Activating The Dry Charge Battery (If Applicable); Connecting The Battery - Miller Electric Big Blue 300 Owner's Manual

5-4. Activating The Dry Charge Battery (If Applicable)

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Tools Needed:

5-5. Connecting The Battery

Tools Needed:
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5 A For 30 Minutes
OR
30 A For 12 Minutes
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Always wear a face shield,
rubber gloves and protective
clothing when working on a
battery.
Remove battery from unit.
5 Vent Caps
6 Sulfuric Acid Electrolyte
(1.265 Specific Gravity)
7 Well
Fill each cell with electrolyte to
bottom of well (maximum).
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Do not overfill battery cells.
Wait ten minutes and check electro-
lyte level. If necessary, add electro-
lyte to raise to proper level. Reins-
tall vent caps.
8 Battery Charger
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Read and follow all instruc-
tions supplied with battery
charger.
Charge battery for 12 minutes at 30
amperes or 30 minutes at 5 am-
peres. Disconnect charging cables
and install battery.
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When electrolyte is low, add
only distilled water to cells to
maintain proper level.
drybatt1 6/05 − S-0886
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Close door after connecting battery.
Connect Negative (−) Cable Last.
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803 563 / Ref. 217 357-A / S-0756-C