Radio Shack 23-226 owner manual Operation, Illus

23-226.fm Page 4 Friday, August 6, 1999 1:38 PM

OPERATION

Always use a battery pack until it can no longer provide the necessary pow- er.

Cautions:

•This charger works only with 4.8- volt, 7.2-volt and 9.6-volt nickel- cadmium battery packs. Charging other types of battery packs could damage the battery packs.

•Be sure the battery pack is rated at 4.8 V, 7.2 V, or 9.6 V.

•Avoid charging fully-charged bat- tery packs. Doing so can damage the battery pack or cause it to lose some of its storage capacity.

•Charge battery packs only at room temperature (65-80×F). Charging battery packs in hot areas can per- manently reduce the battery pack’s power capacity.

•To protect battery packs, allow them to cool for 20 minutes before recharging them.

•Charge only one battery pack at a time.

Follow these steps to charge a battery pack.

1.Slide the battery connector of the battery pack you want to charge into the CHARGING JACK.

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Warning: Connect or disconnect the battery plug only when the AC cord is disconnected. Otherwise, arcing and burning might result.

Notes:

•If the connector does not fit, turn it over and try again. Do not force it.

•If you want to charge a 4.8 volt nickel-cadmium battery pack, plug the small end of the sup- plied adapter cord fully into the battery pack’s connector. Then plug the adapter cord’s large end fully into the CHARGING JACK.

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