Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 03418 Harbor Freight Tools
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B A TTER Y CHARGER/ST AR TER ASSEMBL Y and OPERA TING INSTR UCTIONS 3491 Mission Oaks Blvd., Camarillo , CA 93011 Visit our Web site at http://www .harborfreight.com For technical questions and replacement parts, please call 1-800-444-3353 Model 03418 ® Cop yright © 2005 by Harbor F reight T ools ® .
Page 2 SKU 03418 For technical questions, please call 1-800-444-3353. Specifications r e w o P t u p n Is p m A 2 . 2 , z H 0 6 , C A V 0 2 1s d a e L y r e t t a BG W A 6 1 x g n o L ” 7 ’ 6 r e .
Page 3 SKU 03418 For technical questions, please call 1-800-444-3353. 10. Disconnect power . Unplug charger when not in use . 11. Stay alert . W atch what you are doing, use common sense . Do not operate the Charger when you are tired. 12. Check f or damag ed parts .
Page 4 SKU 03418 For technical questions, please call 1-800-444-3353. Battery Charger Specific W arnings Read all of the warnings below before operation. A failure to read and follow each of the warnings may result in electric shock, causing serious injury or death.
Page 5 SKU 03418 For technical questions, please call 1-800-444-3353. Battery Charger Specific W arnings (continued) 18. Be extra careful about dropping tools or anything metal near a charging battery as sparks from the object may ignite the lead acid gasses.
Page 6 SKU 03418 For technical questions, please call 1-800-444-3353. Operation About Charging Batteries Batteries dra w as much pow er as they need from the charger . The charger does not f orce current into the batter y . When a batter y is close to dead or v er y low charged, it will w ant to draw more current.
Page 7 SKU 03418 For technical questions, please call 1-800-444-3353. Operation (continued) Preparing the Battery 1. If necessary , remov e the batter y from the vehicle to charge it. When removing the battery , always remove the grounded battery cable first.
Page 8 SKU 03418 For technical questions, please call 1-800-444-3353. Connection to a battery outside a vehicle . 1 . Make sure the A C P ower Cord (#3) is not plugged in. 2 . The batter y will ha v e two ter minals . One should be marked POSITIVE, POS , P , OR +.
Page 9 SKU 03418 For technical questions, please call 1-800-444-3353. Operation (continued) Ammeter Readings The ammeter shows how much charging current is drawn from the charger (to the battery). When a dead or low batter y is charged the charger’ s ammeter will register at the high end.
Page 10 SKU 03418 For technical questions, please call 1-800-444-3353. Operation (continued) More on charging times . 1 . When using a manual mode for charging, you can check the present level of a battery by using a hydrometer or electronic percent-of-charge tester (not included).
Page 11 SKU 03418 For technical questions, please call 1-800-444-3353. NO TE : Some parts are listed and shown f or illustration purposes only and are not av ailable indi- vidually as replacement par ts.
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