4 – English
OPERATION
WARNING:
Donotallowfamiliaritywiththisproducttomakeyou
careless.Rememberthatacarelessfractionofasecond
issufficienttoinflictseriousinjury.
WARNING:
Alwaysweareyeprotectionwithsideshieldsmarkedto
complywithANSIZ87.1.Failuretodosocouldresultin
objectsbeingthrownintoyoureyesandotherpossible
seriousinjuries.
APPLICATIONS
Youmayusethisproductforthepurposelistedbelow:
ChargingHART
™
40VoltLithium-ionbatteries
NOTICE:
Chargeinawell-ventilatedarea.Donotblockcharger
vents.Keepthemcleartoallowproperventilation.
CHARGING
See Figures 1 - 2, page 7.
Battery packs are shipped in a low charge condition.
Therefore,youshouldchargethembeforefirstuse.Ifthe
chargerdoesnotchargeyourbatterypackundernormal
circumstances,returnboththebatterypackandchargerto
yournearestrepaircenterforelectricalcheck.
Chargetimevariesandisdependentupontheamphour
capacityofbatterypack.
Makesurethepowersupplyisnormalhouseholdvoltage,
120 volts, AC only, 60 Hz.
Connectthechargertoapowersupply.
Setthebatterypackdownwiththelatchfacingup.The
chargerwillslideovertheoppositeendofthebattery
pack.
Attachthechargertothebatterypackbyaligningthe
raisedribsonthebatterypackwiththegroovesinthe
charger,thenslidethechargerontothebatterypack.
The latchshouldsnapintoplace toensurecharger is
correctlyconnected.
Donotplacethechargerinanareaofextremeheator
cold.Itwillworkbestatnormalroomtemperature.
Thebatterypackwillbecomeslightlywarmtothetouch
whilecharging.Thisisnormalanddoesnotindicatea
problem.
The green LED will flash while the battery pack is
charging.
NOTE: IftheLEDturnsredandbeginsapatternoftwo
quickblinks,thechargerhasdetectedanerror.SeeLED
Functions for Battery Charging fordetails.
After charging is complete, the charger LED will stop
flashing and turn solid green until the battery pack is
removed.
Toremovethebatterypackfromthecharger,depress
thelatchandpullthechargeroffthebatterypack.
Disconnectthechargerfromthepowersupplyandstore
inadrylocation.
CHARGING A HOT BATTERY PACK
When using a tool continuously, the battery pack may
become hot. Thechargermay be placed directly onto a
hotbatterypackbutchargingwillnotbeginuntilthebattery
temperature cools to within an acceptable temperature
range.Whenthechargerisplacedonahotbatterypack
theLEDwillturnredandbeginflashing.Whenthebattery
packcools,thechargerwillautomaticallybegincharging.
CHARGING A COLD BATTERY PACK
Thechargermaybeplaceddirectlyontoacoldbatterypack
but charging will not begin until the battery temperature
warmstowithinanacceptabletemperaturerange.When
thechargerisplacedonacoldbatterypacktheLEDwill
turnredandbeginflashing.Whenthebatterypackwarms
thechargerwillautomaticallybegincharging.