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Apex III External Charger User’s Manual 3 External Charger Operation
COAM30004 Rev. 1.03 4/5/013-4
External Charger Operation
Before operating your Apex III External Charger it is recommended
that you thoroughly read the detailed operational sequence.
Apex III Battery Pack Charging
q Once an Apex III Battery Pack has been inserted into the
External Charger, the charging process will commence
immediately and be controlled automatically by the unit. No
additional action is required by the user, except for Battery
Pack removal once the Battery Pack has been fully charged.
q Upon initial insertion of a Battery Pack into the unit, the
SPARE Batt LED indicator light on the top rear of the unit
will flash Red. After a short period of time (less than 15
minutes), the LED will solidly illuminate Red to indicate
that the Battery Pack is being charged in the fast mode.
q When the External Charger senses that the Battery Pack
charge state has reached approximately 92% charge, the
respective LED will change to a solid Green indicating that
the unit is charging the Battery Pack in the trickle mode.
The trickle charging mode will continue until the Battery
Pack is removed from the charger.
Note: Since the Apex III Battery Packs use state-of-the-art
Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) composition, they DO NOT
succumb to memory (hysteresis) loss as do Nickel
Cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries. Apex III Battery Packs can
therefore be charged while in any state-of-charge and do
not require full discharge prior to charging; however, it is
still recommended that the Battery Pack be fully
discharged periodically to reset the internal gas gauge
circuitry.
q If your Apex III Portable Data Collection Terminal (PDT) is
ready for another Battery Pack, remove the installed Battery
Pack and replace it with a fully charged Battery Pack per the
Apex III PDT/Battery Pack Notes section (p. 3-5).
The Apex III External Charger is equipped with a quick charge
circuit allowing an Apex III Battery Pack to be fully charged
from a full discharge condition within 2 hours.