Notes For Transportation In Aeroplanes; Switching The Battery On And Off; Charge Status Display For The Battery - Sunrise Medical Empulse F55 Directions For Use Manual

7.3. Notes for transportation in aeroplanes

Shipping lithium-ion batteries or taking them with you on
aeroplanes is strictly regulated. The guidelines may vary
depending on the airline. In all cases, contact your airline
or carrier, before you transport or want to send a device
on an aeroplane which operates on lithium-ion batteries.
WARNING!
• The battery of the Empulse F55 contains lithium-ion
cells. For shipping or transportation, you must comply
with the relevant legal guidelines.
• The guidelines for shipping lithium-ion batteries or
transportation in an aeroplane may change. It is
essential that you contact your airline or travel operator
in order to obtain information about the current
guidelines before you start a trip or plan shipping.
• Defective batteries cannot be transported in an
aeroplane under any circumstances.
• If your battery is defective, please contact your dealer
to find out how to proceed. In this case, special
conditions apply for transporting hazardous products.
• In all cases switch the battery off for transportation and
protect the contacts on the underside of the battery
against short circuiting.

7.4. Switching the battery on and off

The battery has an on/off switch on its housing (A). The
current will only flow when the battery is switched on. The
pulling device can only be switched on if the battery is
switched on.
To switch on, proceed as follows:
• Press the push button on the housing of the battery.
The push button clicks into the place, slightly below the
level of the housing.
• To switch off, you need to press the push button again.
Empulse F55 Rev.D
NOTE:
• Always switch the battery off when the pulling device is
not being used. In this way, you can guarantee that no
current will flow and the risk of self discharge of the
battery is as small as possible.
WARNING!
• Always switch the battery off before you remove the
pulling device.

7.5. Charge status display for the battery

The battery has an integrated charge status display. This
is fitted on the front side of the battery. Using this display
you can check the charge status of the battery quickly
and easily.
• Press the button (A) next to the charge status display
• 5 green LED (B) means 100% charged, 4 LED= 80%, 3
LED= 60%, 2 LED=40%, 1 LED=20%
• The display will go back off after approx. 60 seconds.
NOTE:
• For long periods of storage the battery can go into deep
sleep mode, in order to avoid self discharge. To resume
operation, the button next to the charge status display
must be pressed once.
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