Battery Charging - Elinchrom ELB 1200 Manuel D'utilisation

User Manual

BATTERY CHARGING

TO CHARGE YOUR BATTERY
To charge the battery, use only the Elinchrom ELB 1200 Charger (19278). Plug your charger
EN
into the battery charger socket and then into your mains socket. The LED on the charger will
flash while charging. When the battery is fully charged:
1. The LED on the charger will stop flashing and become continuous.
2. The 4 LED's on the battery go off.
3. The ELB 1200 Battery Air 90 Wh charges in approximately 90 minutes.
4. The ELB 1200 Battery HD 144 Wh charges in approximately 150 minutes.
CHARGE DURATION
The charge duration will vary depending upon the battery's state of charge. The charge
duration will be significantly longer if the battery has been left completely discharged for
weeks.
STATE OF CHARGE
The battery includes a monitoring circuit which shows the available capacity of the battery
when the state of charge button is pressed.
80 – 100 %
60 – 80 %
40 – 60 %
20 – 40 %
< 20 %
CHARGING / DISCHARGING RECOMMENDATIONS
• The battery pack can be used / discharged at ambient temperatures from -10 °C to +60 °C.
• The battery pack can be charged at ambient temperatures from 0 °C to +45 °C.
Charging is not recommended at temperatures below 0 °C.
BATTERY TURN ON AND TURN OFF
TO TURN ON YOUR BATTERY
• To turn the battery ON simply press the state of charge button (2).
Otherwise, connect a charger.
• Indicator light: LED will flash and then go off.
TO TURN OFF YOUR BATTERY
• To shut down the battery, press on the button in the battery shutdown socket (5)
with a narrow object (such as a pen) for 6 sec.
• Indicator light: 4 LED's will light up briefly and turn off after a few seconds to
indicate that the battery is in shutdown mode.
The battery cannot shutdown while charging.
6
The LED flashes