Toro 34225 - Jump-Starting the Machine

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1.Negative-battery-cable
cover(black)
4.Flangedbolt
2.Flangednut
5.Positive(+)battery
terminal
3.Negative(-)battery
terminal
4.Slidethered-terminalcoveroffthe
positive-batteryterminal(Figure78).
5.Removethehex-angedboltandangednut
fromthepositive(red)batterycableandthe
positive(+)batteryterminal,andremovethe
cablefromthebattery(Figure78).
6.Removethebatteryandbatteryboxfromthe
batterytrayofthemachine.
InstallingtheBattery
1.Placethebatteryintothebatterybox.
2.Positionthebatteryandbatteryboxontothe
batterytrayofthemachine.
3.Installthepositive(red)batterycabletopositive
(+)batteryterminalwithaangedboltand
angednut(Figure78).
4.Slidetheredterminalcoveroverthe
positive-batteryterminal.
5.Installthenegativebatterycabletothenegative
(-)batteryterminalwithaangedboltand
angednut(Figure78).
6.Alignthebatterycovertothebatteryboxand
securethecoverandboxtothebatterytraywith
thebatterystrap(Figure76)
Jump-StartingtheMachine
DANGER
Jump-startingabatterythatiscracked,frozen,
haslowelectrolytelevel,oranopen/shorted
batterycell,cancauseanexplosionresulting
inseriouspersonalinjury.
Donotjump-startabatteryiftheseconditions
exist;replacethebattery.
CAUTION
Corrosionorlooseconnectionscancause
unwantedelectricalvoltagespikesatanytime
duringthejump-startingprocedure.
Donotattempttojumpstartamachine
withlooseorcorrodedbatteryterminals,or
damagetotheenginecanoccur.
CAUTION
Connectingthejumpercablesincorrectly
(wrongpolarity)canimmediatelydamagethe
electricalsystem.
Becertainofthebattery-terminalpolarityand
thejumper-cablepolaritywhenconnectingto
thebattery.
Important:Besurethatthevehiclesdonottouch
andthatbothelectricalsystemsareoffandatthe
sameratedsystemvoltage.Theseinstructions
arefornegative-groundsystemsonly.
Important:Usetheproperlysizedjumpercables
(4to6AWG)withshortlengthstoreducethe
voltagedropbetweensystems.Ensurethatthe
cablesarecolorcodedorlabeledforthecorrect
polarity.
Note:Thefollowinginstructionsareadaptedfromthe
SAEJ1494Rev.Dec.2001–BatteryBoosterCables
–SurfaceVehicleRecommendedPractice(SAE–
SocietyofAutomotiveEngineers).
1.Checkthebatteryterminalsofthedischarged
batteryandtheboosterbatteryforcorrosion
(white,green,orblue“snow”).
Note:Cleanthecorrosionfromthebattery
terminalspriortojumpstarting.Tightenthe
batterycableconnectionsasnecessary.
2.Ensurethattheboosterisa12-voltbatterywith
asufcientampratingthatisingoodcondition
andfullycharged.
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