Powertech Co A02A User Manual

Breeze

User instruction manual

Contents:

Introduction

What’s the deal with alcohol?

How does alcohol affect
my driving?

Specications

Mobile app

Using Breeze

How to interpret the results?

Product Maintenance

Warranty

Disclaimer

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Introduction:

Breeze™ is a portable, wireless Breathalyzer that detects the pres­ence of alcohol on your breath. Using the Breathometer app on
your supported smartphone; a simple 5 second blow through the
mouthpiece on Breeze is all that is required to obtain your estimated
blood alcohol level in seconds.

Breeze is designed to detect and measure alcohol (ethanol) in hu­man breath through the use of an Electrochemical Fuel Cell sensor
and patented software. These results are represented through the
Breathometer app on your smartphone using the following ratio of
breath alcohol to blood alcohol 2,100:1. This means that 2,100ml of
alveolar air contains the same amount of alcohol as 1ml of blood.
This is the same ratio law enforcement agencies and hospitals use
when a blood sample is not available. Using this ratio, measure­ments from the breath can be used to calculate a respective level
of intoxication. Breeze will detect levels between 0.00% - 0.20% BAC
with law enforcement grade accuracy.

What’s the deal with alcohol?

Millions of people consume alcohol on a daily basis, so many feel
they understand how it impacts them. We wanted to provide a little
more detailed information to explain why knowing your BAC level
might be very important. Beyond understanding yourself a little
better, you can also start to learn that what you eat, what you are
drinking and how fast you may be consuming alcohol may effect
you in different ways.

With every sip consumed, alcohol is absorbed by your body and
makes its way through your mouth, stomach, small intestine, heart,
brain, liver, kidneys, lungs and skin.

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Alcohol is a depressant. It has a relaxing effect on the muscles
in your body. The muscles of your eyes relax and lose focus. Your
eyesight will become fuzzy and you may experience double vision.
As we’ve said, your brain is affected. Brain activity is slowed. Your

judgment, reexes and coordination are all negatively affected.

Some vision impairments that occur when you have been
drinking include:

-Narrowing of your eld of vision

-Reduction in your depth perception

-Decreased ability to see in darkness

-Increased sensitivity to glare and a longer time for your eyes to
re-adjust from glare

Some mental (brain) impairments that occur when you have
been drinking include:

-Reduced awareness of danger

-Becoming over-condent and reckless

-Decision-making becomes difcult

-Reduction in balance

-Slowed reexes

-Impaired judgement

How does alcohol affect my driving?

“We can’t emphasize enough how dangerous it is for you to drink
and drive. Your vision and your brain are the most important factors
to driving safely. If you jeopardize either one by drinking and driving,
you are likely to be involved in a serious or fatal collision.”

From California Department of Motor Vehicles
(http://www.dmv.ca.gov)

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Specications:

Size:

Weight:

Warm up time:

Recovery time:

Blowing time:

Battery life:

BAC range:

Operating temp:

Calibration:

Sensor:

2.3”D x 1.88” W x 0.59” H

.97 oz

No Warm Up Time- Sensor
response to 5 seconds

40 to 60 Seconds after test

5 seconds

Approximately 15 months,
or 2,500 tests

0.000 – 0.250% BAC

32F – 90F (0C – 32C)

Not Required prior to 5,000 tests

Electrochemical Fuel Cell

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