Intermec 6400 Laptop User Manual


 
SECTION 1
General Information
6400 Hand-Held Computer User’s Guide
1-21
A fully charged battery pack, left outside of a charger or
your computer, self discharges in about 20 days. It is best to
take batteries directly from the charging device and install
them into your computer.
Your battery packs are rated for 500 full charge/discharge
cycles after which they have 50% of their original capacity.
The main and backup batteries will not charge below 32
_
F
(0
_
C) and above 104
_
F(40
_
C). The battery life of the cells is
reduced w hen running in cold temperatures.
EXAMPLE:
Your computer should be used only two shifts a day in a below 0
_
C
environment to allow eight hours for the internal backup battery to
recharge in room temperature.
It is always a good idea to check the capacity of your bat-
tery pack before inserting it into your computer, and charge
accordingly. Refer to
Measuring Battery Pack Charge
Level
on page 2-7 for instructions.
Battery
Main Battery Pack
There are this options for rechargeable lithium ion main
battery packs:
"
Two cell
"
Four cell
"
Four cell in optional scanner handle