Battery; Protecting Electronic Components - Vauxhall ASTRA Owner's Manual

306 Service, Maintenance
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Battery

The b attery is m aintenanc e-free.
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Warning
Have the ba ttery changed by a work-
shop. O bserve the legal requirements for
disposal of used ba tteries to protect the
environment and y our health.
Fitting of electrical or electronic ac cessories
at a la ter date can discha rge or add ex tra
load to the battery . Take adv ic e on the
tec hnical p ossibilities, e. g. use of a more
powerful ba ttery.
Lay ing up the v ehicle for m ore than
4 weeks can lead to battery discharge,
whic h may reduce the service life of the
battery. Disconnect battery from on-board
power supply b y detaching negative
terminal.
The Vauxhall a larm system 3 siren must be
deactiv ated a s follows: switch the ignition
on then off, disconnec t the vehicle's
battery within 15 seconds.
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 124, 127, 132.
z If necessary ac tiv ate the windows 3 and
sun roof 3 – see pages 52, 54.
In order to prevent the battery from
discharging, some consumers such as the
courtesy light autom atically switch off
after approx . 20 minutes.
Di sc onnecti ng/connect ing the bat ter y
from/to the elec trica l system
Before c harging, isolate the b attery from
the on-board network. First rem ov e the
negative and then the positiv e terminal.
Do not reverse the polarity of the battery,
i.e. the term ina ls for the positive and
negative lea ds. When connecting, start
with the positiv e lead and then connect the
negative lea d.
Protecting electronic compo nen ts
In order to prev ent faults in elec tronic
components in the electrical system, never
connect or d isconnect b attery w ith engine
running or ignition switched on. Nev er start
eng ine with battery disconnected, e. g.
when starting using jum p lead s.
To av oid damaging the vehic le, d o not
ma ke a ny modifications to the electrical
system, e. g. c onnec ting additional
consum ers or tampering with electronic
control units (chip tuning).
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Warnin g
Electronic ignition system s generate very
hig h voltages. Do not touch the ignition
sy stem; high voltage can b e fatal.