Installing or removing battery cartridge

.Always switch off the tool before insertion or removal of the battery cartridge.

.To remove the battery cartridge, pull out

 

the set

plate on the tool and grasp both

Set plate

sides of

the cartridge while withdrawing

/

it from the barrel.

0 To insert the battery cartridge, align the tongue on the battery cartridge with the groove in the housing and slip it into place. Snap the set plate back into place. Be sure to close the set plate fully before using the tool.

0 Do not use force when inserting the battery cartridge.

If the cartridge does not slide in easily, it is not being inserted correctly.

Charging

Plug the fast charger into your power source. Insert the battery cartridge so that the plus and minus terminals on the bat- tery cartridge are on the same sides as their respective markings on the fast charger. Insert the cartridge fully into the port so that it rests on the charger port floor.

Press the start button (red). The charging light will come on and charging will begin. If the charging light does not come on, press the reset button (yellow) first, then the start button (red). If the charging light

goes out within 10 seconds even after pressing the reset button and start button a couple of times, the battery cartridge is dead. (CAUTION: Wait for more than 5 seconds after the charging light goes out to press the reset button again.) Replace it with a new one. When the charging light goes out after about one hour, you may remove the fully charged battery cartridge.

After charging, unplug the charger from the power source.

CAUTION :

0 Your new battery cartridge is not charged. You will need to charge it before use.

0 Do not keep the button pressed in with tape, etc. or the circuit will not function pro- perly. Also, a malfunction of the charger may result possibly causing overheating, etc.

0 If you try to charge a cartridge from a just-operated tool, sometimes the charging light will not come on. If this occurs, let the cartridge cool off for a while. Then re-insert it and try to charge it once more.

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8402VDW, 8402VD specifications

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