DANGER
DO NOT allow smoking, flames or sparks
around batteries.
IMPORTANT
DO ENSURE the cabinet cover is removed
during the charging process to allow gasses
to escape.
Batteries - general maintenance
Al ways keep the bat ter ies clean, free of dirt and
cor ro sion. A film on top of the bat tery can ac cel er -
ate dis charge.
Cold re duces bat tery ca pac ity and re tards charg -
ing. Heat in creases wa ter us age and can (in ex -
treme cir cum stances) re sult in over charg ing.
Use dis tilled wa ter to re fill the bat ter ies. Avoid wa -
ter con tain ing me tal lic sol ids such as iron.
Batteries - charging
Fully re charge the bat ter ies, im me di ately af ter use.
one (1) charg ing cy cle per day is pre ferred. Fully
charged bat ter ies per form best. The deeper the
dis charge, the fewer num ber of cy cles a bat tery will
de liver. Deep dis charges de te ri o rate the bat tery
quicker than shal low cy cles.
An overly dis charged bat tery may need to be cy -
cled a few times be fore it can fully re cover. If a bat -
tery be gins to heat be fore be com ing fully charged,
it may be nec es sary to re charge and dis charge the
bat tery a few times.
The MHP is equiped with an au to matic bat tery
charger that will com pletely re charge the bat ter ies
and turn off af ter the charge cy cle is com pleted.
Other Options
Air Line To Platform
This con sists of pres sure flex yel low hose rated at
150 psi work ing pres sure, fit ted with quick dis con -
nect cou plers at each end .
Dual Fuel
This op tion con sists of an AC mo tor rated at ei ther
110 or 230 volts AC 50/60Hz. A se lec tor switch is
used to change from gas o line to elec tric. The same
con trols are used to stop and start the elec tric mo tor.
This op tion is used in shop ping malls and other
built up ar eas.
MHP15/44HD V2 – 13620-1
Work Lights
Rub ber en cased work lights can be fit ted to the
plat form guard rails. The lights are swivel mounted
and each has its own switch.
Flashing Light
Mounted on the lower boom the flash ing light alerts
peo ple that the MHP15/44HD V2 is mov ing. The
light flashes at about one (1) flash per sec ond any
time the MASTER KEY switch is on. There is no
ON/OFF switch for the flash ing light, it can not be
turned off while the MHP15/44 is running.
An op tion is also avail able that does al low ON/OFF
switch ing of the flash ing light.
Platform Rotator
This op tion al lows the op er a tor to move the plat -
form around the boom, 45
gain better ac cess to work sites.
Battery Isolate Switch
Iso lates the bat tery power and can be locked into
the off po si tion.
Figure 13.10 - Battery Isolate Switch
RCD/ELCB AC Outlet
A 3 core wire rated at 600 volts AC 15 amps is run
up the booms as stan dard.
RCD
Power Input
Connector
Figure 13.11 - RCD/ELCB AC Outlet
Rev B
13. Options
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each side of cen ter, to
Power Outlet
At Platform
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