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OPERATION
Always use a battery pack until it can no longer provide the
necessary power, then recharge it.
Cautions:
• This charger works only with 4.8-volt, 6.0-volt, 7.2-volt
and 9.6-volt nickel-cadmium/nickel-metal hydride cord-
connected or cartridge battery packs. Charging another
type of battery pack could damage the battery pack or
the charger.
• Avoid charging fully-charged battery packs. Doing so
can damage the battery pack or cause it to lose some of
its storage capacity.
• Use the charger only in an area that is at room tempera-
ture (65–80×F). Charging battery packs in hot areas can
permanently reduce the battery pack’s power capacity.
• To protect battery packs, allow them to cool for 20 min-
utes before recharging them.
• Charge only one battery pack at a time.
CHARGING A CORD-CONNECTED
BATTERY PACK
Warning: Connect or disconnect the battery connector only
when the charger’s AC cord is disconnected. Otherwise, the
battery connector might arc and burn.
1. Insert the battery connector of the battery pack you want
to charge into
CHARGING JACK.
illus of CHARGING
JACK location with
battery pack connector
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