Yes. The manufacturer of the NiMH battery cells used in the Impulse 6000D/7000DP specifies a typical loss of 10 % of battery charge after 500 charge-discharge cycles, which is approximately two years of daily use. Battery charge capacity also degrades with time, so even a seldom-used unit will lose some battery charge capacity. The Impulse 6000D/7000DP battery power feature was designed conservatively to maximize the probability of the battery pack performing satisfactorily well beyond two years.

ZOLL M Series and PD14000 use different algorithms to output pacing function. The default ZOLL MEDICAL pacer selection in Impulse 7000 uses ZOLL M Series algorithm to detect pacer output from ZOLL pacers. We recommend that customer choose ZOLL MEDICAL brand under Impulse 7000 PACER testing function when testing ZOLL M Series, but choose DEFAULT ALGORITHM when testing ZOLL PD14000 to get accurate readings.

The fan on the back of Impulse 6000D/7000DP is controlled by a thermostat IC. The thermostat utilizes an on/off control (i.e., not linear or continuous control). The thermostat IC is located next to the defibrillator load resistor.

Impulse 7010, Defibrillator Selectable Load Accessory, in conjunction with Impulse 7000, Defibrillator/External Pacer Analyzer, is specifically designed by Fluke Biomedical to allow defibrillator manufactures and end users to comply with portion of IEC 60601-2-4 and AAMI DF80 standards.

When combined with the high-end functionality improvements of the Ansur test automation system, your Fluke Biomedical analyzer provides a solution-based approach to complete analysis of the medical device under test. Fluke Biomedical test equipment with Ansur automation solutions create standard work using test templates/sequences based on customer's written test procedures, manage test procedures by allowing both manual and visual automated test sequences, and integrates all test results into a single test report, which can be printed or archived.

If the Impulse 6000D/7000DP is turned on, make sure the "Charge Battery" setting is set to "Yes" on the "Set Up: Battery" screen (refer to the operating manual for details). If the Impulse 6000D/7000DP unit is turned off, the LED should glow red when the external charger is connected correctly and mains power is present.

A blinking red charge-status LED indicates a pending charge and should normally last a few seconds before turning solid red. If the blinking continues, the battery-charging circuit has determined that conditions are not correct to initiate the battery-charging cycle. The battery will not be charged if the battery temperature is too cold or too hot. The battery should be charged in an ambient temperature of 10° C to 40° C (50° F to 104° F)

This is not necessary. The battery does not exhibit a "memory effect". After multiple partial charge-discharge cycles, or if the unit is unused for an extended period of time without the charger active, the battery level indication may become inaccurate (i.e., out-of-sync with the actual battery charge level). Completely discharging the unit before charging it will resynchronize the battery charge level indication.

On the Impulse 6000D/7000DP, the internal battery pack contains a gas-gauge IC that monitors the battery-charge level. This gas-gauge IC reports the charge level as one of sixteen levels, from 0 % to 100 %. The Impulse 6000D/7000DP reports the battery-charge level in 5 % steps, from 0 % to 100 %. Therefore, five of the 5 % steps aren't used (15 %, 35 %, 50 %, 70 %, and 90 %). The "Power = 50%" message is an indication that the microprocessor was unable to communicate with the battery pack. If this message persists, the battery pack is probably defective.

Yes. Actually, to keep the reported battery charge level as accurate as possible during extended periods of non-use, it is recommend that the Impulse 6000D/7000DP be left connected to mains power via the battery charger with the unit powered off, in an ambient temperature of 15° C to 26° C (60° F to 78° F). This will continuously trickle-charge the battery (the charge-status LED on the rear panel will be green) to keep both the actual and estimated battery charge level at 100 %.