Section 4
The Battery
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Your Battery’s First Charge Is Important!
To assure the freshness of your battery and to avoid any operational
problems in shipping, it has been packaged in an UNCHARGED state.
For optimum operation of your flashlight, it should be charged a full
16 hours … before using for the first time.
Battery Installation
If the battery was shipped outside of the flashlight:
After you have removed
the flashlight from the Charging Cradle unscrew the tail cap (Fig. 12) and insert
battery pack (Fig. 13) into the barrel. The positive (+) end—this is the end with a
button—goes into the barrel first. Now screw on the tail cap and make sure it’s tight.
NOTE: Large end of the battery spring must be snapped into the tailcap.
If the battery was shipped inside the flashlight:
Except for
the complete Mag-Lite
®
Rechargeable Flashlight System™ kits, some
systems will be already loaded in the barrel. In this case, you will
note that the tail cap is not completely tightened. This is done at the factory
as a safety precaution, to keep the flashlight inoperable during shipment.
You must firmly tighten the tail cap (Fig. 12) to assure positive electrical
contact. Neither the flashlight nor the Charging Cradle will operate if
this is neglected.
First Charge Procedure
1.
Make sure tail cap is tight
2.
Place the flashlight into the Charging Cradle.
3.
Connect the Charging Cradle power cord into the AC converter or DC
cord, and
4.
Plug into power source.
5.
Make sure LED light is on. See
“Helpful Hints” to make sure the flashlight is charging properly.
Helpful Hints
Your battery is presently discharged.
There may not be enough
power to light the lamp. To be absolutely sure flashlight switch is off,
use this simple test.
1.
Remove battery from flashlight.
2.
Plug the
Charging Cradle into a power source.
3.
Place flashlight barrel (empty)
into the Charging Cradle… the Charging Cradle LED (red) will be “on”
if switch is on … “off” if switch is off.
4.
If LED is on, press switch.
5.
Reload battery and tighten tail cap … LED will return to “on”
indication. Continue charging.
WARNING:
Do not “short” or “ground out” battery pack to “deeply
discharge”. Doing so is hazardous and will damage the battery pack.
Do Not Have Flashlight Switch in ”On“ Position While Charging
Fig. 12
Tailcap
Fig. 13
Battery Spring
Flashlight Barrel
