Updated chargin info a little for 2017

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<h2>Instructions for charging</h3>
0) <li>If the battery has insulation tape on it (red or earth) it won't
charge on the Makita charger (feel free to confirm this). Go to <a href="#RCcharge">RC charger</a>.</li>
charge on the Makita standard charger and the Balance/RC charger should be used. Go to <a href="#RCcharge">RC charger</a>.</li>
<h3>Using Makita charger</h3>
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<li>If it shows '4' as the number of cells, then press 'start/enter'
again. Charging will start (fan comes on, display changes). If it
shows anything else like 'polarity reversed' or 'connection break'
then fix the connection to the battery.</li>
then fix the connection to the battery. If it shows '3' as number of
cells it is probably knackered, but possibly can be coaxed back into
action. Find a battery expert - don't just use the charger anyway.</li>
<li>Once it beeps and says 'FULL' (flashing) then you are done (should
be less than 2 hours). Display shows number of mAh put in in
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still work on the Makita charger. Checking it on the RC charger will
not waste a life. It will quickly rise to 16.4V, and the current drop
to 0.1A or so. That indicates a full pack. It will tell you so after a
while (few mins?).
while (1-5 mins).
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<h3>What sort of batteries are they</h3>
The drill batts are 4S2P 14.4V lithium ion packs (8 18650 cells: 4 in
series, each being a parallel pair). This means that they are charged
as 4-cell packs. They can be charged at up to 3A rate.
as 4-cell packs, to 4.1V per cell-pair. They can be charged at up to
3A rate. Battery 1 has connector wired as balance connector. No other
packs have this yet (2017).
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