JumpStartingVehicle
Jumpstartingcanbedangerous.Toavoid
personalinjuryordamagetoelectrical
componentsinvehicle,observethefollowing
warnings:
•Neverjumpstartwithavoltagesources
greaterthan15voltsD.C.Thiswilldamage
theelectricalsystem.
•Neverattempttojumpstartadischarged
batterythatisfrozen.Itcouldruptureor
explodeduringjumpstarting.
•Observeallbatterywarningswhilejump
startingyourvehicle.
•Besureyourvehicleisnottouchingthe
jumpstartvehicle.
•Connectingcablestothewrongpostcould
resultinpersonalinjuryand/ordamageto
theelectricalsystem.
1.Loosenknobssecuringbatterycovertobatterybase
andslidecoveroff.
2.Connectajumpercablebetweenthepositiveposts
ofthetwobatteries.Thepositivepostmaybe
identiedbya“+”signontopofbatterycover.
3.Connectoneendoftheotherjumpercabletothe
negativeterminalofthebatteryintheothervehicle.
Thenegativeterminalhas“NEG”onthebattery
cover.Donotconnecttheotherendofthejumper
cabletothenegativepostofthedischargedbattery.
Connectittotheengine.Donotconnectthejumper
cabletothefuelsystem.
4.Starttheengineinthevehicleprovidingthejump
start.Letitrunafewminutes,thenstartyourengine.
5.Removethenegativejumpercablerstfromyour
engine,thenthebatteryintheothervehicle.
6.Reinstallbatterycovertobatterybaseandtighten
knobs.
BatteryCare
ServiceInterval:Every50hours(Every30daysifin
storage)
Every50hours
1.Batteryelectrolytelevelmustbeproperlymaintained
andthetopofthebatterykeptclean.lfthemachine
isstoredinalocationwheretemperaturesare
extremelyhigh,thebatterywillrundownmore
rapidlythanifthemachineisstoredinalocation
wheretemperaturesarecool.
Batteryelectrolytecontainssulfuricacidwhich
isadeadlypoisonandcausessevereburns.
•Donotdrinkelectrolyteandavoidcontact
withskin,eyesorclothing.Wearsafety
glassestoshieldyoureyesandrubbergloves
toprotectyourhands.
•Fillthebatterywherecleanwaterisalways
availableforushingtheskin.
2.Keeptopofbatterycleanbywashingperiodically
withabrushdippedinammoniaorbicarbonateof
sodasolution.Flushthetopsurfacewithwaterafter
cleaning.Donotremovethellcapwhilecleaning.
3.Batterycablesmustbetightonterminalstoprovide
goodelectricalcontact.
4.Ifcorrosionoccursatterminals,removebattery
cover,disconnectcables,negative(–)cablerstand
scrapeclampsandterminalsseparately.Reconnect
cables,positive(+)cablerstandcoatterminals
withpetroleumjelly.
5.Checktheelectrolytelevelevery50operatinghours
or,ifmachineisinstorage,every30days.
6.Maintaincelllevelwithdistilledordemineralized
water.Donotllcellsabovethebottomofthell
ringinsideeachcell.
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