In the present invention, a battery pack type discriminating or deciding
concave portion (131) is formed at a position corresponding to a battery
pack type deciding switch (214) of an SQ battery pack (1) and when the SQ
battery pack (1) is set, the battery pack type deciding switch (214) is
avoided to be pressed by a bottom (115) of the SQ battery pack (1) owing
to the concave portion (131). In this way, as the switch (214) is avoided
to be pressed, it is recognized that the set battery pack is an SQ
battery pack (1) under charging. Therefore, according to the present
invention, it is possible to identify battery packs among different
charging modes and charging can be performed in a proper charging mode.