LectroTruck LTA6512 Owner's Manual page 11

Proper Battery Charging Procedures
Your Lectro-Truck comes with a sealed, gel-type, lead-acid battery. It do es not have a 'memory'; and
therefore it does not need to be completely discharged prior to charging. The battery's gel will become
crystallized if left uncharged for a long period of time. Once the liquid is crystallized it will not return to
its liquid form, which results in your battery having less power to operate your Lectro Truck. If you find
that your battery isn't holding a charge very long, or isn't putting out e nough power to op erate your
Lectro-Truck properly, you should have it loa d tested. If the load test shows anything under 12 volts,
you need a new battery.
Charging of your battery can be accomplished in the following ways:
a. The best way that we recommend to charge your Lectro-Truck is by using our On-Board, 3
amp charger (included). Pull the plug out of the Battery Box/ Pack and plug it into a 110
Volt outlet.
b. You may also purchase a charging plug and adapt it to your own battery charger, provided
that your charger can charge at 6 amps or less, and has an automatic shut-off.
c. Using a 6 amp charger (or less), open the battery box lid and place the positive clip from
your battery charger on the positive terminal of the battery. Place the negative clip of the
battery charger on the negative terminal of the battery.
Caution: Charging plug is to be hooked up to DC power source only!
When charging any Lectro-Truck the black lever o n the power switch/circuit breaker,
NOTE
(page 8), must be pushed in.
If you are going to charge your battery by attaching directly to the battery's positive and
negative terminals of the battery with clips, be sure to secure battery lid open so it will
not fall down on the clips. This m ay arc out the positive and negative terminals. Also
remember to close the lid after charging before you operate the unit. Failure to close
the lid prior to operation may cause the lid to be sheared off.
To attach the adapter plug onto your battery charger, remove the alligator clips that are on the charger.
Unscrew the two screws holding the plug closed and wire your positive and negative wires from your
charger right into this plug. Place the positive terminal wire from your charger on the spade going to the
larger receptacle opening and the negative wire from your charger to the smaller receptacle opening and
screw the plug back together. You will find the c harging plug opening on your battery box on m odels
1260E & 1268E. To plug in the charging plug, push it onto the receptacle and twist it to the right to lock it
in place. To remove the charging plug, twist the plug to the left and pull.
For the LTA6512, LTA5512, and the LTA4512 it is recommended that you remove the battery pack from
the unit before charging. If our battery charger has been ordered, the battery charger will be located
inside the battery pack. To charge the LTA6512, LTA5512, and the LTA4512 using your own charger,
you will need to use a special adapter ordered from us. Place the term inals of your charger on the
charging adapter plug. When you attach this plug to your charger the positive goes to the red and
negative goes to black.
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