Charging The Lithium-Ion Battery; Charge Status Leds; Conditioning The Lithium-Ion Battery - Minelab MDS-10 Operation Manual

Charging the Lithium‑ion
Battery
1. Plug the power cord or AC power supply into
the back of the charger, and the power cord
into a wall outlet. Turn on the power outlet.
All of the charge status LEDs will illuminate
simultaneously and then turn off.
2. Insert the MDS‑10 battery into the charging
bay of the supplied smart charger.
The charger will automatically detect the
battery and will begin to charge.
The amber charge status LED will remain on
during charging.
3. When charging is complete, the green charge
status LED status will illuminate.
Leaving the batteries in the charger when fully
charged will not cause damage to the battery.
For further Lithium‑ion battery safety and
maintenance information, read Lithium‑ion
battery safety and advice on page 63. For
further important battery charger information,
read Battery charger safety on page 63.
54 | Accessories

Charge Status LEDs

The charge status LEDs display the current state
of the battery.
Amber solid
Amber flashing
Green solid
Red solid
Battery may be faulty or may need to be conditioned.
Red Flashing
Charging paused due to temperature (too hot/cold).
Conditioning the Lithium‑ion
Battery
Is it not necessary to fully discharge a battery
before charging it, however repeated shallow
cycling (partially discharging and then topping‑
up) may cause incorrect battery level status
readings.
To recalibrate the battery, the battery must be
conditioned.
1. Insert the battery into the powered charger.
2. Within the first 5 seconds of inserting the
battery, press the Condition button on the
charger. The conditioning cycle will begin,
indicated by the flashing amber charge status
LED.
3. When the conditioning cycle is complete,
the amber LED will change to solid On, and
charging will automatically commence.
Charge status LEDs and
the Condition button on
the Lithium-ion charger.
Charging
Conditioning
Charging complete
Fault
Temperature error