Mercedes-Benz Conecto, Manual

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Practical advice
Jump-starting where vehicle batteries are mounted side by side
M54_00-0684-01
Pull out the retaining pins for battery
support frame (2).
M54_00-0685-01
Pull the batteries on the support
frame out by gripping handles (3)
with both hands.
Connect one end of the positive
cable to the (+) terminal of the dis-
charged battery first, then connect
the other end of the positive cable to
the (+) terminal of the donor battery.
Connect the negative cable to the (-
) terminal on the donor battery and
then the other end to an earthed
metal part that is bolted onto the bus
skeleton.
Note:
As far as possible from the discharged
battery.
Run the engine of the donor vehicle
at an elevated idling speed.
Start the engine of the bus to be
jump-started in the normal way and
let it run at idling speed.
Switch off the engine of the donor
vehicle.
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