| 摘要 |
A charging apparatus (20) includes: a charging unit (50) charging a rechargeable battery (10, 30); a fan (53) to send air to the rechargeable battery (10, 30); a control unit (51) adapted to activate the fan (53) when a predetermined cooling-execution condition is satisfied after initiation of charging the rechargeable battery (10, 30) by the charging unit (50) and to deactivate the fan (53) when a predetermined maximum cooling period of time (Tm) is elapsed from completion of charging the rechargeable battery (10, 30) by the charging unit (50) even when the predetermined cooling-execution condition has been satisfied after completion of charging the rechargeable battery (10, 30) by the charging unit (50); an information obtaining unit (51) configured to obtain cooling-performance information that represents coolability of the rechargeable battery (10, 30); and a setting unit (51) configured to set the maximum cooling period of time (Tm) based upon the cooling-performance information obtained by the information obtaining unit (51). |
