PSC Baby Zeus Operation Manual page 10

CHARGING: Your new Baby Zeus contains a built-in charger designed to charge the internal
LiFEPO4 battery and also charge most external LiFEPO4 batteries such as the PSC Pelican Life
Battery. This connector allows you to connect an external battery to increase the battery
capacity of the Baby Zeus. The PSC Baby Zeus will operate from a wide range of AC power so you
can plug it in anywhere world without having to worry about making adjustments. The charger
circuit used in the Baby Zeus has been specifically designed for charging the batteries while the
batteries are in use powering low noise audio equipment. Unlike most battery chargers, ours
have a very low noise floor. Typical recharge time ranges from 1 to 2 hours with your equipment
turned off. The charging function is automatic and thus, it does not require your assistance in
any way. Simply plug the PSC Baby Zeus into an AC outlet and the charging begins (when needed).
Be aware that the Baby Zeus may get warm during use. Be sure to allow ventilation air gaps
around the top panel and rear panel of the Baby Zeus for proper heat dissipation. When using
an additional external battery such as the PSC Pelican LiFE Battery, be sure to use a heavy-duty
interconnect cable. This cable should be made with 12AWG wire and must use SpeakOn
connectors. Please keep this and all battery cables as short as possible for best performance.
We recommend a maximum external battery cable length of 3' (1M). Charging time will increase
when using an external battery as the changer has more work to do.
EQUIPMENT POWER CABLES: PSC recommends that you use only two conductor, unshielded
16AWG power cable for power distribution. Shielded cable is not recommended as the shield
may cause short circuits between adjacent pins on the connectors. Please keep all cables as short
as possible as this will minimize DC voltage drop across the cable.
WARNING: It is highly recommended that you have your cables built by qualified personnel
and tested prior to use with your Baby Zeus. All power cables should be clearly labeled on both
ends as to what they are to be connected to. For example, label one end "Baby Zeus" and the
other end "Lectrosonics XXX". This will help prevent inadvertently connecting the cables to
the wrong piece of equipment. We cannot stress enough the importance of good quality power
cables and careful connections. Poorly constructed and/or labeled cables can result in
equipment damage!
POWER FILTERING: All PSC power products contain PSC Quiet Power Technology tm. This
power filter technology allows the PSC Baby Zeus to deliver clean, quiet DC power for all of your
sound equipment powering needs. These filters include both audio and RF frequency filters to
ensure trouble free DC power distribution in the field. Nearly all of today's audio equipment
contain DC to DC convertors within their power supplies. These convertors can and will cause
inter-modulation noise when connected to common DC power sources such as a battery. Here
at PSC we firmly believe that proper DC filtering can and will eliminate most noise issues in the
field. Our competitors do not understand inter-modulation noise and thus do not take the
additional steps to prevent it like we do at PSC. Though not every piece of equipment will suffer