Charging batteries, Inserting batteries | Kompernass KH 967 manual

4. Charging batteries

Danger: Only charge batteries identified by the letters "Ni-Cd"or "Ni-MH" .

Never charge other types of batteries, even if these

are "rechargeable". Such batteries require a quite different type of technology!

If you place these batteries in Ni-Cd/Ni-MH battery chargers, they can overheat and explode.

a) Inserting batteries

•Place the batteries the right way up, as indicated in the charging slots. Otherwise the charging process cannot start.

Ni-Cd batteries should only be recharged when they are almost completely discharged. Otherwise, a "memory effect" is created, where the batteries reduce their capacity to the lower level at which they are actually used. Ni-MH are not susceptible to the "memory effect".

b) Test the batteries first!

If you do not know how charged or discharged your batteries are, you can test them as follows:

Move the switch to the far left, to the position with

the "Test" symbol.

The test indicator light at the symbol is lit brightly if the battery is sufficiently charged. If the test indicator light is lit only faintly or not at all, then the battery is almost completely discharged or flat.

Note: Only insert the battery in the slot on the far left is tested. If you would like to test the other batteries as well, they must be inserted one after the other into this slot.

The test function is not available for 9V single block batteries!