Set up a Battery Maintenance Routine
Introduction
The MX7 uses a 2200 mAh battery. Minimum battery life is 500 charge/dischargecycles beforereplacement.
Hand held devices and body worn devices use Lithium Ion (Li-Ion)main battery packs that arelightweight and relatively
small. Vehicle mounted mobile devices and vehicle mounted cradles/docks are powered by the vehicle battery.
Extending Battery Life
The life and capacity of a Lithium Ion battery pack can vary significantly depending on thedischarge current and the
environment in which it is used. Li-Ion battery packs do not need to befully dischargedbetween charge cycles.
Regardless of the typeof battery beingused, LXE offers the following suggestions forextendingbattery life:
l Immediately replace batteries in LXE devices with the appropriate, fully charged battery when LXE equipment battery
warnings are issued, heardor displayed.
l Fully charge anew battery before using.
l Remove batteries from unused units or units that will be unused longer than aday.
l Periodically analyze batteries formaximum capacity.
l Place discharged batteries ina battery charger/analyzer as soon as possible.
l Store batteries in locations that maintain an ambient temperatureof approximately 25°C (77°F).
l Recycle defective, shortedor end-of-life batteries.
l Any Lithium-Ion battery that is over ayear old is considered an old battery.
l Replace all batteries morethan ayearold with new batteries.
To determine the age of the battery, check the battery label that shows the LXE ship date. The ship date has theyear and the
month that thebattery was shipped. Thefirst field (labeled1-0) is the year the battery was shipped. The second field (labeled J,
F, M, A, etc.) is the month. So if the 8andthe F are punched out, thebattery was shippedin February of 2008.
To determine the actual shipping date, use the serial numberon the battery label to determine the ship date. Contact yourLXE
representative for assistance.
Self-Discharge
Batteries should be storedat temperatures close to 25°C (77°F)because highertemperatures cause batteries to self discharge
faster thanlower temperatures.
All batteries begin self-discharging after receiving acharge. The rate at which thebattery self discharges depends on the
battery construction, temperature, initial capacity of the battery, and the amount of time that has passed since the battery was
charged.
Note: Temperatures significantly above 25ºC (77ºF) increase the self-dischargerate of all batteries.
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