In case of the present invention, a microcomputer (271) controls a
charging mode changeover switch (275) and connects the switch to a
terminal (275d) to change the terminal (275d) to an initial charging mode
power source (278). In this case, the microcomputer (271) requests the
information on the charging capacity stored in a microcomputer (252) as
charging information, the charging voltage measured by a voltage detector
(258) and a standard charging capacity and obtains the information
through a communication circuits (254) and (272). The microcomputer (271)
obtains an actual charging capacity in accordance with a received
measured charging voltage, compares the actual charging capacity with a
stored charging capacity, and updates the actual charging capacity to
zero when the comparison result is equal to or larger than a threshold
value and the charging voltage is equal to or less than another threshold
value. According to the present invention, a charging capacity is
correctly corrected.