Intended Use; Product Features; Operation - Festool T12+3 Guide D'utilisation

Cordless drills are suitable for drilling into metal,
wood, plastics and similar materials as well as in-
serting and tightening screws.
The charger TRC 3 is designed for charging the bat-
tery packs listed.
Your Festool cordless drill has the following prod-
uct features:
– CENTROTEC and FastFix rapid change system
– System battery interface and charger for NiCd/
NiMH and LiIon battery pack
T 12+3: All battery packs listed under "Technical
data" and battery packs compatible with Festool
cordless drills C 12 and TDK can be used (with
max. 12 V).
T 15+3: All battery packs listed under "Technical
data" and battery packs compatible with Festool
Changing the battery pack [2]
The capacity display [1-10] shows the charge sta-
tus of the battery pack. If the capacity display is
flashing the battery pack is empty. The capacity in-
dicator does not work with NiCd and NiMH battery
packs.
Removing the battery pack
Press and hold the two buttons [2-1].
Slide the battery pack forwards to remove.
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Intended use

Product features

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The user bears the responsibility for damage and
accidents caused by improper use; this also in-
cludes damage and wear caused by continuous
use in industry.
cordless drills C 12/ C 15 and TDK can be used
(with max. 15 V).
T 18+3: All battery packs listed under "Technical
data" and battery packs compatible with Festool
cordless drills C 12/ C 15 can be used.
– Fully electronic torque selection and shutoff
– Temperature protection, undervoltage and over-
voltage protection and dynamic current limiting
for protecting the machine and the battery pack
– Brushless, wear-resistant EC motor

Operation

Inserting the battery pack
Slide the battery pack onto the retainer on the
underside of the handle shown in Fig. [2] until it
engages.
All battery packs in the BPS and BPC series can
be used with the Festool cordless drills T12+3,
T15+3 , T18+3. Li-ion Battery packs can also be
used with a lower voltage than that of the cord-
less drill.
When using NiMH or NiCd battery packs, the va-
cant opening can be closed with the blanking
plug [2-2].
Charging the battery pack [3]
The battery pack is delivered partially charged.
Charge the battery pack completely before us-
ing for the first time.
To charge the battery pack, slide all the way
onto the retainer [3-1] on the charger.
To remove, slide off the charged battery pack in
similar fashion.
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