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TROUBLESHOOTING MAINTENANCEPARTS OPERATION SAFETY
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
lead-acid battery.
• Clean the battery terminals. Be careful
to keep corrosion from getting in or
around your eyes.
• If you have a battery with removable
cell 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 without cell caps, no
action is necessary. Continue to the
next step listed below.
• Take time to read all battery
manufacturer’s specific precautions,
such as removing or not removing
cell caps while charging, and recom-
mended 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 ventilation is poor, gas can
be manually blown away by using a
piece of cardboard or other non-metallic
material as
a fan.
• If it is necessary to remove the battery
from the vehicle to charge it, always
remove the grounded terminal from the
battery first. A spark may be caused if
all accessories in the vehicle are not
completely turned off.
NOTE: A marine battery installed in a
boat must be removed and charged on
shore.
USING YOUR BATTERY CHARGER
For best results from your battery charger, learn to use it properly. This section tells
how to set the controls and how to charge a battery in or out of the vehicle.
SETTING THE CONTROLS
SELECTOR SWITCHES:
A 2-way switch is used to select the 2-AMP
or the 6-AMP charge rate.
rate. As the battery charges, the needle
will fall to about 2 or 3 amps, indicating
a charged battery.
At the 2 amp charging rate, as the
battery charges the needle will fall to
about 3/4 to 1 amp indicating a charged
battery.

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6 AMP 2 AMP
AMMETER:
The AMMETER indicates the measured
amount of amperes being drawn by the
battery. When you first start charging a
battery, the reading will be high, with the
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