Capacity Display; General Information About Charging The Battery Pack; Safety Instructions For The Charger And The Charging Process - Alber erivo R10 Gebrauchsanweisung

4.4. Capacity display

The battery pack [7] required to operate the Erivo is fitted as standard underneath the wheelchair seat. It does not have a capacity display.
The battery pack capacity available is therefore indicated by the LEDs [19] on the control unit. This comprises 5 individual LEDs, which are
arranged as follows from left to right: 1 x red, 2 x orange, 2 x green.
When the control unit is switched on, these LEDs light up and indicate the battery pack charge status to you as follows:
LED display Status in operation
The battery pack is fully charged.
The battery still has 60% to 80% residual capacity.
The battery still has 40% to 60% residual capacity.
The battery still has 20% to 40% residual capacity.
The battery should be fully charged at this point,
especially if an extensive trip is planned.
Only minimal residual capacity remaining
The battery needs to be charged immediately.
There is an error if the LEDs indicate signals that deviate from the table. For details, see chapter 6.2.

4.5. General information about charging the battery pack

• Do not charge the battery pack in the presence or vicinity of flammable liquids or gases.
• In the (unlikely) event of the battery pack overheating or catching on fire, you must ensure that the battery does not come into con-
tact with water or other liquids. The only suitable extinguishing agent recommended by the battery manufacturers is sand.
• Do not carry out the charging process in rooms where moisture may affect the battery pack.
• Carry out the charging process with the wheelchair in a location that has at least twice the space required by the wheelchair itself and
that provides sufficient ventilation, in order to avoid the danger of flammable gas accumulating.
• Explosive gases may form during charging. Keep the wheelchair and charger away from sources of ignition, such as flames and sparks.
• Never charge the battery pack at temperatures under 0 °C or over 40 °C.
• Never use an extension cable to connect the charging plug [23] or the adapter [24] to the socket [14] of the battery or the charger
socket [20] of the control unit.

4.6. Safety instructions for the charger and the charging process

• Switch off the system before starting the charging process. If the battery pack is being charged directly on the wheelchair, the wheel-
chair is to be secured to prevent it inadvertently rolling away by activating electric motor operation (see chapter 2.1).
• Only use the enclosed charger to charge the battery pack. The charging process ends automatically when the battery pack is fully
charged. As such, overcharging is impossible.
• Never user any charger other than the one supplied by Alber.
• Do not charge any other batteries with the charger. Only charge the Erivo battery pack.
• The charger must not be left permanently attached to the Erivo. Check the charging progress from time to time. Disconnect the charger
from the mains socket first before disconnecting it from the battery pack. Do so as soon as the charging process is complete.
• Do not expose the charger to moisture of any kind (water, rain water, snow, etc.) during charging.
• Be aware of condensation. If the charger is brought from a cold area into a warm room, condensation may occur on and in the device.
In this case, refrain from using the charger until all condensation has dissipated. Please note that this may take several hours.
• Never carry out the charging process in rooms where moisture may affect the charger.
• Never carry the charger by its power cable or the charger cables.
• Never tug at the power cable to disconnect the charger from the mains socket.
• Lay the mains cable and charger cable so that no-one can tread on them or trip over them. Do not expose the two cables to any other
harmful influences or stresses.
• Do not operate the charger if the power cable, the charger cable or the plugs attached to the cables are damaged. Damaged parts must
be replaced immediately by a specialist dealer that has been authorised by Alber.
• Do not use or disassemble the charger if it has received a hard blow or was dropped or damaged in some other way. Take the damaged
charger to a specialist dealer that has been authorised by Alber to perform repairs.
Status when charging
The battery pack has been fully charged.
The battery is between 60% and 80% charged
The battery is between 40% and 60% charged
The battery is between 20% and 40% charged
The battery is charged to 20%
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