Charge Time for 5312 Lantern - Coleman Retro Rechargeable Battery Powered Lantern Family Size

Read page 3 of the manual.
The red light is on when charging, it does not change colour but goes off when not charging. It will take up to 18 hours to charge for 9 hours of use on low.
12V Lead acid battery should be kept charged all the time, even when in storage.

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Since the red led comes on it proves that the charger is working but since it is not able to charge the battery I would say that the battery is bad.

Charge time is 18hrs. If you left it on and it was flat, imediately charge for 40hrs.
heres the manual.
http://r1.coleman.com/Manuals/5312R.pdf

The adapter need to match the charge voltage requirements of the battery in the Swissgear lantern.
This voltage maybe written on a label on the lantern.
i suggest go to the shop where you purchased the lantern for the charge adapter.

I think the switch can be replaced. Here on amazon you can purchase parts: Amazon com Coleman retro parts I hope this helped. Cheers

Brentonb, In the event that you don't get a direct answer (which is likely, since this is a pretty obscure question) I suggest you troubleshoot it this way. Remove the bad battery. Use the charging device that came with the lantern and wire it temporarily to the device in place of the battery. This will supply the correct voltage, but takes the possibly shorted battery out of the circuit. If you are certain you have the polarity correct and you know that the charger works, then you have your answer. good luck.

You most likely need a new battery, you can purchase one from Black and Decker, here is the link
http://www.dewaltservicenet.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=68217&tid=15945