Honda Civic Service Manual page 1563

Battery
Test
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. Battery lluid lelectrolytel contalns sulfuric acid. lt may cause severe burns it it gets on
your skin ol in your eyes Wear
protective clothing and a face shield.
- It eleqtlolyte gets on your skin or clothes, rinse it off with watel immediately
- lf electrolyte gets in your eyes, flush it out by splashing water in your eyes for at least 15 minutes; call a
physician
immediately.
. A battery gives off hydrogen gas. lf ignited, the hydrogen will explode and could crack the
battery case and splatter
acid on you. Keep sparks, flames, and Gigarettes away from the battery'
o Overchaiging will raise the temperature oI the electrolyte. This may force electrolyte to
spray out ot ths battery vents'
Follow the charger manufacturel's instrustions, and chalge the battery at a
propcr rate.
Use either a JCI or Bear ARBST tester. and follow the manufacturer's
procedures. lf you don't have one of these comput-
erized testers, follow this conventional test procedure:
T o q e t a c c u r a t e r e s u I t s , t h e t e m p e r a t u r e o f t h e e I e c t r o | y t e m u s t b e b e t w e e n T 0 " F ( 2 1 . c ) a n d 1 0 0 " F ( 3 8 . c } '
lf the case is cracked or the posts are loose, replace
the battery.
lf rhe indicator shows low electrolyte, add distilled
water if Possible.
EYE lndicates OK
Test Load CaPacitY (#l )
. A p p l y 3 0 0 a m p l o a d f o r 1 5 s e c o n d s t o r e m o v e
surface charge.
. Allow 15 seconds recovery Perloo.
. Apply test load {see Test Load Chan).
. Record voltage at the end of l5 seconds.
Drops below 9.6 volts.
Stays above 9.6 volts;
battery is OK.
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