The Makita DC18RC 240V 18V LXT Battery Charger is the ideal product for tradespeople and DIY enthusiasts that use Makita cordless power tools. You rely on your tools to get the job done, and it is vital that your batteries are not only fully charged, but also operating at their best. The DC18RC will do just that. It can charge a 3Ah battery in just 22 minutes and the digital charging display will allow you to easily monitor the progress of charging. Built-in CPU - gathers information from the battery's memory chip to determine optimum charging method For Makita battery compatible, plug a not full charged compatible battery into Makita charger, it is charging if the charging light change frome green to red, otherwise incompatible with the charger.

One is that the temperature or cutoff or individual cell monitoring sensor in charger that dont allow the batteries to take a charge. Once the same condition is detected 3 times by the same charger it considers the batteries to be bad and refuses to accept it.It is a protection chip to prevent battery melt down. The MAKITA DC18RC has a cooling fan and Active 3 Controls. This means that during the loading of the charging voltage, charging current, and temperature is held in the holes. The cooling system blows cool air into the battery. As a result, high temperatures occur in the battery, so that the battery life is extended, and the charging process is accelerated. Makita’s 18v & 14v batteries have a built in memory chip that records the battery usage history. While the battery is connected it will transmit the data to the charger Makita Fast Battery Charger DC18RC LXT Lithium Ion 18V charges Makita batteries from 14.4V to 18V. The DC18RC is a compact sized fast charger which takes only 22 minutes to fully charge a 3.0Ah Li-ion battery. A great advantage of Lithium Ion technology is that it provides the user with the possibility to charge the batteries anytime, without any need to wait for their complete power deployment. A great improvement compared to older technologies like Ni-CadFrist, testing the battery cells, If one of the cells has gone to zero, the cell will need to be replaced before any further repair can be done. You may have several batteries with a faulty cell. Cost effective, simple to use and easy to fit, the DeWalt / Milwaukee to Makita Badaptor Duo Battery Adaptor is the perfect addition to your collection of power tools. The Badaptor Duo is designed to allow users to attach their existing DeWalt or Milwaukee 18V batteries to a Makita 18V tool in a matter of seconds. Is Makita DC18RC a fast charger? Problem is there is a lot of these batteries going to the landfill that are perfectly fine and just need the chip reset.

When put the battery into Makita battery charger, if the lights are not flashing, it mean that the battery or charge is likely defective, but how to judge? Short green flash = less than 80% charged. Long green flash = more than 80% charged. Solid green light = 100% charged. Red flash = fault code, charging error. To keep your batteries running at their best, the DC18RC has a forced cooling system to prevent overheating which will give your batteries a longer service life. Sold as a single unit.Makita DC18RC 240V 18V LXT Battery Charger The DC18RC 18v Makita Charger Li-ion uses Intelligent Charging Technology to control current and can charge li-ion batteries in as little as 22 minutes which is fast even compared to many other Makita chargers. You can bypass the fuse when it melt down, however as you are bypassing a fuse the next time such fault occurs there will probably be irreversible damage to the electronics.