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Care & Maintenance
Battery Safety
• Regularcleaning,maintenance,methodforkeepingtoolssharp,andlubrication,chargeat
leastonceeverythreemonths.
• Donotattempttorepairtheproductbyyourself;onlyaqualifiedtechnicianorthe
professionalcanrepairit.Pleasecontactcustomerserviceifneeded.
• Listofuser-replaceableparts(120°Schrader/PrestaValveandChargingCable).
• Specialtoolsmayberequired,donotdisassembleandrepairbyyourself.
• Donotdismantle,openorshredcells.Batteriesshouldbedismantledonlybytrained
personnel.Multi-cellbatterycasesshouldbedesignedsothattheycanbeopenedonlywith
theaidofatool.
• Compartmentsshouldbedesignedtopreventeasyaccesstothebatteriesbyyoungchildren.
• Donotshort-circuitacellorbattery.Donotstorecellsorbatterieshaphazardlyinabox
ordrawerwheretheymayshort-circuiteachotherorbeshort-circuitedbyconductive
materials.
• Donotremoveacellorbatteryfromitsoriginalpackaginguntilrequiredforuse.
• Donotexposecellsorbatteriestoheatorfire.Avoidstorageindirectsunlight.
• Donotsubjectcellsorbatteriestomechanicalshock.
• Intheeventofacellleaking,donotallowtheliquidtocomeintocontactwiththeskinor
eyes.Ifcontacthasbeenmade,washtheaffectedareawithcopiousamountsofwaterand
seekmedicaladvice.
• Equipmentshouldbedesignedtoprohibittheincorrectinsertionofcellsorbatteriesand
shouldhaveclearpolaritymarks.Alwaysobservethepolaritymarksonthecell,batteryand
equipmentandensurecorrectuse.
• Donotmixcellsofdifferentmanufacture,capacity,sizeortypewithinabattery.
• Seekmedicaladviceimmediatelyifacellorbatteryhasbeenswallowed.
• Consultthecellorbatterymanufactureronthemaximumnumberofcellswhichmaybe
assembledinabatteryandonthesafestwayinwhichcellsmaybeconnected.
• Adedicatedchargershouldbeprovidedforeachequipment.Completecharginginstructions
shouldbeprovidedforallsecondarycellsandbatteriesofferedforsale.
• Keepcellsandbatteriescleananddry.
• Wipethecellorbatteryterminalswithacleandryclothiftheybecomedirty.
• Secondarycellsandbatteriesneedtobechargedbeforeuse.Alwaysrefertothecellor
batterymanufacturer'sinstructionsandusethecorrectchargingprocedure.
• Donotmaintainsecondarycellsandbatteriesonchargewhennotinuse.
• Afterextendedperiodsofstorage,itmaybenecessarytochargeanddischargethecellsor
batteriesseveraltimestoobtainmaximumperformance.
• Retaintheoriginalcellandbatteryliteratureforfuturereference.
• Whendisposingofsecondarycellsorbatteries,keepcellsorbatteriesofdifferent
electrochemicalsystemsseparatefromeachother.