KTM 250 EXC RACING Owner's Manual page 161

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Filling the battery
– Take the battery and the electrolyte container out of the packaging.
Before you start filling the battery, please read the enclosed
instructions carefully.
– Take the cover off the electrolyte container.
– Apply the electrolyte container to the filling apertures of the battery
and push it down tight.
– Once all chambers of the electrolyte container are empty, withdraw
it from the battery.
– Close the filling apertures tightly by means of the cover.
NOTE: After filling, let the battery sit for at least another 30 minutes
without charging or loading it.
F
OLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE MANUFACTURER WHEN FILLING A NEW
BATTERY
T
HE RELEVANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ARE ALSO CONTAINED IN THE USER MANUAL
SUPPLIED WITH THE BATTERY
RESULT IN SEVERE INJURIES
Checking the capacitor
– Discharge the capacitor by bridging the two connections with a
cable bridge and dismount it.
– Connect the negative pole of a 12V battery with the negative
terminal of the capacitor. The connection between the positive pole
of the battery and the positive terminal of the capacitor is made with
a test lamp
– When the power circuit is closed, the test lamp must light up briefly
and return to its dark state after 1 second at the latest.
– If the test lamp does not go out or does not light up at all, the
capacitor is faulty.
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