OPERATION
LED FUNCTION OF CHARGER
See Figure 3.
LED | BATTERY | RED | GREEN | ACTION | |
INDICATOR | PACK | LED | LED | ||
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Power | Without battery pack | ON | OFF | Ready to charge battery pack | |
Evaluate | Hot battery pack | Flashing | OFF | When battery pack reaches | |
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| cooled temperature, charger | |
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| begins fast charge mode | |
Evaluate | Cold battery pack | Flashing | OFF | When battery pack reaches | |
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| warmed temperature, charger | |
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| begins fast charge mode | |
Evaluate | Deeply discharged | Flashing | OFF | Charger | |
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| until normal voltage is reached, | |
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| then begins fast charge mode | |
Evaluate | Thermistor shorted | Flashing | OFF | If red LED continues flashing for | |
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| more than 90 minutes, and | |
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| green LED remains off, this may | |
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| indicate a damaged battery | |
Charging | Fast charging | ON | Flashing | Fast charges in 30 minutes | |
Full | Slow charging | OFF | ON | Fast charging is complete. | |
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| Charger maintains charge mode. |
POWER
INDICATOR
EVALUATE
INDICATOR
CHARGING
INDICATOR
FULL
INDICATOR
Note: The 9.6 volt, 12 volt and 14.4 volt battery packs will not slide all the way down onto the charger port. Insert 9.6 volt, 12 volt and 14.4 volt battery packs until they click into place and are aligned with the line on the charger, shown at left.
Allow up to 5 seconds for the “charge” light to come on after the battery pack is inserted.
Fig. 3
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