OPERATION

LED FUNCTION OF CHARGER

See Figure 3.

LED

BATTERY

RED

GREEN

ACTION

INDICATOR

PACK

LED

LED

 

Power

Without battery pack

ON

OFF

Ready to charge battery pack

 

 

 

 

When battery pack reaches cooled

Evaluate

Hot battery pack

Flashing

OFF

temperature, charger begins fast

 

 

 

 

charge mode

 

 

 

 

When battery pack reaches warmed

Evaluate

Cold battery pack

Flashing

OFF

temperature, charger begins fast

 

 

 

 

charge mode

 

 

 

 

Charger pre-charges battery until nor-

Evaluate

Deeply discharged

Flashing

OFF

mal voltage is reached, then begins

 

 

 

 

fast charge mode

Charging

Fast charging

ON

Flashing

See chart below for charge times

Full

Slow charging

OFF

ON

Fast charging is complete.

Charger maintains charge mode.

 

 

 

 

RED LED

GREEN LED

POWER

BATTERY

AVERAGE CHARGE TIME

 

 

INDICATOR

COMPACT SERIES

18 min.

 

 

 

 

 

EVALUATE

HC

27 min.

 

 

INDICATOR

 

 

HC 2.5

34 min.

 

 

 

 

 

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 char- ger 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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RIDGID R820011 LED Function of Charger, RED LED Green LED, Battery Average Charge Time, Charging Indicator Full Indicator