Manual

Before Using Your Battery Charger

It isimportant to understand your charger's requirements. This section will tell you about your charger's electrical

requirements and how to prepare a battery for charging.

Plugging it in

Your charger should be grounded to reduce the risk

of electrical shock.

Your charger is equipped with an electrical cord that

has an equipment grounding conductor and a ground-

ing plug designed to be used on a 120 volt circuit. The

plug must be plugged into an outlet that has been

properly installed and grounded in accordance with all

local codes and ordinances.

A TEMPORARY adapter may be used to connect the

charger to a two-pole outlet if a properly grounded

outlet is not available. Use the adapter ONLY until a

properly grounded outlet can be installed by a qualified

electrician.

DANGER: Before using an adapter as illustrated, be

certain that the center screw of the outlet plate is

grounded. The green colored grounding clip of the

adapter must be attached by a screwto a properly

grounded outlet. Ifunsure whether outlet is properly

grounded, contact a professional electrician. If neces-

sary, replace the original outlet cover screw with a

longer one that willsecure the grounding clip to the

outlet cover and make a ground connection to the

grounded outlet.

Using an extension cord

The use of an extension cord is not recommended. If

you must use an extension cord, please make sure

that you follow these guidelines:

• Make sure that the pins on charger's power cord fit

firmly intothe extension cord, and that the extension

cord fits firmly intothe receptacle.

• Use only 3-conductor (grounded) extension cord

when necessary.

• Check that the extension cord is properly wired and

ingood electrical condition.

• Make sure that the wire size is large enough for its

length and for the AC ampere rating as specified in

the accompanying chart.

Length of Cord, In Feet 25 50 100 150

AWG* Size of Cord 18 18 16 14

*AWG_Ammtcan Wire Gauge