Charging The Battery
The meter’s battery will NOT be charged when you receive it. We recommend that you
charge the unit overnight to fully charge the batteries. If you absolutely can’t wait that long, at
least give it a four hour charge. Overnight charging will allow some trickle charging which
prolongs the battery life of the internal NiMH batteries.
The batteries will need to be recharged occasionally even if the meter is not used. Recharge
batteries every three weeks to keep the battery pack charged.
The battery pack is replaceable, slide the meter out of it’s protective case and simply open
the cover on the bottom of the unit to access the batteries. Simply disconnect the batteries
from it’s connector. If the battery is disconnected the meter will indicate flat batteries (0%)
even if the replacement pack is partly charged. This is because the meter will lose it’s
calibration for the pack. Simply recharge the battery fully to reset the battery indicator. Please
not that if the replacement pack is charged to 50% it will only take half the normal time to
charged it.
There is no difference between charging the unit from the mains or in a vehicle.
PLEASE NOTE that it is NOT possible to use the MSK 15 when the batteries are being
charged.
Charging with the AC mains lead.
Open the flap at the back of the MSK 15
to access the mains inlet. Plug the AC
mains lead into this port and the other end
to your local supply socket. The battery is
fully charged when you see the words
“Trickle Charge” on the screen.
Charging from a Vehicle (DC car lead).
The Vehicle (12 VDc) charge port is on the
right side of the unit. Plug the DC car
charger lead into the bottom socket and the
other end to the vehicles ‘lighter’ socket.
Please note that on certain vehicles the
lighter socket is switched off, unless the
vehicle is running.
The DC car charger lead supplied with the
MSK 15 is the only lead to be used for
vehicle charging. The use of another lead
will damage the meter and will void the
warranty.
The MSK 15 can remain connected to either power source, in a “Trickle Charge” state, for an
extended period of time without damaging any internal components or the battery pack.
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