No. For safe and reliable operation, the battery charger MUST have a good earth ground when connected to the Impulse 6000D/7000DP, and vehicle electrical systems inherently lack an earth ground. For battery charging only (with the Impulse 6000D/7000DP turned off, and no other connections to the Impulse 6000D/7000DP unit other than at the charger input jack), attempting to charge from a 12 V vehicle gives inconsistent results and therefore cannot be recommended.

Plug the battery charger accessory included with your analyzer into the charger input on the rear panel and plug the mains cord into the charger unit and into mains power. The charge-status LED, visible from the rear panel, will glow red to indicate the battery is charging. The LED will turn green when charging is complete. A full recharge takes approximately four hours or less.

Testing defibrillator energy delivery using internal paddle electrodes, which typically have a curved shape unlike external paddles whose electrodes are flat, is best done using the special internal discharge paddle contacts accessory.

Part Number: 3065438

Description: Internal discharge paddle contacts (set of 2)

The Impulse 7010 only works with Fluke Biomedical's newest defibrillator/external pacer analyzer, the Impulse 7000DP. It will not function with legacy Fluke Biomedical analyzers such as Impulse 4000, QED6, QA40/45, or with competitor products.

No. The Impulse 6000D/7000DP was designed and tested to meet all its performance specifications at any battery-charge level when operating from mains power or when operating from mains power while charging the battery.

No. For safe and reliable operation, the battery charger supplied with the Impulse 6000D/7000DP MUST be used when operating from mains power, or when operating and charging the battery at the same time.

No. Replacement of the battery pack in the Impulse 6000D/7000DP requires disassembly of the unit. Impulse 6000D/7000DP owners who send their units to a Fluke Biomedical Authorized Service Center for periodic calibration may want to consider requesting replacement of the battery pack as preventative maintenance, which can be performed for a nominal charge.

No. For safe and reliable operation, the battery charger MUST have a good earth ground when connected to the Impulse 6000D/7000DP, and vehicle electrical systems inherently lack an earth ground. For battery charging only (with the Impulse 6000D/7000DP turned off, and no other connections to the Impulse 6000D/7000DP unit other than at the charger input jack), using a DC-to-AC inverter to power the battery charger may yield consistent battery charging, depending on the quality of the inverter used.

• Age of battery pack. The battery pack will lose some charge capacity over time.
• Use of the backlight display function. This option discharges the battery pack faster.
• 3. Operating the unit at the upper end of the specified operating temperature range, causing the internal fan to power on more often. This may especially be observed with multiple, rapid, high-energy defibrillator pulse discharges into the unit.

The answer to this question is somewhat counterintuitive. Battery pack gas-gauge ICs, such as the one used in the Impulse 6000D/7000DP, use a complex algorithm to estimate battery-charge state, taking into account time, temperature, and current flow. The self-discharge estimation (i.e., how much charge the battery loses over time during periods of non-use, sometimes called "shelf-life") is particularly sensitive to battery chemistry, and the shelf-life of today's NiMH cells is significantly longer than the algorithm built into the gas-gauge ICs can accommodate.