User's Guide Part 3

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If Trouble Arises

Battery Runs Out

CAUTION

Use only a 12 V booster system. You can damage a 12 V starter, ignition system, and other

electrical parts beyond repair with a 24 V power supply (two 12 V batteries in series or a

24 V motor generator set).

Connect cables in numerical order and disconnect in reverse order.

Jumper cables

Booster battery

Discharged battery

1. Remove the battery cover.

2. Make sure the booster battery is 12

V and that its negative terminal is

grounded.

3. If the booster battery is in another

vehicle, do not allow both vehicles

to touch. Turn off the engine of the

vehicle with the booster battery and

all unnecessary electrical loads in both

vehicles.

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