Hitachi WH 14DBDL Handling Instructions Manual page 6

3. Charging
<UC18YFSL, UC18YML2>
When inserting a battery in the charger, the pilot lamp
will light up continuously in red.
When the battery becomes fully recharged, the
pilot lamp will blink in red (At 1-second intervals).
(See Table 1-a)
● Pilot lamp indication
The indications of the pilot lamp will be as shown in
Table 1-a, according to the condition of the charger or
the rechargeable battery.
Before
charging
While charging Lights (red)
Charging
complete
The pilot Charging
lamp impossible
lights or
blinks.
Overheat
standby
Charging
with in-car
power source
impossible
(UC18YML2)
NOTE: When standby for cooling battery, UC18YML2 / UC18YFSL cools the overheated battery by cooling fan.
(However, the cooling fan does not function when charging the battery with a DC 12V in-car power source.)
Before
charging
While
charging
Charge
indicator
lamp
(red / blue /
Charging
green /
complete
purple)
Overheat
standby
Charging
impossible
NOTE: When standby for cooling battery, UC18YSL3 cools the overheated battery by cooling fan.
Indications of the pilot lamp
Lights for 0.5 seconds. Does not light for 0.5
Blinks (red) seconds. (off for 0.5 seconds)
Lights continuously
Lights for 0.5 seconds. Does not light for 0.5
Blinks (red) seconds. (off for 0.5 seconds)
Lights for 0.1 seconds. Does not light for 0.1
Flickers (red) seconds. (off for 0.1 seconds)
Lights (green) Lights continuously
(UC18YML2)
Lights for 1 second. Does not light for 0.5
Blinks (red)
seconds. (off for 0.5 seconds)
(UC18YFSL)
Lights for 0.5 seconds. Does not light for 0.5
Blinks (green) seconds. (off for 0.5 seconds)
Indications of the charge indicator lamp
Lights for 0.5 seconds. Does not light for
Blinks
0.5 seconds. (off for 0.5 seconds)
(red)
Lights for 0.5 seconds. Does not light for
Blinks
1 second. (off for 1 second)
(blue)
Lights for 1 second. Does not light
Blinks
for 0.5 seconds. (off for 0.5 seconds)
(blue)
Lights Lights continuously
(blue)
Lights continuously
Lights
(green) (Continuous buzzer sound: about 6
seconds)
Lights for 0.3 seconds. Does not light for
Blinks
0.3 seconds. (off for 0.3 seconds)
(red)
Lights for 0.1 seconds. Does not light for
0.1 seconds. (off for 0.1 seconds)
Flickers
(purple)
(Intermittent buzzer sound: about 2
seconds)
<UC18YSL3>
When inserting a battery in the charger, the charge
indicator lamp will blink in blue.
When the battery becomes fully recharged, the charge
indicator lamp will light up in green. (See Table 1-b)
● Charge indicator lamp indication
The indications of the charge indicator lamp will be as
shown in Table 1-b, according to the condition of the
charger or the rechargeable battery.
Table 1-a
Table 1-b
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Malfunction in the
battery or the charger
Battery overheated.
Unable to charge.
(Charging will
commence when
battery cools)
Malfunction in the
battery or the charger
Plugged into power source
Battery capacity at less than 50%
Battery capacity at less than 80%
Battery capacity at more than 80%
Battery overheated. Unable to
charge. (Charging will commence
when battery cools)
Malfunction in the battery or the
charger