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Rear Charge Slot: Insert battery or radio with battery into the Rear Charge
Slot, observing correct polarity. The FAST LED will begin to flash and fast
charge begins according to the amount of charge in the battery. (ln the case
of a fully discharged battery, the initial charge is executed during the first
minute. The FAST and SLOW LED's will not be illuminated. After the initial
charge, the battery mode will change to fast charge.)
ln the fast charge mode, the BKB 191 204/1 or BKB 191 204/2 battery will
take approximately 1 hour to fully charge.
If the initial charge on the battery is over 95%, then the fast charge mode will
turn to a "trickle-charge" mode. ln the "trickle-charge" mode, the battery will
be maintained at full charge, provided the radio is turned off. The SLOW LED
is turned on continuously, and may turn off momentarily every 34 seconds
by the "trickle-charging" current. If the battery is charged to 100% of its
capacity, the FAST LED will turn off and the SLOW LED wiIl turn on.
Front Charge Slot: Insert battery or radio with battery into Front Charge Slot,
observing correct polarity. The SLOW LED will be illuminated, and a charging
current of approximately 50mA is provided to the battery. In the slow charge
mode, the BKB 191 204/1 or BKB 191 204/2 battery will take approximately
14 hours to fully charge.
On occasion when charging a new battery or a battery which has
been out of use for a few months, the charger will prematurely switch
to the trickle charge before the battery has been fully charged. If this
happens, allow the battery to continue trickle-charging overnight.
Then remove and reinsert the battery and observe that the battery
goes through a normal rapid charge before putting it into service.
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CHARGER OPERATION
NOTE
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