RECHARGING DEVICE

A charging apparatus for charging a battery includes: a control unit that obtains information indicating a status of the battery from the battery and controls to permitting or prohibiting charging the battery depending on whether or not the obtained information satisfies a predetermined first condition; a charging detecting unit that detects whether or not the battery is being charged; a charging discontinuing unit that obtains the information indicating the status of the battery from the battery and discontinues charging the battery independently of the control by the control unit to permit or prohibit charging when the obtained information satisfies a predetermined second condition; and a diagnosing unit that inputs diagnostic information satisfying the second condition to the charging discontinuing unit in addition to the information indicating the status of the battery or as a replacement for the information indicating the status of the battery based upon information entered from the control unit.