Vauxhall KTA-2675/12-VX-en, Owner'S Manual

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256 Vehicle care
■ Never expose the vehicle battery to
naked flames or sparks.
■ A discharged vehicle battery can
already freeze at a temperature of
0 °C. Defrost the frozen battery
before connecting jump leads.
■ Wear eye protection and protective
clothing when handling a battery.
■ Use a booster battery with the
same voltage (12 Volts). Its
capacity (Ah) must not be much
less than that of the discharged
vehicle battery.
■ Use jump leads with insulated
terminals and a cross section of at
least 16 mm 2 (25 mm 2 for diesel
engines).
■ Do not disconnect the discharged
vehicle battery from the vehicle.
■ Switch off all unnecessary electrical
consumers.
■ Do not lean over the vehicle battery
during jump starting.
■ Do not allow the terminals of one
lead to touch those of the other
lead.
■ The vehicles must not come into
contact with each other during the
jump starting process.
■ Apply the parking brake,
transmission in neutral, automatic
transmission in P.
■ If there is a cover over the vehicle
battery, remove it to charge or jump
start the vehicle battery. Lift up the
cover at the rear and unlatch it at
the front.
■ Open the positive terminal
protection caps of both vehicle
batteries.
Lead connection order:
1. Connect the red lead to the
positive terminal of the booster
battery.
2. Connect the other end of the red
lead to the positive terminal of the
discharged battery.
3. Connect the black lead to the
negative terminal of the booster
battery.
4. Connect the other end of the black
lead to a vehicle grounding point,
such as the engine block or an
engine mounting bolt. Connect as