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START AND CHARGING - START AND CHARGE SYSTEM 18A-1
START AND CHARGE SYSTEM

NOTICES

1. Battery may have escaping explosive gas. In order to avoid personal injury, keep
ventilated in engine compartment before maintaining battery.To avoid electric arc,
disconnect the negative cable of the battery first and connect the negative cable
last.
2. When using compressed air, wear proper goggles and mask. Flying fragment and
dirt may lead to personal injury.
3. Don't excessively tighten the electrical connectors, which may damage the starter.
4. Never make two cables of the battery in short circuit. Otherwise it will enable battery
to heat rapidly or explode.The escaping gas from battery is easily be ignited by the
spark, so do not use fire near battery.
5. When removing the battery, remove the negative wire before the positive one.
Then remove the battery retaining plate and remove the battery from the tray. For
installation, reserve the removal order.
6. Never operate the engine when battery connection is not reliable. Otherwise, it may
damage electrical system (electrical components).
7. As the generator is negative grounding, the polarity of the battery should conform 18A
to that of the generator. Otherwise, battery will discharge through diode and burn
diode.
8. After the generator begins operating, do not try to use spark to check whether the
generator works. Use a bulb or multimeter to perform the test. Otherwise it will
damage the generator diode.
9. Check the generator silicon rectifier devices, multimeter and 220V check is strictly
forbidden to check generator insulation, otherwise it will make diode broken down
and damaged.

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