PREPARING YOUR BATTERY TO BE CHARGED
It is important that you read and follow these guidelines while you are preparing to charge your battery.
•Make sure that you have a 12 volt
•Clean the battery terminals. Be careful to keep corrosion from getting in or around your eyes.
•For batteries with removable vent caps, if required, add distilled water to each cell until the battery acid reaches the level recommended by the manufacturer. This will help purge excessive gases from the cells. Be careful not to overfill. If you have a sealed battery with
•Take time to read all battery manufacturer’s specific precautions, such as removing or not removing
vent caps while charging, and recommended rates of charge.
•Wear safety glasses. See additional "Personal Safety Precautions" on page 4.
•Be sure that the area around the battery is well ventilated while it is being charged.
•If it is necessary to remove the battery from the vehicle to charge it, always remove the grounded terminal from the battery first. Turn off all vehicle accessories to avoid sparks from occurring.
NOTE: A marine battery installed in a boat must be removed and charged on shore.
CHARGING TIPS
Read the following pages before using your charger. The tips below serve only as a guide for specific situations.
If your vehicle won’t start: You don’t need to fully charge a battery to start your vehicle. If the charger won’t start your vehicle using the 100 Amp Start rate, try charging the battery using the 15 Amp rate for 10 or 15 minutes. That should charge the battery enough to allow the 100A Start rate to start the vehicle. If the vehicle will then be operated continuously for an extended period (such as a long drive), the vehicle could charge the battery back to normal during that period. If the vehicle will only be operated for a short period (short drive), the battery might need to be charged again before it could start the vehicle.
Reviving your battery: If you only wish to charge your battery enough to
operate your vehicle, you don’t need to wait for the entire charging process to be completed. When the charger displays three Battery Status LEDs (see pages 8, 9, and 12), the battery has been charged as much as by most chargers. The vehicle should then start and operate normally.
Completing an interrupted charge: If the charging process has been inter- rupted and restarted after three Battery Status LEDs were lit, the charger will go straight to Maintain Mode (see pages 7 & 9). However, if the original charge was started using 15 Amps, the charge can often be completed using 2 Amps.
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