SPECIFICATIONS
General
Purpose: high-end instrument for inspecting and appraising artefacts.
Technologies incorporated:
- X-polar vision technology for observing the true colors of the artifact, and for studying details like signatures with much more contrast and definition. The image is seen through a 77mm +2D lens. Lighting by a 5W (CCT4000 – 4500) LED
- UV beam (365 nm, narrow spectrum) for clearly detecting all kinds of materials like varnish, glue, metals and plastics. For safety reasons, it takes one second for the UV beam to reach full intensity.
- Jeweler’s loupe for close inspection at 5cm, with a soft white lighting assist. (26mm +10D achromatic doublet lens)
CAUTION:
The strong UV LED is potentially blinding and should never be looked into, or be pointed at anyone’s eyes!
Always keep the InSpector away from children!
Accessories
- Wrist band
- 2 lense caps
- Traveling casing with foam inlay
- USB loading cable (standard micro-USB)
- Not included: USB net loader
Guarantee
- 5 years on LEDs and electronics
- 2 years on battery
Technical Specifications
- Weight: 465gr
- Size InSpector: 250x90x55mm
- Size Casing: 320x220x70mm
Body:
Milled aluminium parts, anodized, and lacquered in transparent varnish
Handle:
Oiled Pau Ferro hard wood
Lenses:
77mm +2D glass
24mm +10D glass
LEDs:
White (CCT 4000 – 4500) 4,5W, max 1 hour 30 minutes per battery load
UV (365nm) 3W, max 2 hours 20 minutes per battery load
White (soft) 0,05W max 150 hours per battery load
Power system:
Constant stabile voltage for all three LEDs independently during whole battery depletion period (on-board multiple buck-boost converter)
Battery:
Li-Ion 3,6V, 2900 mAh, type 18650
> 500 load cycles expected under normal circumstances
Protected against overheating, over charge, over discharge, over current and short-circuit.
Charging:
Through USB micro cable, app 5 to 6 hours at 500 mA
Charge controller:
Dedicated Li-Ion low current charge control, for long battery life
General charging advice for Li-Ion batteries:
Charging the InSpector (from empty battery) for three hours will give you more than one hour continuous X-polar light, or more than one and a half hour of UV light.
If you expect to need more than that, you can charge the battery into full saturation by waiting for the red light to turn into green, after 4 to 6 hours. This wil give you app 30% extra time.
Explanation:
Not fully charging the battery increases battery life. It is advised to only fully charge if an intensive use is expected that day.
Recharging a partially discharged battery quite often, is not causing permanent capacity loss (as a “memory effect”), as long as a full discharge and charge cycle is performed once in every 25 cycles.
Caution:
Do not leave the battery fully unloaded for a long time (several weeks).
Charging the InSpector in a below zero (C) temperature environment will seriously shorten battery life (f.i. loading in a parked car in winter).
Storing it at an elevated temperature (over 35C) can also damage your battery (f.i. in a parked car in summer).
Advanced charging advice:
Charging the battery up to saturation (green charging light) will give you the full battery capacity. But doing so too often, reduces the life expectancy of the battery. So loading cycles up to 50% of capacity (app. 2 hours from fully discharged battery) or 75% (app. 3 hours) are prefered.
For long periods (several months) of storage, it is best not to have the battery fully loaded, but only half.
So if the battery is not (close to being) discharged, it is best not to charge after use, but to charge the day before use.
Li-Ion batteries have a very low self-discharge, but a few percent of discharge per month can occur, especially when fully loaded and stored at an elevated temperature (f.i. cars in summer).
