Schumacher PS-1025 manual

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    1 –Save– Important Safety Instructions Read instructions and rules for safe operation carefully . Working in the vicinity of a lead-acid battery is dangerous. Batteries generate explosive gases during normal battery operation. For this reason, it is of utmost importance that each time before using your charger , you read this manual and follow [...]

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    2 B. PERSONAL PRECAUTIONS AND SAFETY 1. Make sure you have a 12 V olt lead-acid battery . 2. Clean battery terminals. T ake 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[...]

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    3 E. BA TTER Y CHARGER CONTROLS CHARGE RA TE AND VOL T AGE SWITCH SETTINGS NOTE: It is important to determine the battery type before charg- ing. (See BA TTERY TYPES) W ARNING: This charger will continue to charge even after the battery is charged. This is a manual (non-automatic) battery charger . A manual charger will continue to charge and will [...]

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    4 G . CIRCUIT BREAKER This battery charger is equipped with a self-resetting circuit breaker . This device protects the charger from temporary over- loads. In the event of an overload, the circuit breaker will trip open. After a short cooling off period, it will reset automatically . This process is known as cycling and can be recognized by an audi[...]

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    5 1. Check polarity of battery posts. Battery case will be marked by each post: POSITIVE (POS, P , +) and NEGA TIVE (NEG , N, -). NOTE: The positive battery post usually has a larger diameter than the negative post. 2. Attach a 24" long (or longer) 6-gauge (A WG) insulated bat- tery cable to NEGA TIVE (NEG , N, -) battery post. The 24" ca[...]

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    6 L. TROUBLESHOOTING If a problem does occur , check the following: PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION No meter reading. Charger is not plugged in. Plug in. Connections are reversed. With charger unplugged, reverse clamps and reconnect. (Rock back and forth to bite in.) Poor electrical connection. Clean clamps and battery post s and reconnect. (Rock b[...]

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    NOTES[...]

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    1 1. Antes de utilizar el cargador de baterías, asegúrese de leer todas las instrucciones y precauciones impresas en: • El cargador de baterías • La batería • El vehículo o unidad que usa la batería 2. Use el cargador de baterías solamente en baterías recargables de PLOMO-ÁCIDO, tales como las usadas en automóviles, camiones, tracto[...]

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    2 1. Asegúrese que la batería es de plomo-ácido de 12 voltios y fije así el conmutador del cargador . 2. Limpie las terminales de la batería. Cuide de que no entre corrosión a sus ojos. 3. Si es necesario, añada agua destilada en cada celda de la batería hasta que el nivel del ácido llegue al nivel especificado por el fabricante de la bate[...]

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    3 F . CÓMO LEER EL AMPERÍMETRO 0 2468 1 0 5 0 02 4 6 8 PS-620 PS-1025 ILUSTRACIÓN 4: MEDIDORES AMPERÍMETRO (Véase la ILUSTRACIÓN 4) El amperímetro proporciona lecturas de amperios que la batería recibe del cargador . Cuando se conecta al cargador una batería totalmente descargada, el amperímetro mostrará la proporción de salida máxima [...]

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    4 al chasis o bloque del motor del vehículo, lejos de la batería. Conecte la pinza a una parte de metal grueso y sin pintura del bastidor o el bloque del motor . ADVERTENCIA: No conecte la pinza al carburador , líneas de combustible o planchas de metal de la carrocería. NOT A: Conecte la pinza al terminal de la batería y muévala de atrás ade[...]

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    5 L. RESOLUCIÓN DE PROBLEMAS Si ocurre un problema, verifique lo siguiente: PROBLEMA CAUSA PROBABLE SOLUCIÓN No hay lectura en el me didor El cargador no está enchufado Enchúfelo Las conexiones están al revés Desenchufe el cargador , cambie las pinzas y vuelva a conectarlas (moviéndolas de adelante atrás para morder el terminal) Mala conexi[...]