Toro 07385 Workman HDX-D - Jump-Starting the Machine

Jump-StartingtheMachine
WARNING
Jump-startingthemachinecanbedangerous,
causingpersonalinjuryordamagetotheelectrical
componentsinthemachine.
•Neverjump-startwithavoltagesourcegreater
than15VDC;thiswilldamagetheelectrical
system.
•Neverattempttojump-startadischarged
batterythatisfrozen.Itcouldruptureorexplode
duringjump-starting.
•Observeallbatterywarningswhilejump-starting
yourmachine.
•Besurethatyourmachineisnottouchingthe
jump-startmachine.
•Connectingcablestothewrongpostcould
resultinpersonalinjuryand/ordamagetothe
electricalsystem.
1.Squeezethebatterycovertoreleasethetabsfromthe
batterybase,andremovethebatterycoverfromthe
batterybase(Figure49).
Figure49
1.Batterycover
2.Connectajumpercablebetweenthepositivepostsof
the2batteries(Figure50).
Note:Thepositivepostmaybeidentiedbya+sign
ontopofthebatterycover.
3.Connect1endoftheotherjumpercabletothenegative
terminalofthebatteryintheothermachine.
Note:Thenegativeterminalhas“NEG”onthe
batterycover.
Note:Donotconnecttheotherendofthejumper
cabletothenegativepostofthedischargedbattery.
Connectthejumpercabletotheengineorframe.Do
notconnectthejumpercabletothefuelsystem.
Figure50
1.Battery
4.Starttheengineinthemachineprovidingthe
jump-start.
Note:Letitrunforafewminutes,thenstartthe
engine.
5.Removethenegativejumpercablerstfromthe
engine,thenthebatteryintheothermachine.
6.Installthebatterycovertothebatterybase.
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