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Wheel Excavator Safety
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FUEL, OIL AND HYDRAULIC FLUID FIRE
HAZARDS
Add fuel, oil, antifreeze and hydraulic fluid to the
machine only in a w ell v entilated ar ea. The
machine m ust be p arked with controls, l ights
and s witches tu rned o ff. The engine mus t b e
"OFF" and a ny f lames, g lowing e mbers,
auxiliary hea ting uni ts or s park-causing
equipment must be do used, t urned " OFF" and/
or kept well clear of the machine.
Static electricity can produce dangerous sparks
at the fuel fi lling nozzle. In very co ld, dry
weather or oth er conditions th at c ould pr oduce
static discharge, keep the tip of the fuel nozzle
in c onstant contact with th e neck o f th e fuel
filling nozzle, to provide a ground.
Keep fuel and other fluid reservoir caps tight and
do not start the eng ine until caps ha ve bee n
secured.
BOOST STARTING OR CHARGING ENGINE
BATTERIES
Turn " OFF" a ll el ectrical e quipment before
connecting leads to the ba ttery. This includes
electrical s witches on t he b attery c harger or
boost starting equipment.
When boost-starting fr om an other mac hine or
vehicle do not allow the two machines to touch.
Wear s afety glasses or g oggles w hile r equired
parallel b attery co nnections – p ositive t o
positive and negative to negative – are made.
24 v olt battery units co nsisting of tw o se ries-
connected tw elve v olt batt eries ha ve a ca ble
connecting one po sitive te rminal o n on e o f th e
12 volt batteries to a negative terminal on the other battery. Booster or charger cable connections must be
made between th e n on-series-connected p ositive terminals and be tween the negative terminal of th e
booster battery and the metal frame of the machine being boosted or charged. Refer to the procedure and
illustration in “Starting Engine Using A Booster Battery” on page 3-8 of this manual.
Connect positive cable first when installing cables and disconnect the negative cable first when removing
them. The final cable connection, at the metal frame of the machine being charged or boost-started, should
be as far away from the batteries as possible.
HAOA120L
Figure 8
HAOA310L
Figure 9
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