Personal Safety Precautions

For your own personal safety, please follow

•Wear complete eye and clothing

protection when working with lead- acid batteries.

•Be sure that someone is within range of your voice to come to your aid if needed while you work with or are near a lead-acidbattery.

•Have plenty of fresh water and soap nearby for use in case battery acid contacts your eyes, skin, or clothing. If this happens, wash immediately with soap and water. Then gst medical attention.

•Avoid touching your eyes while working with a battery. Acid particles (corrosion) may get into your eyes. If this occurs, flush eyes immediately with running cold water for at least 10 minutes. Then immediately get medical attention.

•Remove all personal metal items from your body such as rings, bracelets, necklaces and watches, while working with a lead-acid battery. A battery can produce a short circuit current high enough to weld a ring (or the like) to metal, causing a severe burn,

the following precautions:

•Take care not to drop any metal tool or metal object onto the battery. This may spark or short circuit the battery or another electrical device that may cause an explosion.

•Always operate your battery charger in an open, well ventilated area.

•Never smoke or allow a spark or flame in the vicinity of the batten] or engine. Batteries generate explosive gases.

•Neutralize any acid spills thoroughly with baking soda before attempting to clean up.

•WARNING: Handling the cord on this product or cords associated with accessories sold with this product, will expose you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling,