Protection For Electronic Components - Vauxhall Zafira Owner's Manual

208 Service, Maintenance
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Warning
Have your battery changed at a
work shop. O bserve legal req uirements –
regarding protection of y our health and
the environment – when disposing of old
batteries.
The b attery m ay b e plac ed under
additional load or d ischarged by
retro-fitting electric or electronic
accessories. S eek adv ice on technical
options, e.g. having a stronger ba ttery
fitted.
Laying up the vehicle for more than
4 weeks can lead to ba ttery d ischarge,
which may reduce the service life of the
battery. Disconnect battery from on-board
power supply by detaching negative
term inal.
The Vaux hall alarm sy stem 3 siren m ust b e
deactivated as follows: switch the ignition
on then off, disconnect the vehicle's
battery within 15 sec onds.
Ensure that ignition is switched off before
connecting battery . Then perform the
following actions:
z Setting date and tim e in the inform ation
display – see pages 90, 93, 97.
z Activate window 3 if necessary –
see page 48.
In order to prevent the battery from
discharging, some consumers such as the
courtesy light autom atically switch off
after approx . 10 minutes.
Disconnecting / connecting the
batte ry from / to the electrical system
Before c harging, disc onnec t the battery
from the electrical system: rem ov e the
negative cable first, then the positive.
The battery poles, i. e. the connections for
the positive and neg ativ e ca bles, must not
be c onfused. When connecting, connect
the positiv e ca ble first, then the negative.
Protection for electronic
components
In order to prevent faults in electronic
components in the electrica l sy stem, nev er
connect or disconnect battery with engine
running or ignition switched on. Never start
engine w ith b attery disconnected, e.g.
when starting using jump leads.
To av oid damaging the vehic le, d o not
ma ke a ny modifications to the electrical
system, e. g. connecting ad ditional
consum ers or tampering with electronic
control units (chip tuning).
9
Warn ing
Electronic ignition sy stems use a very high
voltage. Do not touch the ig nition sy stem;
danger to life.