Fig. 3

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

Evaluate

Hot battery pack

Flashing

OFF

When battery pack reaches cooled

 

 

 

 

temperature, charger begins fast

 

 

 

 

charge mode

Evaluate

Cold battery pack

Flashing

OFF

When battery pack reaches

 

 

 

 

warmed temperature, charger

 

 

 

 

begins fast charge mode

Evaluate

Deeply discharged

Flashing

OFF

Charger pre-charges battery until

 

 

 

 

normal voltage is reached, then

 

 

 

 

begins fast charge mode

Evaluate

Thermistor shorted

Flashing

OFF

If red LED continues flashing for

 

or open

 

 

more than 90 minutes, and green

 

 

 

 

LED remains off, this may

 

 

 

 

indicate a damaged battery

Charging

Fast charging

ON

Flashing

Fast charges in 20 minutes

Full

Slow charging

OFF

ON

Fast charging is complete.

 

 

 

 

Charger maintains charge mode.

POWER

INDICATOR

EVALUATE

INDICATOR

CHARGING

INDICATOR

FULL

INDICATOR

tion

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C

 

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

9.6volt, 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.

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RIDGID R84001 manual LED Function of Charger, Power Indicator Evaluate Charging Full