RIDGID 140276004 Operator's Manual page 5

OPERATION
LED FUNCTION OF CHARGER
See Figure 3.
LED
INDICATOR
Power
Evaluate
Evaluate
Evaluate
Defective
• If defective, try to repeat the conditions a second time by removing and reinstalling the battery
• If a different battery charges normally, dispose of the defective pack (see Maintenance section).
• If a different battery also indicates "Defective," the charger may be defective.
Charging
Full
RED LED GREEN LED
BATTERY
PACK
Without battery pack ON
Hot battery pack
Cold battery pack
Deeply discharged
Defective
pack. If the LED status repeats a second time, try charging a different battery.
Fast charging
Slow charging
POWER
INDICATOR
EVALUATE
INDICATOR
RED GREEN
LED LED
OFF
Flashing OFF
Flashing OFF
Flashing OFF
Flashing Flashing
ON Flashing
OFF ON
BATTERY
COMPACT SERIES
HC 2.5
DEFECTIVE
INDICATOR
CHARGING
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.
FULL
INDICATOR
5
ACTION
Ready to charge battery pack
When battery pack reaches cooled
temperature, charger begins fast
charge mode
When battery pack reaches warmed
temperature, charger begins fast
charge mode
Charger pre-charges battery until nor-
mal voltage is reached, then begins
fast charge mode
Battery pack or charger is defective
See chart below for charge times
Fast charging is complete
Charger maintains charge mode
AVERAGE CHARGE TIME
18 min.
HC 27 min.
34 min.
Fig. 3