~ Instructions for lights 18” and above continued …. ~

8. The battery pack should be attached using the Velcro provided. Fit this In a convenient location so that the charging module is easily accessible for charging. The USB connector on the free end of the wire from the brain box connects into the socket on top of the battery pack. Attached to the battery pack is the remote charging socket. Again, this should be located where it is convenient for it to receive the charging cable.

9. The remote charging module has two modes as shown below and should be switched towards the right hand side away from the charging jack to be turned on.

10. Once the battery unit is connected, the picture light will illuminate to standard intensity.  (level 3 or button 3 on the remote controller)

11. Thereafter, On/Off/Dim activation of the picture light is via the hand-held RF remote control and, except as otherwise indicated in these instructions, the system can be left in this state until charging is needed. If the Picture Light is not to be used for any long periods of time positioning the switch in the charge position will turn all electronics off and save battery life.

The Batteries

Only use the battery pack supplied with the product.

12. The Lithium Ion batteries, which are manufactured exclusively for Charter Lighting, have an operating voltage of between 2.5 and 4.2 volts, and are fitted in pairs.  Battery Packs contain a minimum of two and up to a maximum of six batteries, depending on the size of the picture light.

13. The battery-pack ‘intelligence and monitoring’ software has also been specially developed to ensure that

• power to the LED/s is constantly being modulated to ensure consistency of the light level throughout usage;

• the batteries never completely discharge, thereby assuring their longevity.

14. The monitoring software puts the batteries ‘to sleep’ once they have reached a safe threshold of depletion. Thereafter, the batteries will only become functional again once they have been fully re-charged.

15. Each pair of batteries powers one LED in a Charter Lighting Art Light for up to 25 hours. A 6-battery array (the maximum in a pack) will power a single LED for up to 75 hours.

16. Picture lights which incorporate more than one LED will deplete the batteries pro-rata at a faster rate.  

17. A battery-powered solution is most frequently deployed in conjunction with our renowned Very Diddy Art Light (one lensed LED), right through to larger picture lights - up to 153cm (48”) long.  Such a combination, with a full twenty six-battery pack being operated at initiation intensity, will lead to some 20-25-hour intervals between charges.

18. The life of the battery pack is 500 charge cycles.  

19. Each battery pack is designed to be charged over night and dependent on the number of batteries can take up to 12 hours to charge.

20. The assembly features a constantly-updating monitoring system which has been incorporated to provide the user with a pre-depletion notice. When the battery ‘reservoir’ has dropped to approximately 10% capacity, a red warning light ignites.

21. This red light has been set onto the top edge of the Brain Box so that the warning is clearly visible without having to demount any of the elements.

22. At this point, the battery pack should be re-charged, in line with the instructions.

Operation and Control

Only use the remote control provided with the product.*

23. Make sure USB from the Brains Unit is firmly located into the battery unit. The charge module switch in the left hand side location will automatically switch the Picture Light ON, to the initiating light level setting.

24. Control of the light is now via the RF remote control device, which also allows for considerable and sophisticated variation over its intensity. 

25. The use of RF (Radio Frequency) technology enables a broader scope of signal acceptance.  The RF receiver is contained in the Brain Box set behind the painting.

26. Use the on/off Power Button on the remote control to turn the light ON, holding it down for up to 5 seconds (the unit ‘goes to sleep’ to conserve battery power and may need a bit of time to ‘wake up’. Once alight, control the light levels as follows:

• Use Button 1 to increase the light level to maximum

• Use Button 2 to set the Picture light to 90% intensity

• Use Button 3 to set the Picture light to the initiating light level.

• Use Button 4 to set the Picture Light to 70% light level

• Use Button 5 to set the Picture Light to 60% light level

• Use Button 6 to set the Picture Light to 50% light level

• Use Button ʌ to tune the light level up in intermediate steps

• Use Button v to tune the light level down in intermediate steps

• Use button A to recall the latest light level set via ʌ or v controls

27. Use the red Power Button to turn the light OFF.

28. The Intelligent Battery System has been carefully calibrated to ensure constancy of light levels over an acceptable usage span. The objective is to provide illumination for up to 5 hours a day during the course of one week before the batteries need to be re-charged.

29. It achieves this balance when operated at the Initiation light level.  When the light is operated at brighter settings, the batteries will deplete faster; running the light at low settings will lengthen battery life.

30. A selective memory functionality has been programmed into the system. The system automatically stores the user setting when either the Arrow Up or Down button is pressed. This user setting is recalled by pressing the A button even after a total switch off.

31. When the light is switched off, intelligent monitoring software shuts the system down into ‘deep sleep’ to protect battery life. This is why new activation of the light requires application of the On Button for up to 5 seconds, thereby enabling the monitoring software to ‘wake up’ at least once in order to respond to the instruction.

32. For extended periods of non-use, such as times of absence from the property, the whole battery-pack should be switched off by positioning the switch on the remote charging modules towards the charging jack. This will stop the batteries depleting.

• If you lose your remote control, you will need to return the Brain Box part of the Battery Supply System to Charter Lighting. This can be re-programmed for the replacement remote control.

Charging

Only use the charging components supplied with the product.

 33. The time between charges will depend upon

• The number of hours the picture light is in use each day (or week)
• How many LED lights are fitted into the picture light head
• The brightness levels at which the light is maintained

For operational hours and charging duration, see Points 11. – 13. above.

34. To recharge the battery-pack, put the switch into the charging position (towards the charging jack)

35. Insert the charger plug into a standard 13-Amp wall socket and, using the connecting cable provided, plug the cylindrical jack plug on the other end into the charging socket on the remote charging unit.

36. Switch on power at the mains socket and leave the device connected for the required amount of charge time.
On the top of the charging unit there is an LED indicator.
The LED will turn orange and then green when fully charged as shown below.

37. A regular re-charging routine is recommended – rather as might be adopted for winding up a pendulum clock. This will prevent disappointment, which is bound to occur just when friends have been invited round to admire a new addition to your collection!

Trouble Shooting

All the component elements, assembled products, and services suppled by Charter Lighting are of the highest and most reliable quality available to us. 

Our LED picture lights are not only of the very best light quality, in terms of colour temperature and correlated colour rendering index, but also carefully maintained in optimum operating conditions to ensure their longevity.

The batteries and all other components in the Intelligent Battery Power Supply have been selected and configured to give you reliable operation and what we hope is useful transparency at all stages.

The ON-OFF-Charge Switch has one final function.  

If, for any reason, the light will not operate when all the correct procedures have been followed, use this Switch as the Reset-Button.  

All micro-processes need to be re-booted from time to time, and your new Charter Lighting Intelligent Battery Power Supply is no different!  

To reboot your light, turn the Switch to the OFF position, leave for a full ten seconds, and then turn it back to the ON position again.

Thank you for choosing Charter Lighting to assist you with your Picture Lighting requirements. We hope you enjoy using your new battery-operated picture light, and wish you many, many years of pleasure in so doing.

All our products are hand crafted with care in the UK

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