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Charging the battery
Battery charging connections are located in the
engine compartment.
Fig. 19 3 Engine compartment: con hectors for a charger
and jump sta rt cables
• Read the warnings ¢
A
in Working on the bat-
tery on page 248
and ¢
,&..
• Switch off the ign ition and all electrica l equip-
ment.
• Open t he hood¢
page
239.
• Open t he red cover on t he posit ive te rminal
¢ fig.
193 .
• Clamp the charge r terminal clamps to the jump
start pins according to the instructions
¢ fig.
193.
• Now insert the power cable for the charging de-
vice into the socket a nd switch the device on.
• At the end of the charging process, switch the
charger off and pull the powe r cab le out of the
socket.
• Now remove t he charg ing device terminal
clamps.
• Close the red cover on the positive te rm inal.
• Close the hood¢
page
239.
A drained bat t ery can freeze at t emperatures
around 32 2F (0 2C). A frozen or thawed out bat -
tery must no longer be used. The battery housing
could be cracked by the formation of ice, which
could cause battery acid to leak out ¢ &..
Battery charging (Maximum charging rate of
30 amps / 14.8 Volt )
When charging at
low
voltages (e.g. with a
trick·
le charger ),
the battery cables do not have to be
d isconnected first. The battery caps should
not
be opened when charging a battery .
Checking
and Filling
It is not necessary to remove the battery from
the luggage compartment,
and it is a lso not nec-
essary to disconnect the cables.
Fast charging the battery (charging rate
above 14.8 Volt s)
For technical reasons do not use a battery charg-
er that uses voltage greater than 14 .8 Volts to
charge your vehicle's battery.
A
WARNING
=
Charg ing a battery can be dangerous.
- Always follow the operating instructions
provided by the battery charger manufactur-
er when charging your battery.
- Never charge a frozen battery. It may ex-
plode because of gas trapped in the ice. Al-
low a froze n battery to thaw out first.
- Do not reuse batter ies which were frozen.
The battery hous ing may have cracked and
weakened when the battery froze.
- Charge the battery in a well ventilated area.
Keep away from open flame or electrical
spark. Do not smoke. Hydrogen gas generat-
ed by the battery is explos ive.
- To reduce the danger of explosion, never
connect or d isconnect charger cables while
the charge r is ope rating.
- Fast charg ing a battery is dange rous and
should only be at tempted by a competent
technicia n with the prope r equipment.
- Battery acid that may spill d uring charging
should be washed off with a so lution of
warm wat er and baking soda to neutra lize
t he acid.
(D
Note
Never use a fast charge r as a booster to start
the engine. This will se riously damage sensi-
tive elec tr onic components, such as control
units, re lays, radio, etc., as well as the battery
cha rge r.
(D
Tips
Only cha rge the battery th rough the connec-
tions in t he engine comp artment.
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