Honda Prelude 1993 Service Manual page 1145

Battery
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a Baftery tluid (olectrolyt€l contains sulfuric acid. tt may causo aavolo burns if it gots on your skin ol In your 6yoa.
Wear protoclivo clothing and a face shiold.
- lf oloclrolyta g6ts on your skin or clothos. nae it off with wat€r immediatoly.
- It electrolyta gots in your €yes, flush it out by splashing watar in your oy63 tor at least 15 minutes; call a physician
imm€diatoly.
a A batto.y gives off hydrogan gas. ll ignit6d, tho hydlogan will oxplode and could crsck tho battory caro and aplattol
acid on you. Keep sparks, tlames. snd cigatettes away flom tho battory.
a Overcharging will raiso tha tamperature ot tho oloctrolyte. Thb may forco ol6ctroly'to to splay out of tho battory vontE'
Follow the chargor manufactulor's inatructions and chargo tho battory at a propol tato.
Use eithef a JCI or Bear ARBST tester. and follow the manufacturer's proc€dures. l{ you don't have one oJ these com-
puterized testers, follow this conventional test procedure:
To get accurate results, the temperature ot the electrolyte must be between TOoF l21oCl and IOOoF (38oC).
lJ the case is cracked or the terminals are
loose, replace the baftery.
lf the indicator shows low electrolvte,
distilled water it Dossible.
Test Load Capacity (# 1l
. Apply 300 amp load for 15 seconds to remove
surface charge.
. Allow 15 seconds recovety period.
. Apply test load {see Test Load Chart).
. Record voltage at the end oJ 15 seconds.
Voltage stays above 9.6
volts; battery is OK,
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