Craftsman 973.2748.70 - Manual (Page 7)

OPERATION
A WARNING: Always wear safety goggles or
“^.safety glasses with side shields when operating
toois. Failure to do so could result in objects
being thrown into your eyes, resulting in possible
serious injury.
A WARNING: Do not allow familiarity with your
drill-driver to make you careless. Remember that
a careless fraction of a second is sufficient to
inflict severe injury.
CHARGING YOUR DRILL-DRIVER
The battery pack for this tool has been shipped in a
low charge condition to prevent possible problems.
Therefore, you should charge it until light on front of
charger changes from red to green.
• • •
Note: Batteries will not reach full chatge the first time
they are charged. Allow several cycles (drilling
followed by recharging) for them to become fully
charged.
TO CHARGE
■ Charge battery pack only with the charger
provided.
■ Make sure power supply Is normal house
voltage, 120 volts, 60 Hz, AC only.
■ Connect charger to power supply.
■ Place battery pack in charger aligning raised rib in
charger with groove in battery pack.
■ Press down on battery pack to be sure contacts on
battery pack engage properly with charger
contacts.
Normally, the yellow and green lights on charger
will come on. This indicates charger ts in soft start
mode and should switch to fast charge mode within
5 minutes. When charger is in fast cha'rge mode
the red light will come on. If after a period of 15
minutes the yellow and green lights remain on,
remove battery pack, wait 1 minute and reinsert
battery pack in charger. If the yellow and green
lights continue to remain on after an additional 15
minutes, the battery pack is damaged and will not
accept a charge. Return battery pack to your
nearest Sears Repair Center for checking or
repiacing.
When your battery pack becomes fuliy charged, the
red light will turn OFF and the green light wili turn
ON.
After normal usage, 1 hour of charging time is
required to be fuily charged. A minimum charge
time of 1-1/2 hours is required to recharge a
completely discharged tool.
The battery pack will become slightly warm to the
touch while charging. This is normal and does not
indicate a problem.
Do not place charger in an area of extreme heat or
cold. It will work best at normal room temperature.
k CAUTION: Your drill-driver's battery pack
^ contains special high temperature batteries to
help prevent battery damage when left on charge
for extended periods of time. However, once the
batteries become fully charged, we recommend
that you unplug your charger from power supply
and remove the battery pack.