PSC POWER STAR ELEMENT Operation Manual page 3

BATTERY SAFETY: All high capacity batteries should be handled with great care. They can
contain a large amount of stored energy that can be dangerous if the battery terminals are
short circuited. Great care must be taken while handling these types of batteries to not cause
a short circuit.
This new product design allows you to use either a sealed lead acid (SLA) type of battery or a
LiFEPO4 (lithium Iron Phosphate) type battery. This allows the user to decide which type of
battery they choose to use while working near their home and also while traveling. Traveling
with high capacity LiFEPO4 batteries requires special "Hazardous Shipment" regulations when
shipping these types of batteries via air shipment (UPS, Federal Express, DHL. Various Air Lines,
etc.). This hazardous shipping requires special paperwork, special packing boxes and overall
added costs. For this reason, we have designed this product so that the battery is external to
the device. Because of this, you can ship this device to a foreign country and simply buy an
inexpensive SLA battery to use with the device when you arrive at your location shoot. This
eliminates having to deal with shipping any lithium batteries.
Never ship your PSC PowerStar Element while it is attached to any battery! It must be removed
(un-installed) from the battery before shipping the unit.
AC POWER SAFETY:
All AC powered devices should be treated with proper caution and respect. AC power on film
sets and on locations may not always be properly grounded and/or distributed. PSC highly
recommends that you purchase and use an AC power tester prior to plugging in your PSC Power
Star Element charger or any other AC powered device while on location. You can purchase
simple to use, inexpensive AC testers for less than $20. They are a simple plug that has 3 or 4
lights on the rear of the plug. These lights indicate good AC, proper grounding, etc. They can
also indicate dangerous AC conditions such as Hot and Neutral reversed or missing grounds.
These AC testers can be purchased at most electronics and hardware stores. Here is an example
of a typical AC Tester. PSC does not recommend any specific brand or take responsibility for its
use or performance.
Typical AC Tester of the type you should use before plugging into AC on a film set or location.