*: These ventilator settings affect the operating time significantly.
Battery
Operating Time
Internal Battery 2.5 h
Click-in Battery 6.5 h
5.6.8 Storing the Internal Battery and the Click-in Battery
Storage longer than 1 month should be initiated with half-charged batteries in order to
maintain maximum capacity. Optimal storage temperature is 5 to 30°C (41 to 86°F).
5.6.9 External DC
WARNING!
Do not connect the Vivo 45 to a wheelchair unless the operating manual for the
wheelchair permits this as this can affect the Vivo 45 performance and consequently
result in patient death.
The ventilator can be operated from:
• A 12 V external DC source using the 12/24 V converter.
• A 24 V external DC source using the external battery cable.
• Both AC power supply and external DC using the Y-cable.
With both AC power supply and external DC source connected, the ventilator will auto-
matically switch over to the external DC source if the AC power supply fails. The exter-
nal DC voltage level is shown under “Others”, “Device Information” in the menu
1 Connect the external DC cable to
the ventilator. Make sure that it is
fitted correctly.
2 Connect the other end of the cable to the DC source.
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Vivo 45 User manual
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