Instruction manual

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Whenthebatteryisconnectedtothechargersecurelyandwiththeproperpolarity
boththeredcolorandgreencolorLEDindicatorswillglow.Thebatterywillbe
charginganytimethegreenLEDindicatorisglowing.
Itwilltakeapproximately1.0–1.5hourstofullychargeamostlyorfullydischarged
(notoverdischarged)battery(NOTE:Pleaseseethefollowinginformationinthis
sectionformoredetailsregardingoptional‘fast’chargingthatcanreducecharge
timestoaslittleas3045minutes).Andwhenthebattery
isfullychargedthegreen
LEDindicatorwillstopglowingentirely.WhenthegreenLEDindicatorisnolonger
glowingyoucandisconnectthebatteryfromthechargerasitisnowfullychargedand
readyforuse.
NOTE:TheLiPobatteryincludedwithyournewmodelwillarrivepartiallycharged.For
thisreasontheinitialchargemayonlytakeapproximately30–45minutes.
IMPORTANTNOTE:DONOTSTORETHELIPOFLIGHTBATTERYFULLYCHARGED.
ForimprovedsafetyandlongevityoftheLiPobatteryit’sbesttostoreitonlypartially
chargedforanylengthoftime.StoringtheLiPobatteryatapproximately50%charged
(whichisapproximately3.85Vpercell)istypicallybest,however,
itwilltakesome
carefulmanagementofthechargetimeandtheuseofavoltmetertoachievethis
voltage.
Ifyouhavetheequipmentandskillstoachievethe50%chargelevelforstorageitis
recommended.Ifnot,simplybesuretonotstorethebatteryfully
chargedwhenever
possible.Infact,aslongasthebatterywillbestoredatapproximatelyroom
temperatureandfornomorethanafewweeksbeforethenextuse,itmaybebestto
storethebatteryinthedischargedstateafterthelastflight(aslongasthebattery
was
notoverdischargedonthelastflight).