RIDGID R82001 - Manual (Page 11)

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OPERATION
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.
LED FUNCTION OF CHARGER
See Figure 3.
Fig. 3
POWER
INDICATOR
EVALUATE
INDICATOR
CHARGING
INDICATOR
FULL
INDICATOR
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
9.6 volt, 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.