OPERATION

LED FUNCTION OF RIDGID NICKEL-CADMIUM CHARGERS

See Figure 8.

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

Evaluate

Deeply discharged

Flashing

OFF

normal voltage is reached, then

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

Charging

Fast charging

 

ON

 

Flashing

See chart below for charge times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full

Slow charging

 

OFF

 

ON

Fast charging is complete;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

charger maintains charge mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BATTERY

AVERAGE CHARGE TIME

 

 

 

 

 

COMPACT SERIES

 

 

18 min.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HC

 

 

27 min.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HC 2.5

 

 

34 min.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RIDGID R888 manual LED Function of Ridgid NICKEL-CADMIUM Chargers

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