Safety
10.If battery acid contacts skin or clothing, wash immediately with soap and water. If acid enters your eye, immediately flood it with running cold water for at least twenty minutes and get medical attention immediately.
11.If you need to remove a battery, always remove the ground terminal from the battery first. Make sure all accessories are off so you don’t cause an arc.
12.Never charge a frozen battery.
13.Clean battery terminals. Be careful to keep corrosion from coming into contact with your eyes.
MARINE UNIT LOCATION
14.Locate the Freedom HF unit away from batteries in a separate, well ventilated compartment.
15.Never place the Freedom HF unit directly above batteries; gases from a battery will corrode and damage the unit
16.Never allow battery acid to drip on the unit when reading gravity, or filling battery.
17.Do not operate the unit in a closed in area, or restrict the ventilation in any way.
DC CONNECTION PRECAUTION
18.Connect and disconnect DC output connections only after setting any marine unit switches to off position and opening AC disconnect
19.FOR MARINE INSTALLATIONS, EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS TO THE UNIT SHALL COMPLY WITH THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ELECTRICAL REGULATIONS(33CFR183, SUB PART I)
20.PROPER DISPOSAL OF BATTERIES IS REQUIRED. REFER TO YOUR LOCAL CODES FOR DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS.
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