DC

D980 2

0V

Max*

Heavy-D

uty

1/2

" (1

3 m

m)

Co

rdle

ss D

rill/D

river

DC

D985 2

0V

Max*

Heavy-D

uty

1/2

" (1

3 m

m)

Co

rdle

ss H

am

merd

rill/D

rill/D

river

DC

D980 P

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se/v

isseu

se in

du

str

ielle s

an

s f

il 1

3 m

m (

1/2

 po

) d

e 2

0 V

max*

DC

D985 M

art

eau

perf

ora

teu

r/P

erc

eu

se/V

isseu

se in

du

str

iel san

s f

il 1

3 m

m (

1/2

po

) d

e 2

0 V

max*

Tala

dro

/desto

rnilla

do

r in

alá

mb

rico

de 1

/2 p

ulg

. (1

3 m

m)

para

tra

bajo

s p

esad

os d

e 2

0 V

Máx*

DC

D980

Tala

dro

perc

uso

r/ta

lad

ro/d

esto

rnilla

do

r in

alá

mb

rico

de 1

/2 p

ulg

. (1

3 m

m)

para

tra

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s p

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e 2

0 V

Máx*

DC

D985

INS

TR

UC

TIO

N M

AN

UA

LG

UID

E D

'UT

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AT

ION

MA

NU

AL

DE

IN

ST

RU

CC

ION

ES

INS

TRU

CTI

VO

DE

OP

ER

AC

IÓN

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NTR

OS

DE

SE

RV

ICIO

Y P

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ZA

DE

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AR

AN

TÍA

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DV

ER

TE

NC

IA:

LÉA

SE

ES

TE I

NS

TRU

CTI

VO

AN

TES

DE

U

SA

R E

L P

RO

DU

CTO

.

If y

ou

ha

ve

qu

esti

on

s o

r co

mm

en

ts, co

nta

ct

us.

Po

ur

tou

te q

ue

sti

on

ou

to

ut

co

mm

en

tair

e, n

ou

s c

on

tacte

r.

Si ti

en

e d

ud

as o

co

me

nta

rio

s, co

ntá

cte

no

s.

1-8

00-4

-DEW

ALT •

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w.d

ew

alt

.com

1

English

Defi

nit

ions: Safe

ty G

uid

elines

The

def

initi

ons

bel

ow d

escr

ibe

the

leve

l of

sev

erity

for

eac

h si

gnal

wor

d.

Ple

ase

read

the

man

ual a

nd p

ay a

tten

tion

to t

hese

sy

mb

ols.

DA

NG

ER

: In

dic

ate

s

an

imm

inently

haza

rdo

us

situatio

n

whic

h,

if not

avo

ided

, w

ill

result in d

ea

th o

r se

rio

us i

nju

ry.

WA

RN

ING

: In

dic

ate

s a

pote

ntia

lly h

aza

rdous s

ituatio

n w

hic

h,

if not

avo

ided

, co

uld

result

in d

ea

th o

r se

rio

us in

jury

.

CA

UT

ION

: In

dic

ate

s a

pote

ntia

lly h

aza

rdous s

ituatio

n w

hic

h, if

not

avo

ided

, m

ay r

esult

in m

ino

r o

r m

od

era

te in

jury

.

NO

TIC

E:

Ind

icate

s a

pra

ctic

e n

ot

rela

ted

to

pe

rso

na

l in

jury

w

hic

h,

if not

avo

ided

, m

ay r

esult

in p

rop

ert

y d

am

ag

e.

IF Y

OU

HA

VE

AN

Y Q

UE

STI

ON

S O

R C

OM

ME

NTS

AB

OU

T TH

IS O

R

AN

Y D

EW

ALT

TO

OL,

CA

LL U

S T

OLL

FR

EE

AT:

1-8

00-4

-DEW

ALT

(1

-800-4

33-9

258).

WA

RN

ING

: To

red

uce t

he r

isk

of

inju

ry,

read

the i

nstr

uction

manual.

Genera

l P

ow

er

Tool Safe

ty W

arn

ings

WA

RN

ING

! R

ea

d a

ll s

afe

ty w

arn

ing

s a

nd

all i

nstr

ucti

on

s.

Failu

re t

o f

ollo

w t

he w

arn

ings a

nd

instr

uctions m

ay

result i

n

ele

ctr

ic s

hock,

fire a

nd

/or

serious inju

ry.

SA

VE

ALL W

AR

NIN

GS A

ND

IN

STR

UC

TIO

NS

FO

R F

UTU

RE

RE

FE

RE

NC

EThe t

erm

“p

ow

er

tool” in t

he w

arn

ings r

efe

rs t

o y

our

main

s-o

pera

ted

(c

ord

ed

) p

ow

er

tool or

batt

ery

-op

era

ted

(cord

less)

pow

er

tool.

1)

WO

RK

AR

EA

SA

FE

TY

a)

Ke

ep

wo

rk a

rea

cle

an

an

d w

ell l

it.

Clu

ttere

d o

r d

ark

are

as

invi

te a

ccid

ents

.b

) D

o n

ot

op

era

te p

ow

er

too

ls in

e

xp

losiv

e a

tmo

sp

he

res,

su

ch

as i

n t

he

pre

se

nce

of

fla

mm

ab

le l

iqu

ids,

ga

se

s o

r d

ust.

Pow

er

tools

cre

ate

sp

ark

s w

hic

h m

ay

ignite t

he d

ust

or

fum

es.

c)

Ke

ep

ch

ild

ren

a

nd

b

ysta

nd

ers

a

wa

y w

hile

o

pe

rati

ng

a

p

ow

er

too

l. D

istr

actions c

an c

ause y

ou t

o lose c

ontr

ol.

2)

EL

EC

TR

ICA

L S

AF

ET

Ya)

Po

we

r to

ol

plu

gs m

ust

ma

tch

th

e o

utl

et.

Ne

ve

r m

od

ify

the

plu

g i

n a

ny w

ay.

Do

no

t u

se

an

y a

da

pte

r p

lug

s w

ith

e

art

he

d

(gro

un

de

d)

po

we

r to

ols

. U

nm

od

ified

p

lugs

and

m

atc

hin

g o

utlets

will r

ed

uce r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic s

hock.

b)

Avo

id b

od

y c

on

tact

wit

h e

art

he

d o

r g

rou

nd

ed

su

rfa

ce

s

su

ch

as p

ipe

s,

rad

iato

rs,

ran

ge

s a

nd

re

frig

era

tors

. There

is

an incre

ased

ris

k of

ele

ctr

ic s

hock

if yo

ur

bod

y is

eart

hed

or

gro

und

ed

.c)

Do

n

ot

exp

ose

p

ow

er

too

ls to

ra

in o

r w

et

co

nd

itio

ns.

Wate

r ente

ring a

pow

er

tool

will i

ncre

ase t

he r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic

shock.

d)

Do

no

t a

bu

se

th

e c

ord

. N

eve

r u

se

th

e c

ord

fo

r ca

rryin

g,

pu

llin

g o

r u

np

lug

gin

g th

e p

ow

er

too

l. K

ee

p co

rd a

wa

y

fro

m h

ea

t, o

il,

sh

arp

ed

ge

s o

r m

ovin

g p

art

s.

Dam

aged

or

enta

ngle

d c

ord

s incre

ase t

he r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic s

hock.

e)

Wh

en

op

era

tin

g a

po

we

r to

ol o

utd

oo

rs,

use

an

exte

nsio

n

co

rd s

uit

ab

le f

or

ou

tdo

or

use

. U

se o

f a c

ord

suitab

le f

or

outd

oor

use r

ed

uces t

he r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic s

hock.

f)

If o

pe

rati

ng

a p

ow

er to

ol i

n a

da

mp

loca

tio

n is

un

avo

ida

ble

, u

se

a

g

rou

nd

fa

ult

cir

cu

it in

terr

up

ter

(GF

CI)

p

rote

cte

d

su

pp

ly.

Use o

f a G

FC

I re

duces t

he r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic s

hock.

2

English

b)

Do

no

t u

se

th

e p

ow

er

too

l if

th

e s

wit

ch

do

es n

ot

turn

it

on

an

d o

ff.

Any

pow

er

tool th

at

cannot

be c

ontr

olle

d w

ith t

he

sw

itch is d

angero

us a

nd

must

be r

ep

aired

.c)

Dis

co

nn

ect

the

plu

g f

rom

th

e p

ow

er

so

urc

e a

nd

/or

the

b

att

ery

p

ack fr

om

th

e p

ow

er

too

l b

efo

re m

akin

g a

ny

ad

justm

en

ts,

ch

an

gin

g

acce

sso

rie

s,

or

sto

rin

g

po

we

r to

ols

. S

uch p

reve

ntive

safe

ty m

easure

s re

duce th

e risk

of

sta

rtin

g t

he p

ow

er

tool accid

enta

lly.

d)

Sto

re id

le p

ow

er

too

ls o

ut

of

the

re

ach

of

ch

ild

ren

an

d d

o

no

t a

llo

w p

ers

on

s u

nfa

milia

r w

ith

th

e p

ow

er

too

l o

r th

ese

in

str

ucti

on

s to

o

pe

rate

th

e p

ow

er

too

l. P

ow

er

tools

are

d

angero

us in t

he h

and

s o

f untr

ain

ed

users

.e)

Ma

inta

in p

ow

er

too

ls. C

he

ck f

or

mis

alig

nm

en

t o

r b

ind

ing

o

f m

ovin

g p

art

s, b

rea

ka

ge

of p

art

s a

nd

an

y o

the

r co

nd

itio

n

tha

t m

ay a

ffe

ct

the

po

we

r to

ol’s o

pe

rati

on

. If

da

ma

ge

d,

ha

ve

th

e p

ow

er

too

l re

pa

ire

d b

efo

re u

se

. M

any

accid

ents

are

caused

by

poorly

main

tain

ed

pow

er

tools

.f)

Ke

ep

cu

ttin

g t

oo

ls s

ha

rp a

nd

cle

an

. P

rop

erly

main

tain

ed

cutt

ing tools

with s

harp

cutt

ing e

dges a

re le

ss li

kely

to b

ind

and

are

easie

r to

contr

ol.

g)

Use

th

e p

ow

er

too

l, a

cce

sso

rie

s a

nd

to

ol

bit

s,

etc

. in

a

cco

rda

nce

wit

h t

he

se

in

str

ucti

on

s,

takin

g i

nto

acco

un

t th

e w

ork

ing

co

nd

itio

ns a

nd

th

e w

ork

to

be

pe

rfo

rme

d.

Use

of

the

pow

er

tool

for

op

era

tions

diff

ere

nt

from

th

ose

inte

nd

ed

could

result in a

haza

rdous s

ituation.

5)

BA

TT

ER

Y T

OO

L U

SE

AN

D C

AR

Ea)

Re

ch

arg

e

on

ly

wit

h

the

c

ha

rge

r sp

ec

ifie

d

by

the

m

an

ufa

ctu

rer.

A

charg

er

that

is

suitab

le

for

one

typ

e

of

batt

ery

pack

may

cre

ate

a r

isk

of

fire w

hen u

sed

with a

noth

er

batt

ery

pack.

b)

Use

po

we

r to

ols

on

ly w

ith

sp

ecif

ica

lly d

esig

na

ted

ba

tte

ry

pa

cks.

Use o

f any

oth

er

batt

ery

packs

may

cre

ate

a r

isk

of

inju

ry a

nd

fire.

3)

PE

RS

ON

AL

SA

FE

TY

a)

Sta

y a

lert

, w

atc

h w

ha

t yo

u a

re d

oin

g a

nd

use

co

mm

on

se

nse

wh

en

op

era

tin

g a

po

we

r to

ol. D

o n

ot

use

a p

ow

er

too

l w

hile

yo

u a

re t

ire

d o

r u

nd

er

the

in

flu

en

ce

of

dru

gs,

alc

oh

ol

or

me

dic

ati

on

. A

m

om

ent

of

inatt

entio

n

while

op

era

ting p

ow

er

tools

may

result in s

erious p

ers

onal in

jury

.b

) U

se

p

ers

on

al

pro

tecti

ve

e

qu

ipm

en

t.

Alw

ays

we

ar

eye

p

rote

cti

on

. P

rote

ctive

eq

uip

ment

such a

s d

ust

mask,

non-

ski

d safe

ty shoes,

hard

hat,

or

hearing p

rote

ction used

fo

r ap

pro

priate

cond

itio

ns w

ill r

ed

uce p

ers

onal in

juries.

c)

Pre

ve

nt

un

inte

nti

on

al

sta

rtin

g.

En

su

re th

e sw

itch

is

in

th

e o

ff p

osit

ion

be

fore

co

nn

ecti

ng

to

po

we

r so

urc

e a

nd

/o

r b

att

ery

pa

ck,

pic

kin

g u

p o

r ca

rryin

g t

he

to

ol. C

arr

ying

pow

er

tools

with y

our

finger

on t

he s

witch o

r energ

izin

g p

ow

er

tools

that

have

the s

witch o

n invi

tes a

ccid

ents

.d

) R

em

ove

an

y a

dju

sti

ng

ke

y o

r w

ren

ch

be

fore

tu

rnin

g t

he

p

ow

er

too

l o

n.

A w

rench o

r a k

ey

left a

ttached

to a

rota

ting

part

of

the p

ow

er

tool m

ay

result in p

ers

onal in

jury

.e)

Do

no

t o

ve

rre

ach

. K

ee

p p

rop

er

foo

tin

g a

nd

ba

lan

ce

at

all ti

me

s.

This

enab

les b

ett

er

contr

ol

of

the p

ow

er

tool

in

unexp

ecte

d s

ituations.

f)

Dre

ss p

rop

erl

y. D

o n

ot

we

ar

loo

se

clo

thin

g o

r je

we

lry.

K

ee

p y

ou

r h

air,

clo

thin

g a

nd

glo

ve

s a

wa

y f

rom

mo

vin

g

pa

rts.

Loose c

loth

es,

jew

elry

or

long h

air c

an b

e c

aught

in

movi

ng p

art

s.

g)

If

de

vic

es

are

p

rovid

ed

fo

r th

e

co

nn

ecti

on

o

f d

ust

extr

acti

on

a

nd

co

lle

cti

on

fa

cilit

ies,

en

su

re

the

se

a

re

co

nn

ecte

d a

nd

pro

pe

rly u

se

d.

Use o

f d

ust

colle

ction c

an

red

uce d

ust-

rela

ted

haza

rds.

4)

PO

WE

R T

OO

L U

SE

AN

D C

AR

Ea)

Do

no

t fo

rce

th

e p

ow

er

too

l. U

se

th

e c

orr

ect

po

we

r to

ol

for

yo

ur

ap

plica

tio

n.

The c

orr

ect

pow

er

tool

will d

o t

he j

ob

b

ett

er

and

safe

r at

the r

ate

for

whic

h it

was d

esig

ned

.

3

English

•

Alw

ays u

se

th

e s

ide

ha

nd

le s

up

plie

d w

ith

th

e t

oo

l. K

ee

p a

fi

rm g

rip

on

th

e t

oo

l a

t a

ll t

ime

s.

Do

no

t a

tte

mp

t to

op

era

te

this

to

ol

wit

ho

ut

ho

ldin

g i

t w

ith

bo

th h

an

ds.

Op

era

ting t

his

to

ol w

ith o

ne h

and

will r

esult

in lo

ss o

f contr

ol.

Bre

aki

ng t

hro

ugh o

r encounte

ring h

ard

mate

rials

such a

s r

e-b

ar

may

be h

aza

rdous a

s

well.

•

Ac

ce

sso

rie

s

an

d

too

l m

ay

ge

t h

ot

du

rin

g

op

era

tio

n.

Wear

glo

ves w

hen hand

ling th

em

if

perform

ing heat

pro

ducin

g

ap

plic

atio

ns s

uch a

s h

am

merd

rilling a

nd

drilling m

eta

ls.

•

Do

no

t o

pe

rate

th

is t

oo

l fo

r lo

ng

pe

rio

ds o

f ti

me

. V

ibra

tion

caused

by

ham

mer actio

n m

ay

be h

arm

ful t

o y

our hand

s a

nd

arm

s.

Use g

love

s t

o p

rovi

de e

xtra

cushio

n a

nd

lim

it exp

osure

by

taki

ng

freq

uent

rest

period

s.

•

Air

ve

nts

oft

en

co

ve

r m

ovin

g p

art

s a

nd

sh

ou

ld b

e a

vo

ide

d.

Loose c

loth

es,

jew

elry

or

long h

air c

an b

e c

aught

in m

ovi

ng p

art

s.

WA

RN

ING

: A

LW

AY

S use safe

ty gla

sses.

Eve

ryd

ay

eye

gla

sses

are

N

OT

safe

ty

gla

sses.

Als

o

use

face

or

dust

mask

if cutt

ing

op

era

tion is

dusty

. A

LW

AY

S W

EA

R C

ER

TIF

IED

SA

FE

TY

EQ

UIP

ME

NT:

•

AN

SI Z

87.1

eye

pro

tectio

n (C

AN

/CS

A Z

94.3

),

•

AN

SI S

12.6

(S

3.1

9) hearing p

rote

ctio

n,

•

NIO

SH

/OS

HA

/MS

HA

resp

irato

ry p

rote

ctio

n.

WA

RN

ING

: S

om

e

dust

cre

ate

d

by

po

wer

sand

ing

, saw

ing

, grind

ing,

drilling,

and

oth

er

constr

uction a

ctivi

ties c

onta

ins c

hem

icals

kn

ow

n t

o t

he S

tate

of

Calif

orn

ia t

o c

ause c

ancer, b

irth

defe

cts

or

oth

er

rep

rod

uctive

harm

. S

om

e e

xam

ple

s o

f th

ese c

hem

icals

are

:

•

lead

fro

m lead

-based

pain

ts,

•

cry

sta

lline s

ilica fro

m b

ricks

and

cem

ent

and

oth

er

masonry

p

rod

ucts

, and

•

ars

enic

and

chro

miu

m fro

m c

hem

ically

-tre

ate

d lum

ber.

c)

Wh

en

ba

tte

ry p

ack is n

ot

in u

se

, ke

ep

it

aw

ay f

rom

oth

er

me

tal

ob

jects

lik

e p

ap

er

clip

s,

co

ins,

ke

ys,

na

ils,

scre

ws,

or

oth

er

sm

all m

eta

l o

bje

cts

th

at

ca

n m

ake

a c

on

ne

cti

on

fr

om

on

e t

erm

ina

l to

an

oth

er.

Short

ing t

he b

att

ery

term

inals

to

geth

er

may

cause b

urn

s o

r a f

ire.

d)

Un

de

r a

bu

siv

e co

nd

itio

ns,

liq

uid

m

ay b

e e

jecte

d fr

om

th

e b

att

ery

; a

vo

id c

on

tact.

If

co

nta

ct

accid

en

tally o

ccu

rs,

flu

sh

wit

h w

ate

r. I

f liq

uid

co

nta

cts

eye

s, a

dd

itio

na

lly s

ee

k

me

dic

al

he

lp.

Liq

uid

eje

cte

d fr

om

th

e b

att

ery

m

ay

cause

irrita

tion o

r b

urn

s.

6)

SE

RV

ICE

a)

Ha

ve

yo

ur

po

we

r to

ol

se

rvic

ed

b

y

a

qu

alifi

ed

re

pa

ir

pe

rso

n u

sin

g o

nly

id

en

tica

l re

pla

ce

me

nt

pa

rts.

This

w

ill

ensure

that

the s

afe

ty o

f th

e p

ow

er

tool is

main

tain

ed

.

Dri

ll/D

river/

Ham

merd

rill S

afe

ty W

arn

ings

•

We

ar

ea

r p

rote

cto

rs w

he

n i

mp

act

dri

llin

g.

Exp

osure

to n

ois

e

can c

ause h

earing loss.

•

Use

a

uxilia

ry h

an

dle

(s), if

su

pp

lie

d w

ith

th

e to

ol. Loss of

contr

ol can c

ause p

ers

onal in

jury

.

•

Ho

ld

po

we

r to

ol

by

insu

late

d

gri

pp

ing

su

rfa

ce

s,

wh

en

p

erf

orm

ing

an

op

era

tio

n w

he

re t

he

cu

ttin

g a

cce

sso

ry m

ay

co

nta

ct

hid

de

n w

irin

g. C

utt

ing a

ccessory

conta

ctin

g a

“liv

e”

wire

may

make

exp

osed

meta

l p

art

s o

f th

e p

ow

er

tool “liv

e”

and

could

giv

e t

he o

pera

tor

an e

lectr

ic s

hock.

•

Use

cla

mp

s o

r o

the

r p

racti

ca

l w

ay t

o s

ecu

re a

nd

su

pp

ort

th

e w

ork

pie

ce

to

a s

tab

le p

latf

orm

. H

old

ing t

he w

ork

by

hand

or

again

st

your

bod

y is

unsta

ble

and

may

lead

to loss o

f contr

ol.

•

We

ar

sa

fety

go

gg

les o

r o

the

r e

ye

pro

tecti

on

. H

am

mering a

nd

d

rilling op

era

tions cause chip

s to

fly

. Fly

ing p

art

icle

s can cause

perm

anent

eye

dam

age.

4

English

.............C

lass II C

onstr

uctio

n

........

eart

hin

g t

erm

inal

.................(d

oub

le insula

ted

) .........s

afe

ty a

lert

sym

bol

…/m

in ......p

er

min

ute

B

PM

....

beats

per

min

ute

RP

M ..

.......r

evo

lutio

ns p

er

min

ute

IP

M ......

imp

acts

per

min

ute

sfp

m ..

.......s

urface feet

per

min

ute

Import

ant

Safe

ty Instr

ucti

ons f

or

All

Batt

ery P

acks

Whe

n or

der

ing

rep

lace

men

t b

atte

ry p

acks

, b

e su

re t

o in

clud

e th

e ca

talo

g nu

mb

er a

nd v

olta

ge.

Con

sult

the

char

t at

the

end

of

this

m

anua

l for

com

patib

ility

of c

harg

ers

and

bat

tery

pac

ks.

The

bat

tery

pac

k is

not

ful

ly c

harg

ed o

ut o

f th

e ca

rton

. B

efor

e us

ing

the

bat

tery

pac

k an

d c

harg

er,

read

the

saf

ety

inst

ruct

ions

bel

ow a

nd

then

follo

w c

harg

ing

pro

ced

ures

out

lined

.

RE

AD

ALL IN

STR

UC

TIO

NS

•

Do

n

ot

ch

arg

e

or

use

th

e

ba

tte

ry

pa

ck

in

e

xp

losiv

e

atm

osp

he

res,

su

ch

as in

th

e p

rese

nce

of

fla

mm

ab

le liq

uid

s,

ga

se

s o

r d

ust.

Insert

ing o

r re

movi

ng t

he b

att

ery

pack

from

the

charg

er

may

ignite

the d

ust

or

fum

es.

•

NE

VE

R fo

rce

th

e b

att

ery

p

ack in

to th

e ch

arg

er.

D

O N

OT

m

od

ify

the

b

att

ery

p

ack

in

an

y

wa

y

to

fit

into

a

n

on

-co

mp

ati

ble

ch

arg

er

as b

att

ery

p

ack m

ay ru

ptu

re ca

usin

g

se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry.

Consult

the chart

at

the end

of

this

m

anual fo

r com

patib

ility

of b

att

eries a

nd

charg

ers

.

•

Charg

e t

he b

att

ery

packs

only

in d

esig

nate

d D

EW

ALT

charg

ers

.

•

DO

NO

T s

pla

sh o

r im

mers

e in w

ate

r or

oth

er

liquid

s.

•

Do

no

t sto

re o

r u

se

th

e t

oo

l a

nd

ba

tte

ry p

ack i

n l

oca

tio

ns

wh

ere

th

e t

em

pe

ratu

re m

ay r

ea

ch

or

exce

ed

105 °

F (

40 °

C)

(su

ch

as o

uts

ide

sh

ed

s o

r m

eta

l b

uild

ing

s i

n s

um

me

r).

For

best

life s

tore

batt

ery

packs

in a

cool,

dry

locatio

n.

Your

risk

from

these e

xposure

s v

aries,

dep

end

ing o

n h

ow

often y

ou

do t

his

typ

e o

f w

ork

. To

red

uce y

our

exp

osure

to t

hese c

hem

icals

: w

ork

in

a

well

ventila

ted

are

a,

and

w

ork

w

ith

ap

pro

ved

safe

ty

eq

uip

ment,

such a

s t

hose d

ust

masks

that

are

sp

ecia

lly d

esig

ned

to

filte

r out

mic

roscop

ic p

art

icle

s.

•

Avo

id p

rolo

ng

ed

co

nta

ct

wit

h d

ust

fro

m p

ow

er

sa

nd

ing

, sa

win

g,

gri

nd

ing

, d

rillin

g,

an

d o

the

r co

nstr

ucti

on

acti

vit

ies.

We

ar

pro

tecti

ve

clo

thin

g a

nd

wa

sh

exp

ose

d a

rea

s w

ith

so

ap

a

nd

wa

ter.

Allo

win

g d

ust

to g

et

into

your

mouth

, eye

s,

or

lay

on

the s

kin m

ay

pro

mote

ab

sorp

tion o

f harm

ful chem

icals

.

WA

RN

ING

: U

se o

f th

is t

ool

can g

enera

te a

nd

/or

dis

pers

e d

ust,

w

hic

h m

ay

cause s

erious a

nd

perm

anent

resp

irato

ry o

r oth

er

inju

ry.

Alw

ays

use

NIO

SH

/OS

HA

ap

pro

ved

re

sp

irato

ry

pro

tectio

n

ap

pro

priate

for

the d

ust

exp

osure

. D

irect

part

icle

s a

way

from

face

and

bod

y.

WA

RN

ING

: A

LW

AY

S w

ea

r p

rop

er

pe

rso

na

l h

ea

rin

g p

rote

cti

on

th

at

co

nfo

rms t

o A

NS

I S

12.6

(S

3.1

9)

du

rin

g u

se

. U

nd

er

som

e

cond

itio

ns

and

d

ura

tion

of

use,

nois

e

from

th

is

pro

duct

may

contr

ibute

to h

earing loss.

CA

UT

ION

: W

he

n n

ot

in u

se

, p

lace

to

ol o

n its

sid

e o

n a

sta

ble

su

rfa

ce

w

he

re it

w

ill

no

t ca

use

a

tr

ipp

ing

o

r fa

llin

g h

aza

rd.

Som

e t

ools

with larg

e b

att

ery

packs

will s

tand

up

right

on t

he b

att

ery

p

ack

but

may

be e

asily

knocke

d o

ver.

•

The la

bel

on yo

ur

tool

may

inclu

de th

e fo

llow

ing sym

bols

. The

sym

bols

and

their d

efin

itions a

re a

s follo

ws:

V ..

.............v

olts

A

..........

am

pere

s

Hz .............h

ert

z W

........w

att

s

min

...........m

inute

s

.......a

ltern

atin

g c

urr

ent

........d

irect

curr

ent

.......a

ltern

atin

g o

r d

irect

..

...........C

lass I C

onstr

uctio

n

............

curr

ent

.................(gro

und

ed

) no ..

......

no load

sp

eed

5

English

the b

att

ery

ele

ctr

oly

te i

s c

om

posed

of

a m

ixtu

re o

f liq

uid

org

anic

carb

onate

s a

nd

lith

ium

salts

.

•

Co

nte

nts

o

f o

pe

ne

d

ba

tte

ry

ce

lls

ma

y

ca

use

re

sp

ira

tory

ir

rita

tio

n.

Pro

vid

e fresh air.

If

sym

pto

ms p

ers

ist, seek

med

ical

att

entio

n.

WA

RN

ING

: B

urn

haza

rd.

Batt

ery

liq

uid

m

ay

be

flam

mab

le

if exp

osed

to s

park

or

flam

e.

The R

BR

C™

Seal

The

R

BR

C™

(R

echa

rgea

ble

B

atte

ry

Rec

yclin

gC

orp

orat

ion)

Sea

l on

the

nic

kel

cad

miu

m,

nick

el m

etal

hy

drid

e or

lith

ium

ion

bat

terie

s (o

r bat

tery

pac

ks) i

ndic

ate

that

th

e co

sts

to

recy

cle

thes

e b

atte

ries

(or

bat

tery

p

acks

) at

the

end

of

thei

r us

eful

life

hav

e al

read

y b

een

pai

d b

y D

EW

ALT

. In

som

e ar

eas,

it

is i

llega

l to

pla

ce

spen

t ni

ckel

cad

miu

m,

nick

el m

etal

hyd

ride

or li

thiu

m io

n b

atte

ries

in

the

tras

h or

mun

icip

al s

olid

was

te s

trea

m a

nd t

he R

BR

C p

rogr

am

pro

vid

es a

n en

viro

nmen

tally

con

scio

us a

ltern

ativ

e.R

BR

C™

, in

coo

per

atio

n w

ith D

EW

ALT

and

oth

er b

atte

ry u

sers

, ha

s es

tab

lishe

d p

rogr

ams

in t

he U

nite

d S

tate

s an

d C

anad

a to

fac

ilitat

e th

e co

llect

ion

of s

pen

t ni

ckel

cad

miu

m,

nick

el m

etal

hyd

ride

or li

thiu

m

ion

bat

terie

s. H

elp

pro

tect

our

env

ironm

ent

and

con

serv

e na

tura

l re

sour

ces

by

retu

rnin

g th

e sp

ent n

icke

l cad

miu

m, n

icke

l met

al h

ydrid

e or

lith

ium

ion

bat

terie

s to

an

auth

oriz

ed D

EW

ALT

ser

vice

cen

ter

or

to y

our

loca

l re

taile

r fo

r re

cycl

ing.

You

may

als

o co

ntac

t yo

ur l

ocal

re

cycl

ing

cent

er fo

r in

form

atio

n on

whe

re to

dro

p o

ff th

e sp

ent b

atte

ry.

RB

RC

™ i

s a

reg

iste

red

tra

dem

ark

of

the

Recharg

eab

le B

att

ery

R

ecyc

ling C

orp

ora

tion.

Import

ant

Safe

ty Instr

ucti

ons f

or

All

Batt

ery C

harg

ers

SA

VE

TH

ES

E

INS

TR

UC

TIO

NS

: This

m

anual

conta

ins

imp

ort

ant

safe

ty a

nd

op

era

ting instr

uctio

ns for

batt

ery

charg

ers

.

N

OT

E:

Do

n

ot

sto

re th

e b

att

ery

p

acks in

a

to

ol

wit

h th

e

trig

ge

r sw

itch

lo

cke

d o

n. N

eve

r ta

pe

th

e t

rig

ge

r sw

itch

in

th

e

ON

po

sit

ion

.

WA

RN

ING

: Fire h

aza

rd.

Neve

r att

em

pt

to o

pen t

he b

att

ery

pack

for

any

reason.

If t

he b

att

ery

pack

case is c

racke

d o

r d

am

aged

, d

o

not

insert

into

the c

harg

er. D

o n

ot

cru

sh, d

rop

or

dam

age t

he b

att

ery

p

ack.

Do n

ot

use a

batt

ery

pack

or

charg

er

that

has r

eceiv

ed

a s

harp

b

low

, b

een d

rop

ped

, ru

n o

ver

or

dam

aged

in a

ny

way

(e.g

., p

ierc

ed

w

ith a

nail,

hit w

ith a

ham

mer, s

tep

ped

on). D

am

aged

batt

ery

packs

should

be r

etu

rned

to t

he s

erv

ice c

ente

r fo

r re

cyc

ling.

WA

RN

ING

: F

ire

h

aza

rd.

Do

n

ot

sto

re o

r ca

rry th

e b

att

ery

p

ack

so

th

at

me

tal

ob

jects

ca

n

co

nta

ct

exp

ose

d

ba

tte

ry

term

ina

ls.

For

exa

mp

le,

do n

ot

pla

ce t

he b

att

ery

pack

in a

pro

ns,

pocke

ts,

tool

boxe

s,

pro

duct

kit

boxe

s,

dra

wers

, etc

., w

ith lo

ose

nails

, scre

ws,

keys

, etc

. Tra

nsp

ort

ing

b

att

eri

es

ca

n

po

ssib

ly

ca

use

fi

res

if

the

b

att

ery

te

rmin

als

in

ad

ve

rte

ntl

y

co

me

in

co

nta

ct

wit

h c

on

du

cti

ve

ma

teri

als

su

ch

as k

eys,

co

ins,

ha

nd

to

ols

an

d t

he

lik

e. The U

S D

ep

art

ment of Tr

ansp

ort

ation H

aza

rdous

Mate

rial R

egula

tions (

HM

R)

actu

ally

pro

hib

it t

ransp

ort

ing b

att

eries in

com

merc

e o

r on a

irp

lanes (

e.g

., p

acke

d i

n s

uitcases a

nd

carr

y-on

luggage)

UN

LE

SS

they

are

pro

perly

pro

tecte

d f

rom

short

circuits.

So w

hen t

ransp

ort

ing i

nd

ivid

ual

batt

ery

packs

, m

ake

sure

that

the

batt

ery

term

inals

are

pro

tecte

d a

nd

well

insula

ted

fro

m m

ate

rials

that

could

conta

ct

them

and

cause a

short

circuit.

SP

EC

IFIC

SA

FE

TY

IN

ST

RU

CT

ION

S F

OR

LIT

HIU

M I

ON

(L

i-Io

n)

•

Do

n

ot

incin

era

te th

e b

att

ery

p

ack e

ve

n if

it

is

se

ve

rely

d

am

ag

ed

or

is c

om

ple

tely

wo

rn o

ut.

The b

att

ery

pack

can

exp

lod

e i

n a

fire.

Toxi

c f

um

es a

nd

mate

rials

are

cre

ate

d w

hen

lithiu

m ion b

att

ery

packs

are

burn

ed

.

•

If

ba

tte

ry

co

nte

nts

c

om

e

into

c

on

tac

t w

ith

th

e

sk

in,

imm

ed

iate

ly w

ash

are

a w

ith

mild

so

ap

an

d w

ate

r. I

f b

att

ery

liq

uid

gets

in

to th

e eye

, rinse w

ate

r ove

r th

e op

en eye

fo

r 15

min

ute

s o

r until

irr

itatio

n c

eases.

If m

ed

ical

att

entio

n i

s n

eed

ed

,

6

English

•

Wh

en

op

era

tin

g a

ch

arg

er

ou

tdo

ors

, a

lwa

ys p

rovid

e a

dry

lo

ca

tio

n a

nd

use

an

exte

nsio

n c

ord

su

ita

ble

fo

r o

utd

oo

r u

se

. U

se o

f a c

ord

suita

ble

for

outd

oor

use r

ed

uces t

he r

isk

of

ele

ctr

ic

shock.

•

An

exte

nsio

n c

ord

mu

st

have a

deq

uate

wir

e s

ize (

AW

G o

r A

meri

can

Wir

e G

au

ge) fo

r safe

ty. The s

malle

r th

e g

auge n

um

ber

of

the w

ire,

the g

reate

r th

e c

apacity

of

the c

able

, th

at

is,

16 g

auge

has

more

capacity

than 1

8 g

auge.

An u

nders

ized c

ord

will c

ause

a

dro

p in

line v

olta

ge r

esu

lting in

loss

of pow

er

and o

verh

eatin

g. W

hen

usi

ng m

ore

than o

ne e

xtensi

on t

o m

ake

up t

he t

ota

l length

, be s

ure

each i

ndiv

idual

ext

ensi

on c

onta

ins

at

least

the m

inim

um

wire

siz

e.

The follo

win

g table

show

s th

e c

orr

ect si

ze to u

se d

ependin

g o

n c

ord

le

ngth

and n

am

epla

te a

mpere

ratin

g. If

in d

oubt, u

se the n

ext

heavi

er

gauge. The lo

wer

the g

auge n

um

ber,

the h

eavi

er

the c

ord

.

Min

imu

m G

au

ge

fo

r C

ord

Se

ts

Am

pe

re R

ati

ng

Vo

lts

To

tal L

en

gth

of

Co

rd in

Fe

et

(me

ters

)

120V

25 (7

.6)

50 (1

5.2)

100

(30.

5)15

0 (4

5.7)

240V

50 (1

5.2)

100

(30.

5)20

0 (6

1.0)

300

(91.

4)M

ore

Th

an

No

t M

ore

T

ha

nA

WG

06

1816

1614

610

1816

1412

1012

1616

1412

1216

1412

Not

Rec

omm

end

ed

•

Do

no

t p

lace

an

y o

bje

ct

on

to

p o

f th

e c

ha

rge

r o

r p

lace

th

e

ch

arg

er

on

a s

oft

su

rfa

ce

th

at

mig

ht

blo

ck t

he

ve

nti

lati

on

slo

ts a

nd

re

su

lt i

n e

xce

ssiv

e i

nte

rna

l h

ea

t. P

lace t

he c

harg

er

in a

positi

on a

way

from

any

heat

sourc

e.

The c

harg

er

is v

entil

ate

d

thro

ugh s

lots

in t

he t

op

and

the b

ott

om

of th

e h

ousin

g.

•

Do

no

t o

pe

rate

th

e c

ha

rge

r w

ith

a d

am

ag

ed

co

rd o

r p

lug

.

•

Befo

re

usin

g

the

charg

er,

read

all

instr

uctio

ns

and

cautio

nary

m

ark

ings on th

e charg

er, b

att

ery

p

ack

and

p

rod

uct

usin

g th

e

batt

ery

pack.

WA

RN

ING

: S

hock

haza

rd.

Do n

ot

allo

w a

ny

liquid

to g

et

insi

de t

he

charg

er. E

lectr

ic s

hock

may

resu

lt.

CA

UT

ION

: B

urn

haza

rd.

To r

ed

uce t

he r

isk

of

inju

ry,

charg

e o

nly

D

EW

ALT

recharg

eab

le b

att

ery

packs

. O

ther

typ

es o

f b

att

eries m

ay

ove

rheat

and

burs

t re

sultin

g in p

ers

onal in

jury

and

pro

pert

y d

am

age.

NO

TIC

E:

Und

er

cert

ain

cond

itions,

with

the c

harg

er

plu

gged

into

the

pow

er

sup

ply, th

e c

harg

er

can b

e s

hort

ed

by

fore

ign m

ate

rial.

Fore

ign

mate

rials

of

a c

ond

uctiv

e n

atu

re,

such a

s, b

ut

not

limite

d t

o,

grind

ing

dust

, m

eta

l chip

s, s

teel w

ool,

alu

min

um

foil

or

any

build

up

of

meta

llic

part

icle

s sh

ould

be k

ep

t aw

ay

from

the c

harg

er

cavi

ties.

Alw

ays

unp

lug

the c

harg

er from

the p

ow

er su

pp

ly w

hen there

is n

o b

att

ery

pack

in the

cavi

ty. U

np

lug t

he c

harg

er

befo

re a

ttem

ptin

g t

o c

lean.

•

DO

N

OT

a

tte

mp

t to

ch

arg

e

the

b

att

ery

p

ack

wit

h

an

y

ch

arg

ers

oth

er

tha

n t

he

on

es in

th

is m

an

ua

l. T

he c

harg

er

and

b

att

ery

pack

are

sp

ecifi

cally

desig

ned

to w

ork

togeth

er.

•

Th

ese

ch

arg

ers

are

no

t in

ten

de

d f

or

an

y u

se

s o

the

r th

an

ch

arg

ing

DEW

ALT

re

ch

arg

ea

ble

ba

tte

rie

s. A

ny

oth

er

uses m

ay

result

in r

isk

of fir

e,

ele

ctr

ic s

hock

or

ele

ctr

ocutio

n.

•

Do

no

t e

xp

ose

th

e c

ha

rge

r to

ra

in o

r sn

ow

.

•

Pu

ll b

y t

he

plu

g r

ath

er

tha

n t

he

co

rd w

he

n d

isco

nn

ecti

ng

th

e c

ha

rge

r. T

his

will red

uce the ris

k of d

am

age to the e

lectr

ic p

lug

and

cord

.

•

Ma

ke

su

re th

at

the

co

rd is

lo

ca

ted

so

th

at

it w

ill

no

t b

e

ste

pp

ed

on

, tr

ipp

ed

ove

r o

r o

the

rwis

e s

ub

jecte

d t

o d

am

ag

e

or

str

ess.

•

Do

n

ot

use

a

n

exte

nsio

n

co

rd

un

less

it

is

ab

so

lute

ly

ne

ce

ssa

ry.

Use o

f im

pro

per

ext

ensio

n c

ord

could

result

in r

isk

of

fire,

ele

ctr

ic s

hock

or

ele

ctr

ocutio

n.

7

English

Indic

ato

r Lig

ht

Opera

tion

PA

CK

CH

AR

GIN

G

PA

CK

CH

AR

GE

D

x

HO

T/C

OLD

DE

LA

Y

PR

OB

LE

M P

AC

K O

R C

HA

RG

ER

PR

OB

LE

M P

OW

ER

LIN

E

Charg

e Indic

ato

rs

This

cha

rger

is

desi

gned

to

det

ect

cert

ain

pro

ble

ms

that

can

aris

e.

Pro

blem

s ar

e in

dic

ated

by

the

red

lig

ht f

lash

ing

at a

fas

t ra

te.

If th

is

occu

rs,

re-in

sert

the

bat

tery

pac

k in

to t

he c

harg

er.

If th

e p

rob

lem

pe

rsis

ts,

try

a di

ffere

nt b

atte

ry p

ack

to d

eter

min

e if

the

char

ger

is

wor

king

pro

perly

. If

the

new

pac

k ch

arge

s co

rrec

tly,

then

the

orig

inal

pa

ck is

def

ectiv

e an

d sh

ould

be

retu

rned

to

a se

rvic

e ce

nter

or

othe

r co

llect

ion

site

for

rec

yclin

g. I

f th

e ne

w b

atte

ry p

ack

elic

its t

he s

ame

trou

ble

ind

icat

ion

as th

e or

igin

al, h

ave

the

char

ger a

nd th

e b

atte

ry p

ack

test

ed a

t an

aut

horiz

ed s

ervi

ce c

ente

r.

HO

T/C

OL

D D

EL

AY

This

cha

rger

has

a h

ot/c

old

del

ay fe

atur

e: w

hen

the

char

ger

det

ects

a

bat

tery

tha

t is

hot

, it

auto

mat

ical

ly s

tart

s a

del

ay, s

usp

end

ing

char

ging

un

til t

he b

atte

ry h

as c

oole

d.

Afte

r th

e b

atte

ry h

as c

oole

d,

the

char

ger

auto

mat

ical

ly

switc

hes

to

the

pac

k ch

argi

ng

mod

e.

This

fe

atur

e en

sure

s m

axim

um b

atte

ry l

ife.

The

red

lig

ht f

lash

es l

ong,

the

n sh

ort

whi

le in

the

hot

/col

d d

elay

mod

e.

LE

AV

ING

TH

E B

AT

TE

RY

PA

CK

IN

TH

E C

HA

RG

ER

The

char

ger

and

bat

tery

pac

k ca

n b

e le

ft co

nnec

ted

with

the

cha

rge

ind

icat

or s

how

ing

Pac

k C

harg

ed.

•

Do

no

t o

pe

rate

th

e c

ha

rge

r if

it

ha

s r

ece

ive

d a

sh

arp

blo

w,

be

en

dro

pp

ed

or

oth

erw

ise

da

ma

ge

d in

an

y w

ay.

Take

it to a

n

auth

orize

d s

erv

ice c

ente

r.

•

Do

n

ot

dis

assem

ble

th

e ch

arg

er;

ta

ke it

to

an

au

tho

rized

serv

ice cen

ter

wh

en

serv

ice o

r re

pair

is

re

qu

ired

. In

corr

ect

reass

em

bly

may

resu

lt in

a ris

k of ele

ctr

ic s

hock,

ele

ctr

ocutio

n o

r fir

e.

•

Dis

co

nn

ect

the

ch

arg

er

fro

m t

he

ou

tle

t b

efo

re a

tte

mp

tin

g

an

y cle

an

ing

. T

his

w

ill

red

uce

th

e ri

sk o

f e

lectr

ic sh

ock.

Rem

ovi

ng t

he b

att

ery

pack

will n

ot

red

uce t

his

ris

k.

•

NE

VE

R a

ttem

pt

to c

onnect

2 c

harg

ers

togeth

er.

•

Th

e

ch

arg

er

is

de

sig

ne

d

to

op

era

te

on

sta

nd

ard

120V

h

ou

se

ho

ld e

lectr

ica

l p

ow

er.

Do

no

t a

tte

mp

t to

use

it

on

an

y

oth

er

vo

lta

ge

. This

does n

ot

ap

ply

to t

he v

ehic

ula

r charg

er.

Charg

ers

Yo

ur to

ol u

ses

a D

EW

ALT

cha

rger

. Be

sure

to re

ad a

ll sa

fety

inst

ruct

ions

b

efor

e us

ing

your

cha

rger

. Con

sult

the

char

t at

the

end

of t

his

man

ual

for

com

pat

ibilit

y of

cha

rger

s an

d b

atte

ry p

acks

.

Charg

ing P

rocedure

(Fig

. 1)

1.

Plu

g th

e ch

arge

r int

o an

ap

pro

pria

teI

FIG

. 1

ou

tlet

bef

ore

inse

rtin

g th

e b

atte

ry

pac

k.

2.

Inse

rt t

he b

atte

ry p

ack

(I) i

nto

the

char

ger,

as

show

n in

Fi

gure

1,

m

akin

g su

re t

he p

ack

is fu

lly s

eate

d

in c

harg

er.

The

red

(ch

argi

ng)

light

w

ill b

link

cont

inuo

usly,

in

dic

atin

g th

at

the

char

gin

g

pro

cess

ha

s st

arte

d.

3.

The

com

ple

tion

of c

harg

e w

ill b

e in

dic

ated

by

the

red

ligh

t re

mai

ning

O

N c

ontin

uous

ly. T

he p

ack

is f

ully

ch

arge

d a

nd m

ay b

e us

ed a

t th

is t

ime

or le

ft in

the

cha

rger

.

8

English

b. C

heck

to

see

if re

cep

tacl

e is

con

nect

ed t

o a

light

sw

itch

whi

ch

turn

s p

ower

off

whe

n yo

u tu

rn o

ut t

he li

ghts

;

c.

Mov

e th

e ch

arge

r an

d b

atte

ry p

ack

to a

loc

atio

n w

here

the

su

rrou

ndin

g ai

r te

mp

erat

ure

is

app

roxi

mat

ely

65 

°F –

75 

°F

(18 

° – 2

4 °C

);

d

. If

char

ging

pro

ble

ms

per

sist

, ta

ke t

he t

ool,

bat

tery

pac

k an

d

char

ger

to y

our

loca

l ser

vice

cen

ter.

5.

The

bat

tery

pac

k sh

ould

be

rech

arge

d w

hen

it fa

ils t

o p

rod

uce

suffi

cien

t p

ower

on

job

s w

hich

wer

e ea

sily

don

e p

revi

ousl

y. D

O

NO

T C

ON

TIN

UE

to

us

e un

der

th

ese

cond

ition

s.

Follo

w

the

char

ging

pro

ced

ure.

You

may

als

o ch

arge

a p

artia

lly u

sed

pac

k w

hene

ver

you

des

ire w

ith n

o ad

vers

e ef

fect

on

the

bat

tery

pac

k.

6. F

orei

gn m

ater

ials

of

a co

nduc

tive

natu

re s

uch

as,

but

not

lim

ited

to

, gr

ind

ing

dus

t, m

etal

chi

ps,

ste

el w

ool,

alum

inum

foi

l, or

any

b

uild

up o

f m

etal

lic p

artic

les

shou

ld b

e ke

pt

away

fro

m c

harg

er

cavi

ties.

Alw

ays

unp

lug

the

char

ger

from

the

pow

er s

upp

ly w

hen

ther

e is

no

bat

tery

pac

k in

the

cav

ity.

Unp

lug

the

char

ger

bef

ore

atte

mp

ting

to c

lean

.

7. D

o no

t fre

eze

or im

mer

se t

he c

harg

er in

wat

er o

r an

y ot

her

liqui

d.

WA

RN

ING

: S

hock

haza

rd.

Don’t

allo

w a

ny

liquid

to g

et

insid

e t

he

charg

er. E

lectr

ic s

hock

may

result.

WA

RN

ING

: B

urn

haza

rd.

Do n

ot

sub

merg

e t

he b

att

ery

pack

in

any

liquid

or

allo

w a

ny

liquid

to e

nte

r th

e b

att

ery

pack.

Neve

r att

em

pt

to o

pen t

he b

att

ery

pack

for

any

reason.

If t

he p

lastic h

ousin

g o

f th

e

batt

ery

pack

bre

aks

or

cra

cks

, re

turn

to a

serv

ice c

ente

r fo

r re

cyc

ling.

Sto

rage R

ecom

mendati

ons

1.

The

bes

t sto

rage

pla

ce is

one

that

is c

ool a

nd d

ry, a

way

from

dire

ct

sunl

ight

and

exc

ess

heat

or

cold

.

2. F

or l

ong

stor

age,

it

is r

ecom

men

ded

to

stor

e a

fully

cha

rged

b

atte

ry p

ack

in a

coo

l d

ry p

lace

out

of

the

char

ger

for

optim

al

resu

lts.

WE

AK

BA

TT

ER

Y P

AC

KS

: W

eak

bat

terie

s w

ill co

ntin

ue t

o fu

nctio

n b

ut s

houl

d n

ot b

e ex

pec

ted

to

per

form

as

muc

h w

ork.

FA

ULT

Y B

AT

TE

RY

P

AC

KS

: Th

is c

harg

er w

ill no

t ch

arge

a f

aulty

b

atte

ry p

ack.

The

cha

rger

will

indi

cate

fau

lty b

atte

ry p

ack

by r

efus

ing

to li

ght

or b

y d

isp

layi

ng p

rob

lem

pac

k or

cha

rger

. N

OT

E:

This

cou

ld a

lso

mea

n a

pro

blem

with

a c

harg

er.

PR

OB

LE

M P

OW

ER

LIN

E

Som

e ch

arge

rs h

ave

a p

rob

lem

pow

erlin

e in

dic

ator

. Whe

n th

e ch

arge

r is

use

d w

ith s

ome

por

tab

le p

ower

sou

rces

suc

h as

gen

erat

ors

or

sour

ces

that

con

vert

DC

to

AC

, th

e ch

arge

r m

ay t

empo

raril

y su

spen

d

oper

atio

n, fl

ashi

ng th

e re

d lig

ht w

ith tw

o fa

st b

links

follo

wed

by

a p

ause

. Th

is in

dic

ates

the

pow

er s

ourc

e is

out

of l

imits

.

Import

ant

Charg

ing N

ote

s

1. L

onge

st li

fe a

nd b

est

per

form

ance

can

be

obta

ined

if t

he b

atte

ry

pac

k is

cha

rged

whe

n th

e ai

r te

mp

erat

ure

is b

etw

een

65 °

F an

d

75 °

F (1

8 ° –

24 

°C).

DO

NO

T ch

arge

the

bat

tery

pac

k in

an

air

tem

per

atur

e b

elow

+40

 °F

(+4.

5 °C

), or

ab

ove

+10

5 °F

(+40

.5 °

C).

This

is im

por

tant

and

will

pre

vent

ser

ious

dam

age

to t

he b

atte

ry

pac

k.

2. T

he c

harg

er a

nd b

atte

ry p

ack

may

bec

ome

war

m t

o th

e to

uch

whi

le c

harg

ing.

Thi

s is

a n

orm

al c

ond

ition

, an

d d

oes

not

ind

icat

e a

pro

ble

m.

To f

acilit

ate

the

cool

ing

of t

he b

atte

ry p

ack

afte

r us

e,

avoi

d p

laci

ng t

he c

harg

er o

r b

atte

ry p

ack

in a

war

m e

nviro

nmen

t su

ch a

s in

a m

etal

she

d o

r an

uni

nsul

ated

tra

iler.

3.

A c

old

bat

tery

pac

k w

ill ch

arge

at

abou

t ha

lf th

e ra

te o

f a

war

m

bat

tery

pac

k. T

he b

atte

ry p

ack

will

char

ge a

t th

at s

low

er r

ate

thro

ugho

ut

the

entir

e ch

argi

ng

cycl

e an

d

will

not

retu

rn

to

max

imum

cha

rge

rate

eve

n if

the

bat

tery

pac

k w

arm

s.

4. If

the

bat

tery

pac

k d

oes

not

char

ge p

rop

erly

:

a.

Che

ck o

per

atio

n of

rec

epta

cle

by

plu

ggin

g in

a la

mp

or

othe

r ap

plia

nce;

9

English

A.

Trig

ger

switc

h H

. S

ide

hand

le B

. Fo

rwar

d/r

ever

se c

ontr

ol b

utto

n I.

Bat

tery

pac

k C

. W

orkl

ight

J.

Bat

tery

rel

ease

but

ton

D.

Chu

ck

K.

Bel

t ho

ok E

. To

rque

ad

just

men

t co

llar

L. B

it cl

ip F

. M

ode

cont

rol c

olla

r M

. S

crew

G.

Gea

r sh

ifter

Vari

able

Speed T

rigger

Sw

itch (Fig

. 2)

To t

urn

the

tool

on,

sq

ueez

e th

e tr

igge

r sw

itch

(A).

To t

urn

the

tool

of

f, re

leas

e th

e tr

igge

r sw

itch.

You

r to

ol is

eq

uip

ped

with

a b

rake

. Th

e ch

uck

will

stop

as

soon

as

the

trig

ger

switc

h is

fully

rel

ease

d.

NO

TE

: C

ontin

uous

use

in v

aria

ble

sp

eed

ran

ge is

not

rec

omm

end

ed.

It m

ay d

amag

e th

e sw

itch

and

sho

uld

be

avoi

ded

.

Sid

e H

andle

(Fig

. 2)

WA

RN

ING

: To

re

duce

the

risk

of

pers

onal

inju

ry,

ALW

AY

S

op

era

te t

he t

ool w

ith t

he s

ide h

and

le p

rop

erly

insta

lled

. Failu

re t

o d

o

so m

ay

result i

n t

he s

ide h

and

le s

lipp

ing d

uring t

ool

op

era

tion a

nd

sub

seq

uent

loss o

f contr

ol.

Hold

tool

with b

oth

hand

s t

o m

axi

miz

e

contr

ol.

Sid

e ha

ndle

(H) c

lam

ps to

the

front

of t

he g

ear c

ase

and

may

be

rota

ted

36

0° t

o p

erm

it rig

ht-

or le

ft-ha

nd u

se.

Sid

e ha

ndle

mus

t b

e tig

hten

ed

suffi

cien

tly to

resi

st th

e tw

istin

g ac

tion

of th

e to

ol if

the

acce

ssor

y b

ind

s or

sta

lls. B

e su

re to

grip

the

sid

e ha

ndle

at t

he fa

r end

to c

ontr

ol th

e to

ol

dur

ing

a st

all.

If m

odel

is n

ot e

quip

ped

with

sid

e ha

ndle

, gr

ip d

rill w

ith o

ne h

and

on

the

hand

le a

nd o

ne h

and

on

the

bat

tery

pac

k.N

OT

E: S

ide

hand

le c

omes

eq

uip

ped

on

bot

h m

odel

s.

NO

TE

: B

atte

ry p

acks

sho

uld

not

be

stor

ed c

omp

lete

ly d

eple

ted

of

char

ge.

The

bat

tery

pac

k w

ill ne

ed t

o b

e re

char

ged

bef

ore

use.

SA

VE

TH

ESE

IN

STR

UC

TIO

NS

FO

R F

UTU

RE

USE

CO

MP

ON

EN

TS (Fig

. 2)

WA

RN

ING

: N

eve

r m

od

ify t

he p

ow

er

tool o

r any

part

of it. D

am

age

or

pers

onal in

jury

could

result.

E

CDF

A

B

FIG

. 2

G

H

I

J

M

K

L

M

10

English

SC

RE

WD

RIV

ING

(F

IG.

4)

Rot

ate

the

mod

e co

ntro

l co

llar

(F)

so t

he s

crew

sym

bol

is

alig

ned

w

ith t

he a

rrow

.N

OT

E: Th

e to

rque

ad

just

men

t col

lar

may

be

set t

o an

y nu

mb

er a

t any

tim

e. H

owev

er,

the

torq

ue a

dju

stm

ent

colla

r is

onl

y en

gage

d d

urin

g sc

rew

driv

ing

mod

e an

d n

ot in

dril

l and

ham

mer

dril

l mod

es.

HA

MM

ER

DR

ILL

ING

(F

IG.

5)

CA

UT

ION

: W

hen t

he m

od

e c

olla

r is

in t

he d

rill/

ham

merd

rill

mod

e,

the d

rill

will n

ot

clu

tch o

ut

regard

less o

f th

e p

ositio

n o

f th

e t

orq

ue

ad

justm

ent

colla

r (E

).

Rot

ate

the

mod

e co

ntro

l col

lar

(F)

so t

he h

amm

er s

ymb

ol is

alig

ned

w

ith t

he a

rrow

.N

OT

E:

The

torq

ue a

dju

stm

ent

colla

r (E

) may

be

set

on a

ny n

umb

er.

E F G

SC

RE

WD

RIV

ING

H

AM

ME

RD

RIL

LIN

G

DR

ILLI

NG

E F G

FIG

. 5

FIG

. 4

FIG

. 3

Forw

ard

/Revers

e C

ontr

ol B

utt

on (Fig

. 2)

A f

orw

ard

/rev

erse

con

trol

but

ton

(B)

det

erm

ines

the

dire

ctio

n of

the

to

ol a

nd a

lso

serv

es a

s a

lock

-off

but

ton.

To s

elec

t fo

rwar

d r

otat

ion,

rel

ease

the

trig

ger

switc

h an

d d

epre

ss t

he

for w

ard

/re v

erse

con

trol

but

ton

on t

he r

ight

sid

e of

the

too

l.To

sel

ect

reve

rse,

rel

ease

the

trig

ger

switc

h an

d d

epre

ss t

he fo

rwar

d/

reve

rse

cont

rol b

utto

n on

the

left

sid

e of

the

too

l. Th

e ce

nter

pos

ition

of

the

cont

rol

but

ton

lock

s th

e to

ol i

n th

e O

FF

pos

ition

. W

hen

chan

ging

the

pos

ition

of

the

cont

rol b

utto

n, b

e su

re

the

trig

ger

is r

elea

sed

. N

OT

E:

The

first

tim

e th

e to

ol i

s ru

n af

ter

chan

ging

the

dire

ctio

n of

ro

tatio

n, y

ou m

ay h

ear

a cl

ick

on s

tart

up

. Thi

s is

nor

mal

and

doe

s no

t in

dic

ate

a p

rob

lem

.

Work

light

(Fig

. 2)

Ther

e is

a w

orkl

ight

(C

) lo

cate

d ju

st a

bov

e th

e tr

igge

r sw

itch

(A).

The

wor

klig

ht i

s ac

tivat

ed w

hen

the

trig

ger

switc

h is

dep

ress

ed,

and

will

auto

mat

ical

ly t

urn

off

20 s

econ

ds

afte

r th

e tr

igge

r sw

itch

is r

elea

sed

. If

the

trig

ger

switc

h re

mai

ns d

epre

ssed

, th

e w

orkl

ight

will

rem

ain

on.

NO

TE

: The

wor

klig

ht is

for

light

ing

the

imm

edia

te w

ork

surfa

ce a

nd is

no

t in

tend

ed t

o b

e us

ed a

s a

flash

light

.

Mode C

ontr

ol C

ollar

(Fig

. 3–5)

Your

dril

l is

equi

pp

ed w

ith a

sep

arat

e m

ode

cont

rol c

olla

r (F

) to

switc

h b

etw

een

dril

ling,

scr

ewd

rivin

g an

d h

amm

erd

rillin

g m

ode.

DR

ILL

ING

(F

IG.

3)

CA

UT

ION

: W

hen t

he m

od

e c

olla

r is

in t

he d

rill/

ham

merd

rill

mod

e,

the d

rill

will n

ot

clu

tch o

ut

regard

less o

f th

e p

ositio

n o

f th

e t

orq

ue

ad

justm

ent

colla

r (E

).

Rot

ate

the

mod

e co

ntro

l col

lar

(F)

so t

he d

rill s

ymb

ol is

alig

ned

with

th

e ar

row

.N

OT

E:

The

torq

ue a

dju

stm

ent

colla

r (E

) may

be

set

on a

ny n

umb

er.

11

English

2.

Gra

sp t

he b

lack

sle

eve

of t

he c

huck

(D

) w

ith o

ne h

and

and

use

th

e ot

her

hand

to s

ecur

e th

e to

ol a

s sh

own

in F

igur

e 6.

Rot

ate

the

slee

ve c

ount

ercl

ockw

ise

(as

view

ed f

rom

the

fro

nt)

far

enou

gh t

o ac

cep

t th

e d

esire

d a

cces

sory

.

3. In

sert

the

acc

esso

ry a

bou

t 3/

4" (

19 m

m)

into

the

chu

ck a

nd

tight

en s

ecur

ely

by

rota

ting

the

chuc

k sl

eeve

clo

ckw

ise

with

one

ha

nd w

hile

hol

din

g th

e to

ol w

ith th

e ot

her

hand

. Con

tinue

to ro

tate

th

e ch

uck

slee

ve u

ntil

seve

ral r

atch

et c

licks

are

hea

rd to

ens

ure

full

grip

pin

g p

ower

.B

e su

re t

o tig

hten

chu

ck w

ith o

ne h

and

on

the

chuc

k sl

eeve

and

one

ha

nd h

old

ing

the

tool

for

max

imum

tig

htne

ss.

To r

elea

se t

he a

cces

sory

, rep

eat

Ste

ps 1

and

2 a

bove

.

D

FIG

. 6

FIG

. 7

FIG

. 8

Belt

Hook a

nd B

it C

lip (O

pti

onal

Accessori

es) (F

ig. 2)

WA

RN

ING

: To

re

du

ce

th

e

risk

of

se

rio

us

pe

rso

na

l in

jury

, tu

rn t

oo

l o

ff a

nd

dis

co

nn

ect

ba

tte

ry p

ack b

efo

re m

akin

g a

ny

ad

justm

en

ts o

r re

mo

vin

g/i

nsta

llin

g a

tta

ch

me

nts

or a

cce

sso

rie

s.

WA

RN

ING

: To

re

du

ce

th

e r

isk o

f se

rio

us p

ers

on

al

inju

ry,

DO

N

OT

susp

end

tool ove

rhead

or

susp

end

ob

jects

fro

m t

he b

elt h

ook.

O

NLY

hang t

ool’s

belt h

ook

from

a w

ork

belt.

Torq

ue A

dju

stm

ent

Collar

(Fig

. 3–5)

Your

too

l has

an

adju

stab

le t

orq

ue s

crew

driv

er m

echa

nism

for

driv

ing

and

rem

ovin

g a

wid

e ar

ray

of f

aste

ner

shap

es a

nd s

izes

. C

irclin

g th

e to

rque

ad

just

men

t co

llar

(E) a

re n

umb

ers.

The

se n

umb

ers

are

used

to

set

the

clut

ch t

o d

eliv

er a

tor

que

ran

ge. T

he h

ighe

r th

e nu

mb

er o

n th

e co

llar,

the

high

er t

he t

orq

ue a

nd t

he la

rger

the

fas

tene

r w

hich

can

be

driv

en.

To s

elec

t an

y of

the

num

ber

s, r

otat

e un

til t

he d

esire

d n

umb

er

alig

ns w

ith t

he a

rrow

.

Thre

e-S

peed G

eari

ng (Fig

. 3–5)

The

thre

e-sp

eed

feat

ure

of y

our t

ool a

llow

s yo

u to

shi

ft ge

ars

for g

reat

er

vers

atilit

y. T

o se

lect

sp

eed

1 (h

ighe

st to

rque

set

ting)

, tur

n th

e to

ol o

ff an

d

per

mit

it to

sto

p.

Slid

e th

e ge

ar s

hifte

r (G

) all

the

way

for

war

d.

Sp

eed

2

(mid

dle

tor

que

and

sp

eed

set

ting)

is in

the

mid

dle

pos

ition

. S

pee

d 3

(h

ighe

st s

pee

d se

ttin

g) is

to th

e re

ar.

NO

TE

: D

o no

t ch

ange

gea

rs w

hen

the

tool

is r

unni

ng.

Alw

ays

allo

w

the

drill

to c

ome

to a

com

ple

te s

top

bef

ore

chan

ging

gea

rs. I

f you

hav

e tr

oub

le c

hang

ing

gear

s, m

ake

sure

tha

t th

e ge

ar s

hifte

r is

eng

aged

in

one

of th

e th

ree

spee

d s

ettin

gs.

Keyle

ss S

ingle

Sle

eve C

huck (Fig

. 6–8)

WA

RN

ING

: D

o

not

att

em

pt

to

tighte

n

drill

bits

(or

any

oth

er

accessory

) b

y grip

pin

g t

he f

ront

part

of

the c

huck

and

turn

ing t

he

tool o

n. D

am

age t

o t

he c

huck

and

pers

onal i

nju

ry m

ay

result. A

lways

lo

ck

off t

rigger

sw

itch a

nd

dis

connect

tool fr

om

pow

er

sourc

e w

hen

changin

g a

cces sories.

WA

RN

ING

: A

lways

ensure

the b

it i

s s

ecure

befo

re s

tart

ing t

he

tool.

A lo

ose b

it m

ay

eje

ct

from

tool c

ausin

g p

ossib

le p

ers

onal i

nju

ry.

Your

too

l fe

atur

es a

key

less

chu

ck w

ith o

ne r

otat

ing

slee

ve f

or o

ne-

hand

ed o

per

atio

n of

the

chu

ck.

To in

sert

a d

rill b

it or

oth

er a

cces

sory

, fo

llow

the

se s

tep

s.

1. T

urn

tool

off

and

dis

conn

ect

tool

from

pow

er s

ourc

e.

12

English

FIG

. 9

J

I

FU

EL

GA

UG

E B

AT

TE

RY

PA

CK

S (

FIG

. 10)

Som

e D

EW

ALT

bat

tery

pac

ks in

clud

e a

fuel

gau

ge w

hich

con

sist

s of

th

ree

gree

n LE

D l

ight

s th

at i

ndic

ate

the

leve

l of

cha

rge

rem

aini

ng i

n th

e b

atte

ry p

ack.

To

act

uate

the

fue

l gau

ge,

pre

ss a

nd h

old

the

fue

l gau

ge b

utto

n (N

). A

com

bin

atio

n of

the

thr

ee g

reen

LE

D li

ghts

will

illum

inat

e d

esig

natin

g th

e le

vel o

f cha

rge

left.

Whe

n th

e le

vel o

f cha

rge

in th

e b

atte

ry is

bel

ow

the

usab

le li

mit,

the

fue

l gau

ge w

ill no

t illu

min

ate

and

the

bat

tery

will

need

to

be

rech

arge

d.

N

FIG

. 10

WA

RN

ING

: To

re

du

ce

th

e

risk

of

se

rio

us

pe

rso

na

l in

jury

, e

nsu

re t

he

scre

w h

old

ing

th

e b

elt

ho

ok is s

ecu

re.

IMP

OR

TA

NT: W

hen

atta

chin

g or

rep

laci

ng th

e b

elt h

ook

(K) o

r b

it cl

ip

(L),

use

only

the

scre

w (M

) tha

t is

pro

vid

ed. B

e su

re to

sec

urel

y tig

hten

th

e sc

rew

.Th

e b

elt

hook

(K) a

nd b

it cl

ip (L

) can

be

be

atta

ched

to

eith

er s

ide

of

the

tool

usi

ng o

nly

the

scre

w (

M)

pro

vid

ed,

to a

ccom

mod

ate

left-

or

right

- ha

nded

use

rs.

If th

e ho

ok o

r b

it cl

ip is

not

des

ired

at

all,

it ca

n b

e re

mov

ed fr

om t

he t

ool.

To m

ove

bel

t ho

ok o

r b

it cl

ip,

rem

ove

the

scre

w (

M)

that

hol

ds

it in

p

lace

the

n re

asse

mb

le o

n th

e op

pos

ite s

ide.

Be

sure

to

secu

rely

tig

hten

the

scr

ew.

OP

ER

ATIO

NW

AR

NIN

G:

To

re

du

ce

th

e

risk

of

se

rio

us

pe

rso

na

l in

jury

, tu

rn to

ol

off

a

nd

d

isco

nn

ect

too

l fr

om

p

ow

er

so

urc

e b

efo

re

ma

kin

g a

ny a

dju

stm

en

ts o

r re

mo

vin

g/i

nsta

llin

g a

tta

ch

me

nts

o

r a

cce

sso

rie

s.

Insta

llin

g a

nd R

em

ovin

g t

he B

att

ery P

ack

(Fig

. 9)

NO

TE

: Fo

r b

est

resu

lts,

mak

e su

re y

our

bat

tery

pac

k is

fully

cha

rged

. To

inst

all t

he b

atte

ry p

ack

(I) in

to th

e to

ol h

and

le, a

lign

the

bat

tery

pac

k w

ith t

he r

ails

insi

de

the

tool

’s h

and

le a

nd s

lide

it in

to t

he h

and

le u

ntil

the

bat

tery

pac

k is

firm

ly s

eate

d in

the

tool

and

ens

ure

that

it d

oes

not

dis

enga

ge.

To r

emov

e th

e b

atte

ry p

ack

from

the

too

l, p

ress

the

rel

ease

but

ton

(J)

and

firm

ly p

ull t

he b

atte

ry p

ack

out

of t

he t

ool h

and

le. I

nser

t it

into

the

ch

arge

r as

des

crib

ed in

the

cha

rger

sec

tion

of t

his

man

ual.

13

English

6.

To

min

imiz

e st

allin

g or

b

reak

ing

thro

ugh

the

mat

eria

l, re

duc

e p

ress

ure

on d

rill a

nd e

ase

the

bit

thro

ugh

the

last

frac

tiona

l par

t of

th

e ho

le.

7.

Kee

p t

he m

otor

run

ning

whe

n p

ullin

g th

e b

it b

ack

out

of a

dril

led

ho

le.

This

will

help

pre

vent

jam

min

g.

Scre

wdri

vin

g (Fig

. 4)

1.

Sel

ect t

he d

esire

d s

pee

d/t

orq

ue r

ange

usi

ng th

e th

ree-

spee

d g

ear

shift

er (G

) on

the

top

of t

he t

ool t

o m

atch

the

sp

eed

and

tor

que

to

the

pla

nned

ap

plic

atio

n. In

itial

ly s

et th

e to

rque

ad

just

men

t col

lar (

E)

at a

low

er s

ettin

g to

ens

ure

the

fast

ener

is s

et to

you

r sp

ecifi

catio

n.

N

OT

E: U

se th

e lo

wes

t tor

que

set

ting

req

uire

d to

sea

t the

fast

ener

at

the

des

ired

dep

th.

The

low

er t

he n

umb

er,

the

low

er t

he t

orq

ue

outp

ut.

2.

Rot

ate

the

mod

e co

ntro

l col

lar

(F) s

o th

e sc

rew

sym

bol

is a

ligne

d

with

the

arr

ow.

3.

Mak

e a

few

pra

ctic

e ru

ns in

scr

ap o

r uns

een

area

s of

the

wor

kpie

ce

to d

eter

min

e th

e p

rop

er p

ositi

on o

f th

e to

rque

ad

just

men

t co

llar.

Res

et t

he t

orq

ue a

dju

stm

ent

colla

r (E

) to

the

ap

pro

pria

te n

umb

er

sett

ing

for

the

torq

ue d

esire

d.

4.

Alw

ays

star

t w

ith l

ower

tor

que

set

tings

, th

en a

dva

nce

to h

ighe

r to

rque

set

tings

to

avoi

d d

amag

e to

the

wor

kpie

ce o

r fa

sten

er.

NO

TE

: Th

e to

rque

ad

just

men

t col

lar

may

be

set t

o an

y nu

mb

er a

t any

tim

e. H

owev

er,

the

torq

ue a

dju

stm

ent

colla

r is

onl

y en

gage

d d

urin

g sc

rew

driv

ing

mod

e an

d n

ot in

dril

l and

ham

mer

dril

l mod

es.

Ham

merd

rillin

g (Fig

. 5)

1.

Sel

ect

the

des

ired

sp

eed

/tor

que

ran

ge u

sing

the

gea

r sh

ifter

to

mat

ch t

he s

pee

d a

nd t

orq

ue t

o th

e p

lann

ed o

per

atio

n. S

et t

he

mod

e co

ntro

l col

lar

to t

he h

amm

er s

ymb

ol.

IMP

OR

TA

NT:

Use

ca

rbid

e-tip

ped

or

m

ason

ry

bits

ra

ted

fo

r p

ercu

ssio

n d

rillin

g on

ly.

NO

TE

: Th

e fu

el g

auge

is o

nly

an in

dic

atio

n of

the

cha

rge

left

on t

he

bat

tery

pac

k. I

t d

oes

not

ind

icat

e to

ol f

unct

iona

lity

and

is

sub

ject

to

varia

tion

bas

ed o

n p

rod

uct

com

pon

ents

, te

mp

erat

ure

and

end

-use

r ap

plic

atio

n.Fo

r m

ore

info

rmat

ion

rega

rdin

g fu

el g

auge

bat

tery

pac

ks,

ple

ase

call

1-80

0-4-

DEW

ALT

(1-8

00-4

33-9

258)

or

visi

t ou

r w

ebsi

te w

ww

.dew

alt.

com

.

Dri

llin

g (Fig

. 3)

NO

TIC

E:

If d

rilling th

in m

ate

rial,

use a w

ood

“b

ack-

up

” b

lock

to

pre

vent

dam

age t

o t

he m

ate

rial.

1.

Sel

ect

the

des

ired

sp

eed

/tor

que

ran

ge u

sing

the

gea

r sh

ifter

to

mat

ch t

he s

pee

d a

nd t

orq

ue t

o th

e p

lann

ed o

per

atio

n. S

et t

he

mod

e co

ntro

l col

lar

to t

he d

rill s

ymb

ol.

2.

Use

sha

rp d

rill b

its o

nly.

For

MA

SO

NR

Y, s

uch

as b

rick,

cem

ent,

ci

nder

blo

ck,

etc.

, us

e ca

rbid

e-tip

ped

bits

rat

ed f

or p

ercu

ssio

n d

rillin

g.

3. A

lway

s ap

ply

pre

ssur

e in

a s

trai

ght

line

with

the

bit.

Use

eno

ugh

pre

ssur

e to

kee

p t

he d

rill b

it b

iting

, b

ut d

o no

t p

ush

hard

eno

ugh

to s

tall

the

mot

or o

r d

efle

ct t

he b

it.

4. H

old

too

l firm

ly w

ith b

oth

hand

s to

con

trol

the

tw

istin

g ac

tion

of

the

dril

l. If

mod

el is

not

eq

uipp

ed w

ith s

ide

hand

le, g

rip d

rill w

ith o

ne

hand

on

the

hand

le a

nd o

ne h

and

on

the

batt

ery

pack

. W

AR

NIN

G:

Drill

may

sta

ll if

ove

rload

ed

causin

g a

sud

den t

wis

t.

Alw

ays

exp

ect

the s

tall.

Grip

the d

rill

firm

ly t

o c

ontr

ol

the t

wis

ting

action a

nd

avo

id inju

ry.

5.

IF D

RIL

L S

TA

LL

S,

it is

usu

ally

bec

ause

it is

bei

ng o

verlo

aded

. R

EL

EA

SE

TR

IGG

ER

IM

ME

DIA

TE

LY, r

emov

e d

rill b

it fro

m w

ork,

an

d d

eter

min

e ca

use

of s

tallin

g. D

O N

OT

DE

PR

ES

S T

RIG

GE

R

OF

F A

ND

ON

IN

AN

AT

TE

MP

T T

O S

TA

RT

A S

TA

LL

ED

DR

ILL

– T

HIS

CA

N D

AM

AG

E T

HE

DR

ILL

.

14

English

2.

Dril

l w

ith

just

en

ough

fo

rce

on

the

ham

mer

to

ke

ep

it fro

m

bou

ncin

g ex

cess

ivel

y or

“ris

ing”

off

the

bit.

Too

muc

h fo

rce

will

caus

e sl

ower

dril

ling

spee

ds,

ove

rhea

ting,

and

a lo

wer

dril

ling

rate

.

3. D

rill s

trai

ght,

keep

ing

the

bit

at a

rig

ht a

ngle

to

the

wor

k. D

o no

t ex

ert

sid

e p

ress

ure

on t

he b

it w

hen

dril

ling

as t

his

will

caus

e cl

oggi

ng o

f the

bit

flute

s an

d a

slo

wer

dril

ling

spee

d.

4.

Whe

n d

rillin

g d

eep

hol

es,

if th

e ha

mm

er s

pee

d s

tart

s to

dro

p o

ff,

pul

l the

bit

par

tially

out

of t

he h

ole

with

the

too

l stil

l run

ning

to

help

cl

ear

deb

ris fr

om t

he h

ole.

NO

TE

: A

sm

ooth

, ev

en f

low

of

dus

t fro

m t

he h

ole

ind

icat

es p

rop

er

dril

ling

rate

.

MA

INTE

NA

NC

EW

AR

NIN

G:

To

re

du

ce

th

e

risk

of

se

rio

us

pe

rso

na

l in

jury

, tu

rn to

ol

off

a

nd

d

isco

nn

ect

too

l fr

om

p

ow

er

so

urc

e b

efo

re

ma

kin

g a

ny a

dju

stm

en

ts o

r re

mo

vin

g/i

nsta

llin

g a

tta

ch

me

nts

o

r a

cce

sso

rie

s.

Cle

anin

gW

AR

NIN

G:

Blo

w

dirt

and

d

ust

out

of

all

air

vents

w

ith

cle

an,

dry

air at

least

once a w

eek.

To

m

inim

ize th

e risk

of

eye

in

jury

, alw

ays

w

ear

AN

SI

Z87.1

ap

pro

ved

eye

p

rote

ction

when

perf

orm

ing t

his

.

WA

RN

ING

: N

eve

r use

solv

ents

or

oth

er

hars

h

chem

icals

fo

r cle

anin

g th

e non-m

eta

llic p

art

s of

the to

ol.

These chem

icals

m

ay

weake

n

the

pla

stic

mate

rials

used

in

th

ese

part

s.

Use

a

clo

th

dam

pened

only

with w

ate

r and

mild

soap

. N

eve

r le

t any

liquid

get

insi

de t

he t

ool;

neve

r im

mers

e a

ny

part

of th

e t

ool i

nto

a li

quid

.

CH

AR

GE

R C

LE

AN

ING

IN

ST

RU

CT

ION

S

WA

RN

ING

: S

hock

haza

rd.

Dis

connect

the c

harg

er

from

the A

C

outlet

befo

re c

leanin

g.

Dirt

and

gre

ase m

ay

be r

em

ove

d f

rom

the

ext

erior

of

the c

harg

er

usin

g a

clo

th o

r soft n

on-m

eta

llic b

rush.

Do

not

use w

ate

r or

any

cle

anin

g s

olu

tions.

Accessori

es

WA

RN

ING

: S

ince

accesso

ries,

oth

er

than

tho

se

offere

d

by

DEW

ALT

, have

not

been

teste

d

with

this

p

rod

uct,

use

of

such

accessories w

ith t

his

tool could

be h

aza

rdous.

To r

ed

uce t

he r

isk

of

inju

ry,

only

DEW

ALT

recom

mend

ed

accessories s

hould

be u

sed

with

this

pro

duct.

Rec

omm

end

ed a

cces

sorie

s fo

r us

e w

ith y

our

tool

are

ava

ilab

le a

t ex

tra

cost

fro

m y

our

loca

l ser

vice

cen

ter.

If yo

u ne

ed a

ny a

ssis

tanc

e in

loca

ting

any

acce

ssor

y, p

leas

e co

ntac

t D

EW

ALT

Ind

ustr

ial T

ool C

o.,

701

Eas

t Jo

pp

a R

oad

, B

altim

ore,

MD

212

86,

call

1-80

0-4-

DEW

ALT

(1

-800

-433

-925

8) o

r vi

sit

our

web

site

: w

ww

.dew

alt.c

om.

MA

XIM

UM

RE

CO

MM

EN

DE

D C

AP

AC

ITIE

S

DC

D980

D

CD

985

WO

OD

Aug

er1-

1/4"

(32

mm

)1-

1/4"

(32

mm

)

Pad

dle

1-1/

2" (3

8 m

m)

1-1/

2" (3

8 m

m)

Twis

t1/

2" (1

3 m

m)

1/2"

(13

mm

)

Sel

f-fe

ed2-

9/16

" (6

5 m

m)

2-9/

16"

(65

mm

)

Hol

e sa

w4"

(100

mm

)4"

(100

mm

)

ME

TA

L

Twis

t1/

2" (1

3 m

m)

1/2"

(13

mm

)

Hol

e sa

w1-

3/8"

(35

mm

)1-

3/8"

(35

mm

)

MA

SO

NR

Y

Car

bid

e–

1/2"

(13

mm

)

15

English

Repair

sTh

e ch

arge

r an

d b

atte

ry p

ack

are

not

serv

icea

ble

. Th

ere

are

no

serv

icea

ble

par

ts in

sid

e th

e ch

arge

r or

bat

tery

pac

k.

To a

ssur

e p

rod

uct

SA

FETY

and

RE

LIA

BIL

ITY,

rep

airs

, m

aint

enan

ce

and

ad

just

men

ts (i

nclu

din

g b

rush

insp

ectio

n an

d r

epla

cem

ent)

shou

ld

be

per

form

ed

by

a D

EW

ALT

fa

ctor

y se

rvic

e ce

nter

, a

DEW

ALT

au

thor

ized

ser

vice

cen

ter

or o

ther

qua

lifie

d s

ervi

ce p

erso

nnel

. A

lway

s us

e id

entic

al r

epla

cem

ent

par

ts.

Thre

e Y

ear

Lim

ited W

arr

anty

DEW

ALT

will

rep

air,

with

out c

harg

e, a

ny d

efec

ts d

ue to

faul

ty m

ater

ials

or

wor

kman

ship

for

thr

ee y

ears

fro

m t

he d

ate

of p

urch

ase.

Thi

s w

arra

nty

doe

s no

t cov

er p

art f

ailu

re d

ue to

nor

mal

wea

r or

tool

ab

use.

Fo

r fur

ther

det

ail o

f war

rant

y co

vera

ge a

nd w

arra

nty

rep

air i

nfor

mat

ion,

vi

sit

ww

w.d

ewal

t.com

or

ca

ll 1-

800-

4-D

EW

ALT

(1

-800

-433

-925

8).

This

war

rant

y d

oes

not a

pp

ly to

acc

esso

ries

or d

amag

e ca

used

whe

re

rep

airs

hav

e b

een

mad

e or

att

emp

ted

by

othe

rs.

This

war

rant

y gi

ves

you

spec

ific

lega

l rig

hts

and

you

may

hav

e ot

her

right

s w

hich

var

y in

ce

rtai

n st

ates

or

pro

vinc

es.

In a

dd

ition

to

the

war

rant

y, D

EW

ALT

too

ls a

re c

over

ed b

y ou

r:

1 Y

EA

R F

RE

E S

ER

VIC

E

DEW

ALT

will

mai

ntai

n th

e to

ol a

nd r

epla

ce w

orn

par

ts c

ause

d b

y no

rmal

use

, fo

r fre

e, a

ny t

ime

dur

ing

the

first

yea

r af

ter

pur

chas

e.

2 Y

EA

RS

FR

EE

SE

RV

ICE

ON

DEW

ALT

BA

TT

ER

Y P

AC

KS

DC

9071

, D

C90

91,

DC

9096

, D

C92

80,

DC

9360

, D

C91

80,

DC

B12

0 an

d D

CB

201

3 Y

EA

RS

FR

EE

SE

RV

ICE

ON

DEW

ALT

BA

TT

ER

Y P

AC

KS

DC

B20

0

DEW

ALT

BA

TT

ER

Y P

AC

KS

Pro

duc

t w

arra

nty

void

ed if

the

bat

tery

pac

k is

tam

per

ed w

ith in

any

w

ay.

DEW

ALT

is

not

resp

onsi

ble

for

any

inj

ury

caus

ed b

y ta

mp

erin

g an

d m

ay p

rose

cute

war

rant

y fra

ud t

o th

e fu

llest

ext

ent

per

mitt

ed b

y la

w.

90 D

AY

MO

NE

Y B

AC

K G

UA

RA

NT

EE

If yo

u ar

e no

t co

mp

lete

ly

satis

fied

w

ith

the

per

form

ance

of

yo

ur

DEW

ALT

Pow

er T

ool,

Lase

r, or

Nai

ler

for

any

reas

on,

you

can

retu

rn it

w

ithin

90

day

s fro

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