Connecting/Disconnecting Battery Cables; Connecting Battery Cables - Invacare Pronto M41 Series Service Manual

SERVICE MANUAL
8.7.4

Connecting/Disconnecting battery cables

8.7.4.1

Connecting battery cables

DANGER: ELECTRICAL HAZARD!
Serious personal injury or damage may occur in case of an electrical short.
● NEVER allow any of your tools and/or battery cables to contact both battery terminals at the
same time.
● Connect same color connectors to each other (red to red, black to black).
● DO NOT remove the fuse or mounting hardware from the POSITIVE (+) battery cable
mounting screw. To replace the fuse, obtain and replace battery harness with fuse.
● The POSITIVE (+) battery cable MUST connect to the POSITIVE (+) battery terminal;
otherwise serious damage will occur to the electrical system.
● The use of rubber gloves is recommended when working with batteries.
DANGER: ELECTRICAL HAZARD!
Serious personal injury or damage may occur in case of wrong terminal configuration.
● DO NOT remove fuse or mounting hardware from POSITIVE (+) red battery cable/mounting
screw.
● Battery terminal configuration as shown in the following figure MUST be used. Batteries that
have the terminal configuration reversed MUST NOT be used - otherwise serious injury or
damage may occur.
● Install protective caps on POSITIVE (+) and NEGATIVE (-) terminals.
● All battery terminal covers (two on the right battery and two on the left battery) MUST be
installed prior to use.
IMPORTANT!
Risk of damage to the battery cable.
● The battery cables MUST be connected to the battery terminals, as shown in following figure
(depending on battery type), otherwise damage to the battery cable may result when installing
battery terminal caps.
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