OPERATION

LED FUNCTION OF CHARGER

See Figure 3.

LED

BATTERY

RED

GREEN

ACTION

INDICATOR

PACK

LED

LED

 

Charging

Fast charging

ON

OFF

Charges in 1 hour

 

 

 

 

Charger pre-charges battery until

Charging

Deeply Discharged

ON

OFF

normal voltage is reached, then

begins fast charge mode. May take

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

longer than 1 hour to fully charge

Full

Maintenance

OFF

ON

Fast charging is complete

charging

Charger maintains charge mode

 

 

 

Evaluate

Hot battery pack

Flashing

OFF

When battery pack reaches cooled

temperature, charger begins fast

 

 

 

 

charge mode

 

 

Flashing

OFF

When battery pack reaches warmed

Evaluate

Cold battery pack

temperature, charger begins fast

 

 

 

 

charge mode

Defective

Defective

Flashing

Flashing

Battery pack or charger is defective

If defective, try to repeat the conditions a second time by removing and reinstalling the battery pack. If the LED status repeats a second time, try charging a different battery.

If a different battery charges normally, dispose of the defective pack (see Maintenance section).

If a different battery also indicates “Defective,” the charger may be defective.

RED LED

GREEN LED

CHARGING

INDICATOR

FULL

INDICATOR

EVALUATE

INDICATOR

DEFECTIVE

INDICATOR

FULL

CAPACITY

1/2

CAPACITY

24vLi

?

1/4

CAPACITYCHARGE LEVEL INDICATOR

3/4

CAPACITY

CHARGE

LEVEL

INDICATOR

BUTTON

Fig. 4

Fig. 3

CHARGE LEVEL INDICATOR

See Figure 4.

The charge level indicator shows that the battery is charged at 1/4, 1/2, 3/4, or full capacity. To display the amount of charge left in the battery, press and hold the charge level indicator button.

NOTE: When the battery pack contains less than 10% charge, the 1/4 charge level indicator will flash.

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RIDGID R854 manual LED Function of Charger, Charge Level Indicator