Golden Compass HD GP620 SS Owner's Manual page 32

CHARGING THE BATTERIES
Your Compass HD's charging system is designed for your safety and for your
convenience. Follow the steps below to recharge the batteries.
1. Position your Compass HD™ close to a standard wall electrical outlet.
2. Turn off the power on the joystick.
powered up at this point in the process. Please check before proceeding.
4. Insert the matching charger plug into the joystick's charging socket that is located at
the front bottom edge of the joystick. See figure 24.
IMPORTANT: Failure to align pins before inserting the plug in the correct
orientation may damage the joystick and render your wheelchair non-operational.
5. Insert the plug at the other end of the charger power cord into a standard electrical
wall outlet.
6. Disconnect the charger power cord from the wall outlet and from the joystick charging
socket or the battery pack for (alternative charging method) when the batteries are
fully charged.
The batteries should be fully charged in approximately eight hours. A full
charge is indicated when the battery charger LED is green and the 5 battery gauge LEDs
(1 x RED, 2 x AMBER, 2 x GREEN) on the joystick are illuminated.
Battery Charging
The battery gauge will indicate the system is being charged by cycling
between a left-to-right light sequence, and then display the approximate
battery charge state at the end of the sequence.
Driving is prevented (inhibited) while the system is being charged.
The system does not have to be powered up when charging the battery,
however, if it is not powered up, then the battery gauge will not
display the charging state/light sequence.
BATTERY CHARGING
The charger should not be plugged into the electrical outlet or
Figure 24
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Charge State