Product category: Batteries and Chargers
News Release from: Saft Lithium Battery Division | Subject: LO26SHX lithium sulphur dioxide battery pack
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 03 February 2000
Lithium batteries vital in flight
defibrillators
How the LO26SHX lithium sulphur dioxide 12 Volt primary battery pack powers LIFEPAK 500 automated external defibrillator.
The LIFEPAK 500 automated external defibrillator (AED), now carried as standard equipment on each of British Airways' 250 aircraft, is powered by a long-life, high power Saft lithium sulphur dioxide battery pack This primary (non-rechargeable) 12 Volt battery will not only power the LIFEPAK for around 300 individual discharges, it also enables the equipment to remain unused for up to four years yet still be relied on to power up immediately should an emergency arise
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Feb 2000 at 8.00am (UK)
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