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3. Safety instructions for charging the battery
• To charge the battery, the pallet truck must be parked in a closed and properly
ventilated room. When charging, the top of the battery cells must be exposed to
provide sufficient ventilation.
• Do not place any metal objects on the battery.
• Before charging, check all cables and plug connections for visible signs of damage.
• Before you start and finish charging make sure the power is turned off.
• No flammable materials or operating fluids capable of creating sparks are allowed
within 2 metres around where the pallet truck is parked to be charged.
• Charge the battery at an ambient temperature of 0 to 40 °C.
• This figure below shows the top view of the charging base contact pins. Please plug
in the battery accordingly. Do not plug it in the other way around.
• If the battery is not charged after more than 5 hours, contact your dealer.
• Use the charger that is delivered together with the pallet truck. Insufficient charge
or overcharge will damage the battery.
• If the battery smells weird, gets overheated or shows deformation during charging,
stop the charging cycle immediately and disconnect the power supply of the
charger.
• Check the battery voltage, temperature and voltage difference on the display
before charging and discharging to ensure that all values are within the normal
range.
Charging the battery for pallet truck with lithium battery ELP15EULIT/ELP15UKLIT
1. Check if the condition is in conformity with the safety
instructions for charging the battery (see above).
2. Park the pallet truck securely.
3. Connect the battery plug to the charging lead of the stationary
charger and turn on the charger.
LED lamp indications:
• Solid red LED: the battery is charging, running normally.
• Solid green LED: the battery has fully charged, running normally.
• Solid yellow LED: the battery failure, the battery voltage is less
than 13 V or greater than 32,5 V.
• Flashing yellow LED: charger failure. Output current or output
voltage is too high or the temperature of the charger is too high.
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