GENERAL SAFETY MEASURES
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BATTERY
The batteries are filled with sulphuric acid (battery acid).
• Always wear safety goggles when handling batteries.
• Contact of battery acid with eyes can cause blindness. If ac-
id should get into your eyes, immediately rinse your eyes
with ample water and call for medical help. Rinse your eyes
with water until a doctor arrives or you are able to visit an
ophthalmologist or go to a hospital.
• Sulphuric acid that gets into contact with skin or clothing
may cause acid burns. Immediately rinse the area that has
come into contact with the acid with ample water.
• When working in the area of the battery, your hands may un-
intentionally get in touch with acid. For this reason, do not
touch your eyes while working in the area of the battery. Al-
ways wash your hands after work.
• Batteries produce detonating gas. Detonating gas is ex-
tremely explosive and may be ignited even by the smallest
spark.
•Donot disconnect the battery while the engine is still run-
ning.
• Prior to start of work on batteries, set the start switch to '0'.
Set the main switch of the battery (if installed) to 'Off'.
• Avoid any short-circuits via the poles or the pole terminals of
the battery due to unintentional touching with metal objects,
such as tools.
• When removing or inserting the battery, note which of the
poles is the positive (+) and which is the negative (-) one. Al-
ways disconnect the mass cable first and reconnect it last.
• Tightly fasten the pole terminals. Loose pole terminals may
produce sparks and thus cause explosions. Ensure that the
cover of the positive pole (+) is always mounted.
• Tighten the cover caps.
• When repairing the electrical system or performing electric
welding, disconnect the negative (-) pole terminal from the
battery to interrupt the electric circuit.
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