Battery Removal/Installation - Hitachi WH 18DL Handling Instructions Manual

Charger
Model
Charging voltage
Charging time 3.0 Ah
Weight
Charge time is approximate. Actual charge time may
vary.

BATTERY REMOVAL/INSTALLATION

1. Battery removal
Hold the handle 3 tightly and push the battery latch
2 to remove the battery 1 (See Fig. 1 ).
CAUTION
Never short-circuit the battery.
2. Battery installation
Insert the battery 1 while observing its polarities
(See Fig. 1).
CHARGING
Before using the impact driver or impact wrench, charge
the battery as follows.
1. Connect the charger's power cord to a receptacle
When the power cord is connected, the charger's
pilot lamp will blink in red (At 1-second intervals).
Table 1
Before Blinks
charging (RED)
Lights
While
charging (RED)
Charging Blinks
complete (RED)
Charging Flikers
impossible (RED)
Overheat Lights
standby (GREEN)
NOTE: When standby for cooling battery, UC18YRL cools the overheated battery by cooling fan.
(2) Regarding the temperatures of the rechargeable
battery
The temperatures for rechargeable batteries are as
shown in the table below, and batteries that have
become hot should be cooled for a while before
being recharged.
Table 2 Recharging ranges of batteries
Rechargeable batteries
Li-ion batteries
01Eng_WH14DL_EE
UC18YRL
7.2 – 18 V
45 min.
0.6 kg
2. Insert the battery into the charger
CAUTION
3. Charging
(1) Pilot lamp indication
Indications of the lamps
Lights for 0.5 seconds. Does not light for
0.5 seconds. (off for 0.5 seconds)
Lights continuously
Lights for 0.5 seconds. Does not light for
0.5 seconds. (off for 0.5 seconds)
Lights for 0.1 seconds. Does not light for
0.1 seconds. (off for 0.1 seconds)
Lights continuously
4. Disconnect the charger's power cord from the
5. Hold the charger firmly and pull out the battery
NOTE
CAUTION
Temperatures at
which the battery
can be recharged
0°C – 50°C
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Insert the battery firmly, until it contacts the bottom of
the charger compartment.
If the battery is inserted in the reverse direction, not
only recharging will become impossible, but it may
also cause problems in the charger such as deformed
recharging terminal.
When inserting a battery in the charger, charging will
commence and the pilot lamp will light up
continuously in red.
When the battery becomes fully recharged, the pilot
lamp will blink in red (At 1-second intervals) (See
Table 1).
The indications of the pilot lamp will be as shown in
Table 1, according to the condition of the charger or
the rechargeable battery.
Malfunction in the battery
or the charger.
Battery overheated.
Unable to charge
(Charging will commence
when battery cools).
receptacle
Be sure to pull out the battery from the charger after
use, and then keep it.
If the battery is charged while it is heated because it
has been left for a long time in a location subject to
direct sunlight or because the battery has just been
used, the pilot lamp of the charger lights up green. In
such a case, first let the battery cool, then start
charging.
3/16/07, 12:01 PM
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