Operation and maintenance manual

Safety
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DX140R/DX140LCR
Boost Starting or Charging Engine
Batteries
If any mistake is made in the method of connecting the booster
cables, it can cause an explosion or fire. Always do the
following:
• Turn off all electrical equipment befor
e connecting leads to
the battery. This includes electrical switches on the battery
charger or boost starting equipment.
• When boost starting from another machine or vehicle do
n
o
t allow the two machines to touch. Wear safety glasses
or goggles while required battery connections are made.
• 24 volt battery units consisting of two series connected
twelve
vo
lt batteries have a cable connecting one positive
terminal on one of the 12 volt batteries to a negative
terminal on the other battery. Booster or charger cable
connections must be made between the nonseries
connected positive terminals and between the negative
terminal of the booster battery and the metal frame of the
machine being boosted or charged. Refer to the procedure
and illustration in "Starting Engine With a Booster Cable"
on page 3-7 of this manual.
• Connect positive cable first when installing cables and
disco
n
nect the negative cable first when removing them.
The final cable connection, at the metal frame of the
machine being charged or boost started, must be as
faraway from the batteries as possible.
HAOA310L
Figure 50