Icom IC-F14 Instruction Manual

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225 BATTERY CHARGINGD Charging cautionR DANGER! NEVER charge the battery pack in areas with ex-tremely high temperatures, such as near fires or stoves, insidea sun heated car, or in direct sunlight. In such environments, thesafety/protection circuit in the battery will activate, causing the bat-tery to stop charging.WARNING! DO NOT charge or leave the battery in the batterycharger beyond the specified time for charging. If the battery isnot completely charged by the specified time, stop charging andremove the battery from the battery charger. Continuing to chargethe battery beyond the specified time limit may cause a fire, over-heating, or the battery may rupture.WARNING! NEVER insert the transceiver (battery attached to thetransceiver) into the charger if it is wet or soiled. This could cor-rode the battery charger terminals or damage the charger. Thecharger is not waterproof.CAUTION! DO NOT charge the battery outside of the specifiedtemperature range: BC-160 and BC-171 (0˚C to +40˚C; +32˚F to+104˚F). Icom recommends charging the battery at +20˚C (+68˚F).The battery may heat up or rupture if charged out of the specifiedtemperature range. Additionally, battery performance or battery lifemay be reduced.