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CUCC Expedition Handbook

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Drill Battery Charging

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Instructions for charging

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  • 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 RC charger.
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    Using Makita charger

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    1. Make sure charger is powered (flashing green LED).
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    2. Plug batt into Makita charger. It should start charging.
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    3. Look at the LEDs for status - the legend is printed on the charger. + If it flashes 'broken battery' (flashing red and gren LED) at you + after a few seconds, use the yellow Pro-power RC charger instead.
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    4. Eventually it should show '100%' (steady green LED) (in about 1 + hour max). You are done.
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    Using Pro-Power (or Accucell 6) RC charger

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    1. Make sure charger is powered (display lit up)
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    2. Connect charger to battery (either hardboard adaptor or empty +Makita base adaptor). Check polarity is correct with hardboard +adaptor.
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    3. Check display says 'Lion' or 'Lipo' and '14.4V' and '3A' and 'CHARGE'. Hold +down 'start/enter' button (on right). It will do a battery check.
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    4. 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.
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    5. 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 +bottom right. Should be a number like 250 for each hole drilled +(between 50 and 2900 depending how discharged it was).
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    Can I tell if a battery is already charged?

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    Simplest it try to charge it again and find that it says it is done +in a couple of minutes. This may waste a 'life' on batteries that +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?). +

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    What sort of batteries are they

    + +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. + + + + diff --git a/handbook/index.htm b/handbook/index.htm index b7ff5ad34..215463816 100644 --- a/handbook/index.htm +++ b/handbook/index.htm @@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
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    Charging
    +
    How to charge the 14.4V Makita Drill batteries.
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