply, DC power supply and the XPO
batteries. To ensure the batteries maintain their optimal charge level,
utilize the AC power supply whenever you have access to electric
power. Utilize the DC power supply whenever you are in a vehicle.
WARNING!
Risk of Injury
Battery exhaustion will result in a loss of supplemental
oxygen. To ensure proper supplemental oxygen delivery
during a power outage:
– Plug your portable concentrator into a power source.
C = Battery Status Button
Do's
•
When you first receive your XPO
charge the internal battery (and supplemental external
battery if provided) overnight.
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concentrator's
2
concentrator, fully
2
•
Keep your batteries D fully charged when using the XPO
concentrator on a daily basis.
•
Your XPO concentrator and supplemental external battery can
2
be recharged at any time when using the XPO
on a daily basis.
•
Always ensure the XPO
2
external batteries are recharged as soon as possible after they
become fully discharged. The batteries may be permanently
degraded if left fully discharged for an extended length of time.
•
Check the status of your XPO
supplemental external battery once a month if you are not using
your XPO concentrator on a daily basis. Both batteries should
2
be maintained at 2 illuminated bars A worth of charge if not
using the XPO concentrator on a daily basis.
2
•
Heat is the worst enemy of a battery. Allow plenty of air to
circulate around the XPO
kept as cool as possible when charging and also when in use.
Don'ts
•
Do Not use or leave the XPO
external battery in excessive heat or cold.
•
Do Not store or leave the XPO
external battery in car trunks, etc. for extended periods of time.
•
Do Not store either battery fully charged (4 bars illuminated
on the unit's battery gauge B) if you are going to store your
XPO concentrator for any time greater than a day. Recharge
2
or discharge the battery to 2 bars (50% charge) only. Storing a
battery with a full charge may degrade its useful life.
•
Do Not leave your supplemental external battery plugged into
the XPO concentrator when the XPO
2
in use. The supplemental external battery will lose charge
while plugged into the XPO
concentrator turned off.
concentrator
2
concentrator internal and supplemental
concentrator internal and
2
concentrator so that the battery is
2
concentrator or supplemental
2
concentrator or supplemental
2
concentrator is not
2
concentrator even with the XPO
2
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2
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