Toro 07367 - Servicing the Battery

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1.Battery
4.Starttheengineinthevehicleprovidingthejump
start.Letitrunafewminutes,thenstartyourengine.
5.Removethenegativejumpercablerstfromyour
engine,thenthebatteryintheothervehicle.
6.Installthebatterycovertothebatterybase.
ServicingtheBattery
ServiceInterval:Every50hours—Checkthebattery
uidlevel.(Every30daysifin
storage)
Every50hours—Checkthebattery
cableconnections.
WARNING
CALIFORNIA
Proposition65Warning
Batteryposts,terminals,andrelated
accessoriescontainleadandleadcompounds,
chemicalsknowntotheStateofCalifornia
tocausecancerandreproductiveharm.
Washhandsafterhandling.
DANGER
Batteryelectrolytecontainssulfuricacidwhichisa
deadlypoisonandcausessevereburns.
•Donotdrinkelectrolyteandavoidcontactwith
skin,eyesorclothing.Wearsafetyglassesto
shieldyoureyesandrubberglovestoprotect
yourhands.
•Fillthebatterywherecleanwaterisalways
availableforushingtheskin.
•Keepbatteryelectrolytelevelproperlymaintained.
•Keepthetopofthebatterycleanbywashingit
periodicallywithabrushdippedinammoniaor
bicarbonateofsodasolution.Flushthetopsurface
withwateraftercleaning.Donotremovethellcap
whilecleaning.
•Ensurethatthebatterycablesarekepttightonthe
terminalstoprovidegoodelectricalcontact.
•Ifcorrosionoccursatterminals,removethebattery
cover,disconnectthecables(negative(–)cablerst),
andscrapetheclampsandterminalsseparately.
Reconnectthecables(positive(+)cablerst)and
coattheterminalswithpetroleumjelly.
•Maintaincellelectrolytelevelwithdistilledor
demineralizedwater.Donotllthecellsabovethe
bottomofthellringinsideeachcell.
•Ifyoustorethemachineinalocationwhere
temperaturesareextremelyhigh,thebatterywillrun
downmorerapidlythanifthemachineisstoredina
locationwheretemperaturesarecool.
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