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Electrical System
Maintenance
Battery Care
Service Interval: Every 100 hours
• Battery electrolyte level must be properly maintained
and the top of the battery kept clean. If the machine
is stored in a location where temperatures are
extremely high, the battery will run down more
rapidly than if the machine is stored in a location
where temperatures are cool.
Battery electrolyte contains sulfuric acid which
is a deadly poison and causes severe burns.
– Do not drink electrolyte and avoid contact
with skin, eyes or clothing. Wear safety
glasses to shield your eyes and rubber gloves
to protect your hands.
– Fill the battery where clean water is always
available for flushing the skin.
• Keep top of battery clean by washing periodically
with a brush dipped in ammonia or bicarbonate of
soda solution. Flush the top surface with water after
cleaning. Do not remove the fill cap while cleaning.
• Battery cables must be tight on terminals to provide
good electrical contact.
Warning
CALIFORNIA
Proposition 65 Warning
Battery posts, terminals, and related
accessories contain lead and lead compounds,
chemicals known to the State of California
to cause cancer and reproductive harm.
Wash hands after handling.
• If corrosion occurs at terminals, disconnect cables,
negative (-) cable first and scrape clamps and
terminals separately. Reconnect cables, positive (+)
cable first and coat terminals with petroleum jelly.
• Check the electrolyte level every 25 operating hours
or, if machine is in storage, every 30 days.
• Maintain cell level with distilled or demineralized
water. Do not fill cells above fill line.
• If machine will be stored for more than 30 days,
remove the battery and charge it fully. Either store
it on the shelf on the machine. Leave the cables
disconnected if stored on the machine. Store
the battery in a cool atmosphere to avoid quick
deterioration of the charge in the battery. To prevent
battery from freezing, make sure it is fully charged.
The specific gravity of a fully charged battery is
1.250.
Charging the battery produces gasses that can
explode.
Never smoke near the battery and keep sparks
and flames away from battery.
Battery terminals or metal tools could short
against metal tractor components causing
sparks. Sparks can cause the battery gasses to
explode, resulting in personal injury.
• When removing or installing the battery, do
not allow the battery terminals to touch any
metal parts of the tractor.
• Do not allow metal tools to short between
the battery terminals and metal parts of the
tractor.
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