So there you are starting up your work day. You pull the pack from the grinder and press button. The light illuminates three bars out of five. Three bars.
That means you’ve got some juice. You have enough for a quick task but not enough to get you through the whole thing.
The Charging Process
This tells you when it is time to hang up.
Before you even think about plugging that charger in though, you has to know what’s up. So you press the button once more. There are no guessing games. The LED gives you straight facts by clearly showing how much juice is left. Don’t get caught halfway through a cut with a dead pack. That is not a good way to do things. So you just decide to charge it right there.
So, you decide to charge it right then.
This is simple logic.
It’s easy to understand.
Slide the battery on the charger
It clicks into place and holds solid. You don’t want it to wiggle out. A loose battery might prevent a good connection. Current can only flows if the connection is solid. Make sure it’s all the way in.
No half-measures.
You seat the battery and it turns on. The charger turns on. A solid red light comes right on. It is in active charge mode. Red on, battery is charging.
Wait a second and you know it’s working. No error lights. Nothing says blinky blink. Just a nice red glow.
This is it.
How long does it take? Much of that comes down to battery size. In this case, you’re using a 2.0 Ah pack. It takes around forty minutes.
For most jobs, that’s pretty fast. You won’t have to wait all day. For small packs and quick turnaround jobs, that’s nice. Note when you started. That helps plan things out.
The bigger pack would require additional charging time. It takes about an hour for a 4.0 Ah battery. So you have another twenty minutes to wait.
With the smaller pack, that’s no big deal. It doesn’t take long and you don’t mind the delay. The downside: the bigger pack provides extended runtimes. This time, you sacrifice capacity for speed. It’ll be plenty, you reason.
And then you wait for the cycle to finish. For forty minutes, the red light shines steadily. Nothing happens. It’s kind of boring. And yet it’s essential.
While waiting, you might have worked on something else. Or you might of just waited it out.
That means that you’re waiting.
The light switches from a solid red to flashing red and lets you know the batteries is completely full. Take one final glance at the indicator. And all the lights are on. It’s good to go.
Don’t overcharge them. That is handled by the charger. Unplug it when it flashes. Easy peesy.
Slide the new battery back inside your tool. It’s a perfect fit into the spot. No muss, no fuss. You pull on the trigger and your tool springs back to life. Power flows instantly. You’re back at work in no time.
It is good enough for you.
It’s also very quick. The entire process takes less than an hour. This includes removing the pack, charging it, putting it back in the tool, and making sure the charge is at the right level. No messing around with settings either. Just plug and play.
That’s what you like about this from Metabo. It’s very straightforward. It is not complicated. There are no firmware updates. Just plug it in and it charges. That saves you a bunch of time. It is well worth it.
