PS Magazine - AUGUST 1983
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 369
AUGUST 1983
Perform the Safety First actions
above.
•
Be sure that all battery cables of
the set with low or dead batteries are
routed correctly.
Negative
(-) battery cA±le con:
nects the negAtive batterY terminals
to the 1/2²in tHreaded stud on the
stArter motor; the positive (+)batterY
cA±le (red sleevi³g) co³´ects the posµ
itive ±Attery terminAl to the 1/2²in
tHreAded
stud
o³
the
stArter
sole³oid¶ide³tified As
BA
TT.
Be
sUre tHe con³ectio³s are tight.
±
Make sure th·t the
¸
live set¹
ge³erator set, portA±le sl·ve bAttery
kitº or vehicle ¶ h·s a 24²volt negAµ
tive ground »system.
f
Connect 1 end of the redjumper
cable to the positive battery terminAl
of the dead set.
o
Connect the other end of the red
jumper cAble to the positive battery
terminal of the live set.
•
Connect
l
end
of
thE black
jumper cA±le (negative) to the negaµ
tive ±attery terminal of the live set¼
Connect the other end to the negaµ
tive ±atterY terminal of tHe dead set.
This is the l·st connection.
22
CAUTION:
On the generator setsº this connection must be Rade ½o the
neg·tive battery terminal so that the starting current will go thru the neg²
¾
·tive battery ca±le¼ If you hooK it
·nywhere else on the generator setº
the starting current will burn up the
wires in the ±ranched engine accesµ
sories wiring harness and the speciAl
relay box wiring harness.
²
Start the live se¿.
•
Push in tHe DC circuit ±reaKer
and start the dead generAtor set. Let
it reach normal operAtion mode.
²
Disconnect jumper
cables
i³
reverse orderÀ
Slave starting When batteRie±
²re ³emoved From se´
Perform the Safety First actions
above.
•
Be sure the loose positive ±atµ
terY ca±le's terminAl is tHorougHly
wrApped with i³sulating tApe ±efore
you maÁe any slave starting moves.
•
Âf You have a slAve cabÃe, Äse it
and follow the slave stAÅti³g poop in
tH·t exAmple.
Æou should ³ot jump staÅt Your
ge³eÅator
set
with JUmper ca±les
wHe³
the
±Atteries
Are reÇovedÀ
ÈeÅe's whYÉ Êi³ce tHe Ãoose positive
±atterY cA±le's teÅmi³Al sHoUld ±e
wÅApped i³ i³suÃAti³g tapeË tHereÌs
³o eAsY co³³ectio³ poi³t Íor tHe posµ
itive jumper ca±le'Î alligAtoÅ cli
Ï
.
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