IDEAL Bikes Trekking Series Original Instruction Manual page 54

Charger
Take note of the instructions on the
charger before starting to charge the
battery.
• Only use the original charger or one that has
been released by the manufacturer.
• Only use the charger in dry rooms. There is oth-
erwise a risk of a short circuit or a fire.
• Pay attention that the charger is well ventilat-
ed during the charging procedure and that
the ventilation openings on both sides are not
clogged or contaminated.
• Always pull the mains plug out of the socket
before cleaning the charger.
• The battery should be removed and the charger
should be disconnected from the mains once
the charging process has been completed.
Use caution when touching the char-
ger during the charging procedure.
Wear protective gloves. Especially in
high ambient temperatures, the charger can
heat up considerably.
Superwise children. They should not
play with the charger.
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Children or Persons that owing to their
physical, sensory or mental limitations
or their lack of experience or knowl-
edge, are not capable of securely operating
the charger, may only use this charger under
supervision of after having been instructed
by a responsible person. Otherwise, there is
danger of operating errors and injuries.
Loading the battery
1. Remove the charger, which is delivered with
the product, from its packaging and insert the
mains plug into a socket with a 230 to 240 V
current.
For safety reasons the charger has
to stand and to be used on a dry and
nonflammable surface.
!
Never place or store several accus
on each other. Especialy not while
charging.
2. The charging process starts as soon as the
plug of the charger is connected to the bat-
tery. When the charger has an LED, it will light
up. Progress in charging the battery is indicat-
ed by the number LEDs on the bat-
tery lit up and the way they light up.
The charging process takes place
in several steps. Usually, the LED
repres ent ing the current charging
step flashes. The LED lights up
permanently when this step has
been completed. The battery
charging process is completed
when all LEDs have gone out.
When your charger has an LED and
this LED flashes permanently, it usu-
ally indicates a charging fault. Have
the charger and the battery checked by a
specialist dealer.
3. After completing the charging process, please
remove the power cord of the charger from the
mains.
A defective battery may not be
charged or used.
The battery may get warm during
charging. Temperatures up to a maximum
of 45 C are within the permitted range. The
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charging process stops when the tempera-
ture is higher.
!
The allowed temperature range to
charge a battery is from 0
Disconnect the battery pack from the
charger when it is not within the charging-tem-
perature range.
Do not connect the battery pack to the char-
ger until it has reached the allowed charging
temperature.
C to 40 C.
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