Charger Unit - Liftkar PT-S 130 Instruction Manual

Note: if the battery pack is not fully charged, or it looses its charge suddenly, not only
will the speed of the Liftkar PT be slower, but its capacity is reduced as well. This
means that overload mode may be reached even w ith a relatively light load.

8.1 Charger unit

The battery charger supplied is extremely
powerful thanks to an automatic 2-stage
system and digital control technology. The
first stage is quick charging and the second
stage is trickle charging for maintaining the
charge. An LED display gives a clear
indication of charging status. The charge
indicator gives you an idea whether the
battery pack is fully charged or not. It is
worth checking that the battery pack is fully
charged before using the Liftkar PT. If
"trickle charging" is displayed it can be
assumed that the battery pack is at least
90% full.
The charge status is displayed as follows by a red LED:
• If the LED is lit continuous red the battery pack is being charged quickly in the
first stage. The battery pack is between 30 and 80% full.
• If the LED is flashing slowly then the charger has switched to trickle charging
and the battery pack is between 80 and 100 % full.
•
If the LED flashes very rapidly then it indicates that the battery pack has been
discharged too far and is almost completely empty. Normally a "healthy"
battery pack can be revived by the charger unit and after a certain time it will
switch over to quick charging and the LED goes on continuously. Completely
discharging the battery should be avoided as far as possible since the service
life of the battery pack will be reduced.
As a rule "deep" discharges only happen if the battery pack is not recharged
regularly between uses and the battery has no time to recover.
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