Navistar International LT Series - Battery; Maxwell Engine Start Module (ESM)

Operation
Battery
WARNING
Topreventpersonalinjury,and/ordeath,
ordamagetoproperty,keeplightedtobacco,
ames,sparks,orotherignitionsourcesaway
fromthebatteries.Gasfromthebatterycells
isammableandcanigniteand/orexplode,
includingwhenjumpercablesarebeingused.
Inaddition,inhalingthehydrogengasproduced
bythenormaloperationofthebatterycould
resultinpartialorpermanentdamagetothe
respiratorysystem.
WARNING
Topreventpersonalinjury,and/ordeath,or
damagetoproperty,wheneverdisconnecting
batteryterminals,alwaysdisconnectground
terminalrst.Whenreconnecting,always
connectgroundterminallast.Failuretofollow
thisprocedurecouldalsoresultinashortto
ground.
WARNING
Topreventpersonalinjury,and/ordeath,or
damagetoproperty,alwaysweareyeprotection
whenworkingaroundbatteries.DONOTattempt
tojump-startavehiclewithafrozenbattery
becausethebatterymayruptureorexplode.Ifa
frozenbatteryissuspected,thawoutbatteryand
recharge.
WARNING
Topreventpersonalinjury,and/ordeath,or
damagetoproperty,DONOTcheckbattery
conditionbyshorting(ashing)acrossterminals.
Whenworkingaroundtheterminalsandbattery,useextracare
toavoidshorting.Agoodpracticeistouseinsulatedpliersand
screwdrivers.
Maxwell
®
EngineStartModule(ESM)
WARNING
Topreventpersonalinjuryand/ordeath,or
damagetoproperty,DONOTjump-startthe
vehicleusingtheMaxwell
®
EngineStartModule
(ESM).Ahighriskofarcingand/ordamageto
thebatteryorESMcanresultfromattemptingto
jump-startthismodule.
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