Routine Maintenance
Electrical System
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Note: The machine has a 12 Volt electrical system. Using
a booster (slave) supply with a higher voltage will damage
the machine's electrical system. The negative (-) terminal
on the battery is connected to frame earth.
!MDANGER
Before lowering the attachments to the ground, make
sure that the machine and the area around it are clear
of other people. Anyone on or close to the machine
could fall and be crushed by the attachments, or get
caught in the linkages.
2-2-3-4
1 Lower the attachments to the ground.
Lower the excavator bucket and dozer to the ground,
if they are not already there. They will lower
themselves under their own weight when you operate
the control. Operate the control carefully to control the
rate of descent.
2 Set all switches in the cab to 'OFF'.
3 Get access to the battery. K
Battery
Access ( T 212).
4 Connect the booster cables.
a Connect the positive booster cable to the positive
(+) terminal on the machine battery. Connect the
other end of this cable to the positive (+) terminal
of the booster supply.
b Connect the negative (-) booster cable to a good
frame earth on the machine, away from and below
the battery.
Note: A good frame earth is part of the machine frame,
free from paint and dirt. Do not use a pivot pin for an earth.
c connect the other end of this cable to the negative
(-) terminal on the booster supply.
5 Do the pre-start checks.
6 Start the engine.
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