_WARNING: Always wear safety goggles or
safety glasses with side shields when operating
tools. Failure to do so could result inobjects
being thrown intoyour eyes, resulting in possible
serious injury.
WARNING: Do not allow familiarity with your
ddll to make you careless. Remember that a
careless fraction ofa second issufficient toinflict
severe injury.

CHARGING BA'I'rERY PACK

The battery packfor this toolhas been shipped ina
lowcharge condition to prevent possible problems.
Therefore, you should charge it at least 5 hours pdor
to use.
Note: Batteries will not reach full charge thefirst time
theyare charged. Allow several cycles (drilling
followed by recharging) for them to become fully
charged.

TO CHARGE

•Charge batterypack onlywith the charger and
charging stand provided.
•Connect charger tocharging stand by inserting
charger plug into input jack.
•Make sure power supply is normal house
voltage, 120 volts, 60 Hz, AC only.
•Connect charger to power supply.
•Place battery pack in charging stand.Align raised
ribon battery pack with groove in charging stand.
See Figure 1.
•Pressdown on battery pack to be sure contacts on
battery pack engage propedywith contacts in
charging stand.
•When properly connected, the red lighton charging
stand willturn on.
•Note: Ifchargerdoes cot d'_'ge Ioatterypack, re_um
battery I_P,, charging stand, and charger to your
nearestSearsRepair Center forelectdcalcheck.
•Alternormalusage, 5 houmofcharging_meis requirsd
tobe fullycharged.A minimumchargelime of 5 hoursis
requiredtorechargeacompletelydischargedtool.
•The battery pack willbecome slightlywarm to the
touch while charging.This isnormal and does not
indicate a problem.
•Do not place charger in an area of extreme heat or
cold. Itwill work bestat normal room temperature.
CAUTION: Yourbattery pack contains special
hightemperature batteries to help prevent battery
damage when left on charge for extended periods
of time. However, once the batteries become fully
charged, we recommend that you unplug your
charger from power supply and remove the
battery pack.
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