RIDGID R840011 Operator's Manual page 11

OPERATION
LED FUNCTION OF CHARGER
See Figure 3.
LED
INDICATOR
Power
Evaluate
Evaluate
Evaluate
Charging
Full
GREEN LED
RED LED
BATTERY
PACK
Without battery pack ON
Hot battery pack
Cold battery pack
Deeply discharged
Fast charging
Slow charging
POWER
INDICATOR
EVALUATE
INDICATOR
CHARGING
INDICATOR
FULL
INDICATOR
RED GREEN
LED LED
OFF
Flashing OFF
Flashing OFF
Flashing OFF
ON Flashing
OFF ON
BATTERY
COMPACT SERIES
HC
HC 2.5
NOTE: The 9.6 Volt, 12 Volt, and 14.4 Volt battery
packs will not slide all the way down onto the char-
ger 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.
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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
See chart below for charge times
Fast charging is complete.
Charger maintains charge mode.
AVERAGE CHARGE TIME
18 min.
27 min.
34 min.
Fig. 3