Schumacher PS-1025 Instruction Manual download pdf (Page 2)

B. PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS AND SAFETY

1. Make sure you have a 12 Volt lead-acid battery.

2. Clean battery terminals. Take care to keep corrosion from

coming in contact with your eyes.

3. If required, add distilled water in each cell until battery acid

reaches levels specified by battery manufacturer. This helps

purge excessive gas from cells. Do not overfill. For a battery

without cell caps, carefully follow manufacturer's recharg-

ing instructions.

4. Study all battery manufacturer's specific precautions, such

as removing or not removing cell caps while charging, and

recommended rates of charge.

5. Be sure area around battery is well ventilated while battery

is being charged. Gas can be forcefully blown away by us-

ing a piece of cardboard or other non-metallic material as a

fan.

6. If necessary to remove battery from vehicle to charge, always

remove grounded terminal from battery first. Make sure all

accessories in the vehicle are off, so as not to cause an arc.

7. A marine (boat) battery must be removed and charged on

shore. To charge it on board requires equipment specially

designed for marine use.

8. Select the proper charge rate. See Figure 2, BATTERY

CHARGER SELECTION GUIDE.

1. WARNING: Wear complete eye protection and protective

clothing when working with lead-acid batteries.

2. Make sure someone is within range of your voice or close

enough to come to your aid when you work with or near a

lead-acid battery.

3. Have plenty of fresh water and soap nearby for use if bat-

tery acid contacts skin, clothing or eyes. If battery acid con-

tacts skin or clothing, wash immediately with soap and water.

4. Avoid touching your eyes while working with a battery. Acid

particles (corrosion) may get into your eyes! If acid enters

your eye, immediately flood eye with running cold water for

at least 10 minutes. Get medical attention immediately.

5. Remove all personal metal items such as rings, bracelets,

necklaces, and watches when working with a lead-acid bat-

tery. A lead-acid battery can produce a short-circuit current

high enough to weld a ring (or the like) to metal, causing a

severe burn.

6. Take care not to drop a metal tool or other metal onto the

battery. Metal may cause sparking or short-circuit the bat-

tery or another electrical device. Sparking may cause an

explosion.

7. Always operate battery charger in an open, well-ventilated

area.

8. NEVER smoke or allow a spark or flame in the vicinity of the

battery or engine. Batteries generate explosive gases!

D. PREPARING TO CHARGE

NOTE: The temporary adapter should be used only until a properly grounded outlet can be installed by a qualified electrician.

DANGER: NEVER alter the AC cord or plug provided. If it will not fit outlet, have proper outlet installed by a qualified electrician. Improper

connection may result in an electric shock.

DANGER: Before using an adapter as illustrated, be certain that center screw of outlet plate is grounded. The green-colored rigid ear or

lug extending from adapter must be connected to a properly grounded outlet. Make certain it is grounded. If necessary, replace original

outlet cover plate screw with a longer screw that will secure adapter ear or lug to outlet cover plate and make ground connection to

grounded outlet.

C. GROUND AND AC POWER CORD CONNECTIONS

Charger should be grounded to reduce risk of electric shock.

Charger is equipped with an electric cord having an equipment-

grounding conductor and a grounding plug. The plug must be

plugged into an outlet that is properly installed and grounded in

accordance with all local codes and ordinances.

This battery charger is designed for use on a nominal 120 Volt

circuit and has a grounded plug that looks like the plug illus-

trated in FIGURE 1 (A). This plug should be used in a grounded

outlet. The plug pins must fit the receptacle (outlet).

ADAPTER: A temporary adapter, as shown in FIGURE 1 (B) and

(C), may be used to connect the charger plug to a two-pole re-

ceptacle (outlet) as shown FIGURE 1 (B).

NOTE: Adapter use not allowed in Canada.

FIGURE 1: GROUNDING METHODS

Estimated

Ampere Charging Recommended Battery Uses

Rating Hours

2 Amp 3-8 Motorcycle, snowmobile, lawnmower,

car (trickle charge), truck, RV, marine

6 Amp 6-8 Car, truck, RV, trolling outboard,

tractor farm equipment

10 Amp 3-5 Car, truck, RV, trolling outboard,

tractor farm equipment

50 Amp 7 sec. on Engine crank assist

240 sec. off

FIGURE 2: BATTERY CHARGER SELECTION GUIDE

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... 11 12

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