LION Alcolmeter 700 Instruction Manual

Product conforms to the requirements of:
BS EN15964:2011
lion alcolmeter® 700
Instrument Version: 700 English
*User Handbook*
Document Ref: RM79009 (Ver: 2)
© 2016, Lion Laboratories Limited

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PLEASE...
Read this handbook carefully –BEFORE
using the instrument for the first time: then
retain it for future reference.

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Contents
Contents .......................................................................................................4
Glossary ........................................................................................................6
Introduction..................................................................................................7
Principle of Operation...................................................................................7
Technical Details...........................................................................................9
Instrument Features ...................................................................................12
Action Button .........................................................................................13
Up and Down Button..............................................................................13
Graphics display .....................................................................................14
Beeper ....................................................................................................14
Breath sampling port..............................................................................14
Disposable Mouthpiece..........................................................................14
Leather Pouch ........................................................................................15
Silicone skin............................................................................................15
Power unit..............................................................................................15
Silicone skin............................................................................................16
Subject Breath Test Procedure ...................................................................17
Step by Step............................................................................................17
The breath test procedure summarised.................................................24
Invalid breath samples ...........................................................................25
Manual breath sampling ........................................................................25
Menu access ...............................................................................................26
Log access...............................................................................................27
Extended menu ......................................................................................28
PIN entry.................................................................................................28
Set time and date ...................................................................................28
Set language ...........................................................................................28
Standard Type Selection (Wet or Dry)....................................................29
Calibration check....................................................................................29
The Calibration CHECK Procedure..........................................................29
Calibration Adjustment ..........................................................................31
The auto power down function..............................................................32

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Mouthpiece port illumination ................................................................32
Indication LED’s......................................................................................32
Fuel cell heater.......................................................................................32
Printing with the lion alcolmeter® 700 .......................................................33
Warning messages......................................................................................34
Fatal error messages ..............................................................................34
Error code messages ..............................................................................34
Non-fatal error messages.......................................................................35
Care and maintenance................................................................................36
Cleaning the instrument.........................................................................36
Changing the batteries ...........................................................................36
Do’s and Don’ts...........................................................................................37
Do's.........................................................................................................37
Don’ts .....................................................................................................37
Appendix I: Supplier’s Details ....................................................................38
Appendix II: Manufacturer’s Details ..........................................................39

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Glossary
Terminology
BAC
Blood Alcohol Concentration
BrAC
Breath Alcohol Concentration
Calibration
Adjustment
Adjusts the calibration of the instrument
Calibration
Check
Checks the calibration of the instrument
Configuration
PC application that sets up the functionality of the
instrument
Deep-lung air
Air within the lungs that is in intimate contact with the
blood
Dry Gas
Dry alcohol gas of a known concentration provided from a
gas cylinder
Operator
Person who is carrying out the breath test
PIN
Personal Identification Number, used to unlock features
Sampling
Port
White plastic protrusion in top channel of the instrument
that fits into the mouthpiece
Service lock
Time until the next service should be carried out
Subject
Person who is to have a breath test performed upon them
Suck back
Intake of breath by the subject during the sampling
routine
Suspicious
liquid
Liquid with an unknown alcohol content
Trigger Flow
Minimum air flow speed necessary for automatic
sampling
Wet vapour
Wet alcohol vapour of a known concentration provided by
a simulator

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Introduction
The lion alcolmeter® 700 devices are hand-held portable instruments for
fast, on the spot determination of a subject’s breath (or blood) alcohol
concentration level. They are some of the latest in the range of lion
alcolmeter® instruments produced by Lion Laboratories Limited of Barry,
South Wales, in the United Kingdom. Lion Laboratories is a company
specialised in breath alcohol detection technology for applications in
traffic law enforcement, commercial health and safety, and in medicine.
This handbook explains the following aspects of the instrument, so please
read it carefully:
•Basic principles of operation.
•How to run a breath test.
•Interpretation of results.
•Care and basic maintenance.
•Calibration checking.
•Calibration adjustment.
•System configuration.
•Basic maintenance.
Principle of Operation
The lion alcolmeter®700 uses an electrochemical fuel cell sensor to
measure the concentration of alcohol vapour in the subject’s expired
breath, a measured amount of which is drawn from the mouthpiece into
the fuel cell by means of the sampling system.
In the fuel cell a voltage is generated in proportion to the breath alcohol
concentration: it is therefore amplified and displayed in terms of the
subject’s alcohol level.

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The breath sampling system is factory-set to sample deep-lung air; it is the
breath from the bottom of the lungs that truly reflects the amount of
alcohol in the body.
To ensure repeatable and accurate results across the temperature range,
and particularly at low temperatures the lion alcolmeter®700 uses a
heater to heat the neck of the fuel cell. This stops the build up of
condensation which can affect the alcohol concentration in the sample.

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Technical Details
Factor
Target
Comments
Specificity
Specific to alcohol only
When used correctly, not
sensitive to acetone, paint
and glue evaporation, food,
sweets, methane and all
materials without any
alcohol content which can be
found in human breath
Measurement
range
0.02mg/L breath (BrAC)
Minimum Note 1
2.00mg/L breath (BrAC)
Maximum
Measurement
Accuracy
±0.02mg/L ≤ 0.20mg/L
±10% above 0.20mg/L
In Active Mode only
Measurement
step
0.01mg/L
Response time
less than 60 seconds
0.22mg/L alcohol level
Recovery time
less than 100 seconds
0.22mg/L alcohol level
Sampling
frequency
Less than 25 seconds
Negative test result
Operating
temperature
range
-5oC
Minimum
40oC
Maximum

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Ready time
15 seconds
Less than 60 seconds
From switch on at 20oC
From switch on at -5oC
Operating
humidity range
10% to 95%
Non-condensing
Storage
temperature
-40oC
Minimum
70oC
Maximum
Measurement
methods
Active
Using mouthpiece, with
automatic or manual
sampling
Cup
Using cup, with automatic or
manual sampling
Sniffer
User activates the sampling
system to sample the air
around a subject or suspect
liquid
Trigger Flow
9L/min Note 2
In active test mode only
9L/min Note 2
In passive cup test mode
only
Trigger Flow
1.2L Note 2
In active test mode only
0.1L Note 2
In passive cup test mode
only