RIDGID R83001 - Manual (Page 11)

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OPERATION
LED BATTERY RED GREEN ACTION
INDICATOR PACK LED LED
Power Without battery pack ON OFF Ready to charge battery pack
Evaluate Hot battery pack Flashing OFF When battery pack reaches
cooled temperature, charger
begins fast charge mode
Evaluate Cold battery pack Flashing OFF When battery pack reaches
warmed temperature, charger
begins fast charge mode
Evaluate Deeply discharged Flashing OFF Charger pre-charges battery
until normal voltage is reached,
then begins fast charge mode
Evaluate Thermistor shorted Flashing OFF If red LED continues flashing for
or open more than 90 minutes, and
green LED remains off, this may
indicate a damaged battery
Charging Fast charging ON Flashing Fast charges in 30 minutes
Full Slow charging OFF ON Fast charging is complete.
Charger maintains charge mode.
LED FUNCTION OF CHARGER
See Figure 3.
Fig. 3
POWER
INDICATOR
EVALUATE
INDICATOR
CHARGING
INDICATOR
FULL
INDICATOR
Note: The 9.6 Volt, 12 Volt, and
14.4 volt battery packs will not
slide all the way down onto the
charger port. Insert 9.6 Volt, 12
Volt, and 14.4 Volt battery packs
until they click into place and
are aligned with the line on the
charger, shown at left.
Allow up to 5 seconds for the
“charge” light to come on after
the battery pack is inserted.