Anton/Bauer Hytron 100 Owner's Manual - page 4
Charge this battery fully before using. Allow the battery to reach a
steady green (LifeSaver
®
) mode before using. Charging is automatic
on all Logic Series
®
InterActive
®
chargers. The flashing red and green
lights indicate the charger and battery are establishing communica-
tions. The following are the standard indications on any Logic Series
InterActive
®
Charger (Please refer to the Charger manual for complete
charging instructions):
• Alternating red and green: Evaluating battery and/or rejuvenat-
ing low voltage battery.
• Steady red: Battery waiting to charge (may either be in line to
charge or holding for temperature stabilization).
• Flashing red: Charging
• Flashing green: Balancing mode or Ready/Verifying. Battery is
typically more then 80% charged.
• Steady green: Lifesaver
®
mode. Batteries will remain 100%
ready for use indefinitely.
The battery should remain on the charger until just prior to being used. The
patented LifeSaver
®
maintenance routine keeps the battery 100%
charged and balanced by eliminating the typical self-discharge that
can cripple a battery that is stored for any length of time on the shelf.
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HIGH VOLTAGE DESIGN
Virtually all cameras/camcorders will indicate a low voltage warning
or cease to operate at about 11 volts. Unfortunately, a 12 volt battery
must be discharged to 10 volts for full discharge. Thus, a camera/
camcorder operating on a 12 volt battery will always cease to operate
before fully discharging the battery, leaving 50% of the total capacity
unused under certain conditions. The amount of this wasted capacity
can vary each day depending on temperature, etc., thus creating what
appears to be totally inconsistent performance.
The InterActive 2000™ HyTRON
™
battery is designed only in a 14.4
volt configuration with full discharge rating of 12 volts. Thus, the
HyTRON
™
battery will always deliver 100% capacity before the equip-
ment ever reaches its cutoff point. Moreover, this dependability is not
affected by memory, age or any of the other factors that can cripple a
12 volt battery.
Virtually all cameras, camcorders, and other video field equipment
specifies a maximum voltage of 17 volts. The 14.4 volt HyTRON
™
battery will provide superior performance and greater run time on
that equipment.
CAUTION: Certain older equipment is not designed
to accept 14.4 volt batteries. A 14.4 volt battery could damage such
equipment. Check with the equipment manufacturer or the Anton/
Bauer Customer Support Group prior to using a 14.4 volt battery.
CHARGING WITH LOGIC
®
SERIES
INTERACTIVE CHARGERS
Do not remove the HyTRON
™
batteries from the charger more than
8 hours prior to actual use. For best results, this battery should be
returned to the Logic Series
®
InterActive
®
charger within 48 hours of
being used. Please read the individual charger Owner’s Manual to
become acquainted with the many unique features of the chargers.
OVER-DISCHARGED
BATTERIES
Warning: The HyTRON
™
battery has specialized circuits which typi-
cally will not allow a battery to overdischarge during extended storage
(more than 90 days). However, if the battery is left on a load, such as
a light, and allowed to discharge to 0 volts, the battery can be irre-
versibly damaged. Never leave any battery unattended on equipment.
An “over-discharged” voltage state is caused by leaving a battery
operated device unattended and allowing the battery to drain beyond
the low voltage warning point of the equipment and/or the “Flashing
15 minute segment” indication on the LCD of the HyTRON
™
battery.
Low voltage “over-discharged” batteries can also be caused by allow-
ing batteries to remain off the charger for extended periods. Return-
ing batteries to the Logic Series
®
InterActive
®
Charger as soon as
possible after use, and leaving batteries in the LifeSaver
®
mode until
just prior to using will avoid this type of “over-discharge” condition.
A battery that has been inadvertently allowed to become “over-dis-
charged” will automatically trigger a special rejuvenation routine con-
tained in all Anton/Bauer Logic Series
®
InterActive
®
Chargers. In such
cases the red/green alternating LED’s, on the charger, indicate that
the automatic rejuvenation cycle is bringing the battery back up to a
safe charging voltage. When the charger verifies there are no thermal
violations, it will begin a complete charge cycle (Red flashing LED).
In the extreme case that a battery is over-discharged, indicated by a
blank LCD on the battery, the rejuvenation charge routine will not be
initiated by the charger until all other batteries have completed their
fast charge routines. Therefore, an extremely over-discharged bat-
tery can be installed on a Logic Series
®
InterActive Charger without
the charger indicating recognition. The battery should remain on the
charger until it is recognized and charging is complete.
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