Radio Shack Racing Battery Pack AC/DC Charger, 23-411 Owner's Manual

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Cat. No. 23-411

OWNER’S MANUAL

Please read before using this equipment.

Racing Battery Pack AC/DC Charger

for 4.8V/6V/7.2V/9.6V Ni-Cd Battery Packs

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FEATURES

Your RadioShack Racing Battery Pack
AC/DC Charger is perfect for charging
your radio-controlled racing cars’ battery
packs. It connects to standard AC power
or your vehicle’s cigarette-lighter socket,
and can fully charge 4.8V, 6V, 7.2V and

9.6V nickel-cadmium Racing Battery
Packs in as little as 15 minutes! (High­capacity 7.2V, 1700 mAh and 9.6V, 900
mAh battery packs require more time to
fully charge.)

Your charger also includes these fea­tures:

DC Reverse-Polarit

Input Protection

— prevents damage to the charger, the
battery pack, and your vehi cle’s electri­cal system.

Char

Indicator

— lights when the
battery pack is charging and automati­cally turns off when charging is finished.

Two Cha r

Power Sour ces

— lets
you use your vehicle’s battery or stan­dard AC power to charge a battery pack.

WARNING

: To reduce the risk of
fire or shock hazard, do not ex­pose this product to rain or mois­ture.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.

DO NOT OPEN.

CAUTION

ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER OR BACK. NO US ER-SERVICE­ABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVIC­ING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.

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: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF

This symbol is intended to alert you to
the presence of uninsulated danger­ous voltage within the product’s enclo ­sure that might be of sufficient
magnitude to constitute a risk of elec­tric sh ock. Do n ot open the prod uct’s
case.

This symbol is intended to inform you
that important operating and mainte­nance instructions are included in the
literature accompanying this product.

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Start Button

— makes battery-pack

charging simple.

Thermal Sensor

— stops charging au­tomatically if the battery becomes too
hot.

RadioShack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Cor poration.

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1998 Tandy Corporation.

All Rights Reserved.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

This manual contains important
safety instructions for battery
charger Cat. No. 23-411.

2. Before using the battery charger,
read a ll instruction s and cau tionary
markings on the battery charger, the
battery, and the product using the
battery.

3.

CAUTION

injury, charge only Ni-Cd type
rechargeable batteries. Other types
of batteries may burst, causing per­sonal injury and damage.

4. Charge only one battery pack at a
time.

5. Be sure that the battery pack is
rated at 4.8, 6, 7.2, or 9.6 volts.

6. Avoid charging fully-charged bat­tery packs. Doing so can damage
the battery pack or cause it to lose
some of its storage capacity.

— To reduce risk of

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7. Charge battery packs only at room
temperature (65–80°F). Charging a
battery pack in a hot area can per­manently reduce the battery pack’s
power capacity.

8. Do not expose the charger to rain or
excessive moisture.

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OPERATION

This table shows the estimated typical
fast-charging time for battery packs of
different capacities:

Capacity

4.8V/6V
(600 mAh)

7.2V
(1200 mAh)

7.2V
(1700 mAh)

9.6V
(600 mAh)

9.6V
(900 mAh)

If you are charging

Note:

Charging

Current

(mA)

2500 15

4500 16

4500 23

2500 15

2500 22

Charging

Time

(minutes)

high-capacity

7.2-volt, 1700 mAh, and 9.6-volt, 900
mAh battery packs, you must run them
for two charging cycles to fully charge
them.

• Do not charge a bat tery pack that is
damaged or leaking.

• Do not cover the vents on the top
and back of the charger while charg­ing a battery pack.

CONNECTING TO AC
POWER

Plug the charger’s power cord into a
standard AC outlet. The POWER indica­tor lights.

ILLUSTRATION
of power cord
w/AC outlet

Before you charge a battery pack, use it
until it no longer provides the ne cessary
power.

Warnin

s:

• To reduce the risk of i njury, charge
only rechargeable nickel-cadmium
battery packs with this charger. Try­ing to charge o ther types of battery
packs could cause the packs to leak
or become very hot and explode,
causing injury to bystanders or dam­age to your charger.

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