Vauxhall KTA-2744/2-VX-en Owner's Manual
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Vehicle care 187■ Never expose the battery to nakedflames or sparks.■ A discharged vehicle battery canalready freeze at a temperature of0 °C. Defrost the frozen batterybefore connecting jump leads.■ Wear eye protection and protectiveclothing when handling a battery.■ Use a booster battery with thesame voltage (12 Volts). Itscapacity (Ah) must not be muchless than that of the dischargedbattery.■ Use jump leads with insulatedterminals and a cross section of atleast 16 mm2 (25 mm2 for dieselengines).■ Do not disconnect the dischargedvehicle battery from the vehicle.■ Switch off all unnecessary electricalconsumers.■ Do not lean over the battery duringjump starting.■ Do not allow the terminals of onelead to touch those of the otherlead.■ The vehicles must not come intocontact with each other during thejump starting process.■ Apply the parking brake,transmission in neutral.■ Open the positive terminalprotection caps of both vehiclebatteries.Lead connection order:1. Connect the red lead to thepositive terminal of the boosterbattery.2. Connect the other end of the redlead to the positive terminal of thedischarged battery.3. Connect the black lead to thenegative terminal of the boosterbattery.4. Connect the other end of the blacklead to a vehicle grounding point,such as the engine block or anengine mounting bolt. Connect asfar away from the dischargedvehicle battery as possible,however at least 60 cm.Route the leads so that they cannotcatch on rotating parts in the enginecompartment.To start the engine:1. Start the engine of the vehicleproviding the jump.2. After 5 minutes, start the otherengine. Start attempts should bemade for no longer than15 seconds at an interval of1 minute.3. Allow both engines to idle forapprox. 3 minutes with the leadsconnected. |
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