Addendum to VX-1 Li/Li+ Owner’s Manual to Include Lithium Battery Products
CHARGING THE LITHIUM BATTERY, CON’T
The on-board charger will shut itself and the entire VX-1 Li/Li+ off when the charging process is complete.
The charging process may be interrupted at any point. You should plug it in whenever it is convenient to do
so. This is referred to as Opportunity Charging. The VX-1 Li/Li+ will benefit by any amount of opportunity
charging.
The on-board battery charger monitors the status/condition of the battery during normal operations as well as
charging. The battery is part of an integrated system of temperature and voltage monitoring.
The charger will detect any imbalance among the cells of the battery and will automatically perform an
“Equalization Charge” of the battery. Such an event will be seamless to the operator except that the charge
time will be extended beyond the typical charging time. The Equalization Charge is part of the long-term care
of your battery. The Equalization Charge can be interrupted at any time and will resume during the next
charge.
If you have been running the VX-1 Li/Li+ for a long period of time and your battery is at a high temperature,
the battery charger will automatically detect the high temperature when plugged in and will initiate a cooling
process before charging. Please note that this will increase the overall charge time.
WARNING!
Use extreme caution when dealing with electricity. Do not charge in rain or snow, or on wet surfaces.
WARNING!
The Battery Pack is rated at 128 volts, 30 or 42 Amp hours. Contact with the terminals of the Battery
Pack can result in injury or death
