Charging Battery Packs with the LI72 Three-Wire Version

Plug the LI72 into the appropriate A.C. wall receptacle, and then insert the charge cable into the battery pack charger jack.

The yellow/green charge indicator LED will indicate the status of the charger as per the following table.

Do not charge batteries with the three-wire LI72 model while printing. Attempting to print while charging can result in improperly charged batteries.

Indicator

Charger

Charger Status

Function

 

 

 

 

 

Steady yellow indicator

Slow (1 Hz) flashing yellow indicator

Fast (4 Hz) flashing green indicator

Slow (1 Hz) flashing green indicator

Fast (4 Hz) flashing yellow indicator

Steady green indicator

Slow (1 Hz) flashing alternate yellow and green indicator

Standby

AC power on; no battery

 

being charged

 

Charger is applying

 

trickle charge current

 

(5% of maximum) to

Pre-Charge

bring a cold battery

 

temperature up to 0°C

 

before starting a full

 

charge cycle

 

Charger is applying the

Rapid Charge

maximum charge rate to

 

the battery

 

Charger is in trickle

Maintain

charge mode(10% of

 

nominal charge value).

 

The battery may have

 

an internal short, or

 

its charge monitoring

Error

circuitry may be

 

malfunctioning. The

 

battery pack should not

 

be used any further.

Ready

No charge is being

applied to the battery

 

 

Battery temperature is

 

too hot. Charging will

Wait

not begin until battery

 

temperature reaches

 

45°C.

 

 

Charging will cease three (3) hours after the charger has entered the “Maintain” mode.

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