CONDITIONING A
RECHARGEABLE
BATTERY
To prevent your battery from losing its ability to fully recharge, you must con- dition it (by discharging it) about once every 10 times you recharge it.
Follow these steps to condition (dis- charge) a rechargeable battery.
1.Press CONDITION to discharge the remaining power in the bat- tery. The yellow CONDITION LED lights and the conditioner/charger beeps once.
Note: To switch to the recharging mode before discharging is com- plete, remove the battery from the conditioner/charger and reinstall it. The conditioner/charger beeps once and automatically switches to the charging mode.
When discharging is complete, the yellow CONDITION LED turns off. The conditioner/charger auto- matically starts charging, and the red CHARGE LED lights.
2.If necessary, press the battery’s release latch at the left side, then push the battery toward the right to remove it.
3.Disconnect power if you do not want to discharge another battery.
REFRESHING A FULLY DISCHARGED BATTERY
Some rechargeable batteries that are not used for a long time can lose their ability to be recharged due to the crys- tallization of the electrodes inside the battery. Your battery conditioner/ charger lets you refresh this type of battery, which is almost the same as conditioning it.
Note that when a battery has fully dis- charged, its voltage might be too low to start the conditioning process and you might need to repeatedly press CONDI- TION until the yellow CONDITION LED lights.
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