Electrical Equipment - MOTO GUZZI 850-T Owner's Manual

ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
(diagram fig. 27)
Battery
The 12 V battery is centrally mounted and has
a
capacity of 32 Ah. It
is charg!.!!d di rectly by the
generator.
Every month or alter every 3000 km (2000 miles)
chec k the elecltolyte level and eventually top up
in each cell, the level is correct when the elec-
trolyte tops the plate separator
by
6 mm.
Always top up with distill ed waler, chem ically
pure. and never add acid.
Distilled water has to be added to a cold battery
efter it has not been used to; at le ast 6 hOUiS.
Make sure that no eiectrolyte lIows over the top
of the battery wh ich must always be in perle=t
dry cond itions.
Every 10000 km (6CCO miles) check that all bat-
tery connections are well tight and clean. Smear
them wi th neuter vase lir.e to prevent oxidaUon.
A charged baiter)' has a ydrom eter reading of
1,28 sp. g. and a discharged battery of abo ut
1.16
sp. g.
To put a new ba ttery in
serliee
apply to ollr
dealers.
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