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, . . WARNING
continued
• Fast charging a battery is dan-
gerous and should only be at-
tempted by a competent mechanic
with the proper equipment.
•
Never charge a frozen battery.
It may explode because of gas
trapped in the ice. Allow a frozen
battery to thaw out
first.
• Do not reuse batteries which
"
have frozen
.
The battery housing
may have cracked
and
weakened
when
the
battery froze.
g
~efore yo~
check anything
~ m the engme compartment,
always read
and
heed all WARN-
INGS on page 40.
•
Battery acid
that
may spill during
charging should be washed off with
a solution of warm water and baking
soda to neutralize the acid.
•
Never use
a
fast charger as a boo-
ster to start the
engine.
This will se-
riously damage sensitive electronic
components, such as glow
plugs*
,
control units, relays,
radio,
etc., as
well as the battery charger.
TIPS AND ADVICE
Slow battery charging
~WARNING
Heed all WARNINGS
and
follow in-
structions that come with your
battery charger.
•
Before charging the
battery,
switch off
the ignition and all electrical
consumers.
•
Make sure
the
area
is well
ventilated
when you charge
the
battery.
•
It
is
not
necessary
to
remove the
battery
from
the engine
compartment,
and it
is
also
not necessary
to
disconnect the
battery
cables.
•
Remove
the
battery
cover- see
page
55.
•
Connect
charger cables.
Charger cables must be connected
POSITIVE(+)
to
POSITIVE(+) and
NEGATIVE
(-)
to NEGATIVE
(-
).
~WARNING
To reduce the danger of explosion,
never connect or disconnect char-
ger cables while the charger is op-
erating.
•
Switch
on charger.
For more
detai
ls see next page.
CHECKING AND FILLING
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