Checking The Electrolyte Level; Recharging The Battery; Installing The Battery - APRILIA SR 50 - 2001 Manual

CHECKING THE
ELECTROLYTE LEVEL
Carefully read p. 76 (BATTERY).
Your vehicle is equipped with a sealed
maintenance free battery that does not re-
quire the check of the level battery.

RECHARGING THE BATTERY

Carefully read p. 76 (BATTERY).
WARNING
This battery is completely sealed. Do
not attempt to remove the caps.
There is never any need to add water to
this battery. Attempting to remove the
caps will destroy the battery and could
lead to injury through the spillage of
caustic electrolyte. Recharge the bat-tery
according to the table below.
♦ Remove the battery, see p. 77 (REMOV-
ING THE BATTERY).
WARNING
The battery gives off noxious and explo-
sive gases; keep it away from flames,
sparks, cigarettes and any other source
of heat.
During recharging or use, make sure that
the room is properly ventilated and avoid
inhaling the gases released during the
recharging.
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♦ Connect the battery charger to the battery.
♦ Charge the battery using a battery charg-
er with a current capacity of no greater than
1/10th the capacity of the battery, see p.
89 (TECHNICAL DATA).
♦ Switch on the battery charger.
WARNING
Wait for 5 or 10 minutes after you have
finished charging the battery before re-
installing it, the battery continues to pro-
duce gas for a short period of time after
the charger is removed.
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INSTALLING THE BATTERY

Carefully read p. 76 (BATTERY).
♦ Make sure that the ignition switch (4) is in
the " " (OFF) position.
♦ Remove the battery/tool kit compartment
cover, see p. 35 (BATTERY / TOOL KIT
COMPARTMENT).
♦ Remove the tool kit compartment (1).
♦ Put the battery in its container.
♦
Connect, in order, the positive (red) (+) and
negative (–) cable.
♦ Cover the terminals of the cables and of
the battery with neutral grease or Vaseline.
♦ Replace the tool kit compartment (1).
♦ Replace the battery/tool kit compartment
cover, see p. 35 (BATTERY / TOOL KIT
COMPARTMENT).
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