Howard Industries, Inc. (Howard) warrants its Medical Carts to be free from defects in materials and/or workmanship when in normal use for a period of three (3) years from the date of delivery. Parts required to correct any defects will be supplied at no charge and will be supported by phone consultation with Howard Medical’s technical support representatives. The following EXCEPTIONS apply:

1. This warranty does not cover service and/or parts replacement made necessary by the following condi-tions including, but not limited to: abuse, loss, negligence, accident, physical damage, and/or misuse of the equipment.

2. Customers’ modification to carts and/or the addition of non-Howard components without Howard’s written prior approval voids the cart warranty.

3. The warranty for consumable parts is covered for six (6) months from date of delivery. Consumables include, but are not limited to, Fuses and Light Bulbs.

4. Sealed Lead Acid (SLA) Battery Warranty

a. SLA batteries are warranted to be free from defects in materials and/or workmanship under normal use and service for a period of one (1) year from the date of delivery.

b. SLA batteries also carry a sixty (60) day performance warranty.

c. The SLA battery performance warranty will be extended to six (6) months if certain conditions are met as outlined below.

i. Power Display software is installed and the log files generated by the software indicate compliance with the other conditions listed below..

ii. Battery is fully charged (up to 90% state of charge) at least once every 36 hours.

iii. Battery is not left in a discharged state (less than 10% state of charge) for more than 10 consecutive hours at anytime or more than 20 hours total during the warranty period.

iv. Battery is not discharged below 20% state of charge more than 20 times during the warranty period.

d. Leaving a charged SLA battery unattended for a period of 3 months or longer voids the battery warranty.

e. Leaving an SLA battery in a discharged state (less than 10% SOC) for 3 days or longer voids the battery warranty.

f. An SLA battery will be considered defective (non-performing) if it fails to deliver 60% of its

Medical Carts Limited Warranty

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Three (3) Year Limited Warranty (3 Year Mechanical / 1 Year Electrical)

rated capacity. Proper determination of remaining battery capacity requires that the battery first be fully discharged to 0% state of charge (SOC) and then recharged for 24 consecutive hours followed by a controlled discharge back down to 0% SOC. Exact procedures for accurately determining remaining battery capacity can be supplied upon request.

5. Lithium Phosphate Battery Warranty

a. Lithium Phosphate batteries are warranted to be free from defects in materials and/or workmanship under normal use and service for a period of two (2) years from the date of delivery.

b. Lithium Phosphate batteries also carry a one (1) year performance warranty.

c. The Lithium Phosphate battery performance warranty will be extended to two (2) years if certain conditions are met as outlined below. i. Power Display software is installed and the log files generated by the software are available for the evaluation of battery performance should it become necessary.

ii. The total sum of discharges (total energy delivered) does not exceed 1200 times the rated capacity of the battery as indicated by data logged internal to the battery. This is equivalent to 48,000 ampere hours and more than 600 kWh for a 40 ahr Lithium Phosphate battery.

d. Leaving a Lithium Phosphate battery unattended for a period of 6 months or longer voids the battery warranty.

e. A Lithium Phosphate battery will be considered defective (non-performing) if it fails to deliver 60% of its rated capacity. Proper determination of remaining battery capacity requires that the battery first be fully discharged to 0% state of charge (SOC) and then recharged for 24 consecutive hours followed by a controlled discharge back down to 0% SOC. Exact procedures for accurately determining remaining battery capacity can be supplied upon request.

6. The warranty for electrical parts is covered for one (1) year from date of delivery, unless extended by separate warranty purchase. Electrical parts include the cart’s internal power supply (except battery) and power cables.

7.The lift arm, lift arm controller, and lift switch are considered mechanical components, and will be cov-ered for the duration of the warranty.

8. Computing devices, monitors, and peripherals (keyboard, mouse, USB hub, etc.) installed onto the Medical Carts are not covered under this warranty. Computing devices and their associated peripherals are covered by a separate warranty included for the device.

Howard’s toll-free technical support is available at 888-323-3151, 7-days a week, 24-hours a day, excluding holidays. This is good for the life of the Medical Carts’ electrical & mechanical parts. Parts needed after the warranty period has expired may be purchased from Howard Medical. Howard Medical cannot guar-antee the availability of replacement parts for out of warranty equipment. Consideration will be made when designing new carts to allow backwards compatibility of parts when possible. Howard Medical will offer on-site technical service and equipment training for a fee when requested.

To obtain service under this limited warranty, you must contact Howard Medical Technical Support within the warranty period. Technical Support personnel will work to resolve issues professionally and quickly, however, you must provide reasonable assistance in order to facilitate and/or receive support services. Reasonable assistance is defined as having the suspect product readily available and accessible and plac-ing the phone call to the Howard Medical help desk with available time to perform basic troubleshooting

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on the suspect product with the assistance of the Howard Medical telephonic support representative. If Howard Medical Technical Support is unable to correct the problem they may authorize a replacement part or parts, on-site service or a Product replacement. ON-SITE SERVICE AND PRODUCT REPLACE-MENTS ARE CONSIDERED OPTIONS OF LAST RESORT. With the exceptions noted above, this limited warranty shall only provide for parts replacement for the Howard Medical products. For all replaced parts not returned to Howard, you must pay Howard for that part. In the event that an authorized technician is dispatched and the suspected problem reported is not found to be defective, then Howard will invoice you for the service call.

Howard does not warrant damages or defects to the Howard Medical product under the following condi-tions: an Act of God, or unauthorized service or repair of the Howard Medical products, damage from electrical power problems, usage of parts or components not supplied by Howard, failure to follow prod-uct instructions and guidelines, unauthorized changes to the Howard Medical product, shipping damage (other than during original shipment from Howard), failure to perform preventative maintenance, or dam-age caused by peripherals or software or from other external causes.

Howard will, under the warranty period, repair or replace defective parts with new or serviceable used parts. The determination of when to use new and when to use serviceable used parts will be at the sole discretion of Howard. Howard owns all removed and repaired parts from the Howard Medical product. The repair or replacement of a Howard Medical product does not extend the warranty of said med cart product.

This limited warranty is extended only to the original end user and is non-transferable. In addition, this warranty is only valid within the United States of America.

For this warranty to be valid, the Howard product must have been purchased directly from Howard or from an authorized representative of Howard.

THE WARRANTIES SET FORTH HEREIN ARE IN LIEU OF ANY AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EX-PRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE. IIOWARD DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUD-ING WITHOUT LIMITATION IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PAR-TICULAR USE.

EXCEPT FOR THE OBLIGATIONS SET FORTH IN THIS WARRANTY STATEMENT HOWARD SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY LIABILITY FOR LOSSES IN PROFITS, LOSSES IN REVENUE, LOSSES IN SAVINGS, LOSSES OF DATA, DOWNTIME, COSTS OF CAPITAL, COSTOF REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT (TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT), COSTS OF TIME, THIRD PARTIES’ CLAIMS OR INJURY TO PROPERTY.

The limit of the liability of Howard to repair its product after a reasonable amount of time and a reason-able number of attempts shall be the replacement of the Howard Medical product or a refund of the original purchase price of the product. The decision regarding replacement versus refund shall be at the sole discretion of Howard. The above options are the only remedies for any perceived breach of warranty by Howard.

In states that do not allow limitations on implied warranties or on the length of implied warranties, the above limitations may not apply to you. In states that do not allow for the exclusion or limitation of in-cidental and consequential damages, the above limitations and exclusions may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights. To determine other rights you may have, review your applicable state laws.

Buy online at www.Howard-Medical.com or call us at 877.856.6441.Copyright © 2009 Howard Medical, Inc.

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