Alfa Romeo 33 owners manual page 93

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IGNITION, STARTING, CHARGING SYSTEM BATTERY WARNING: Batteries left on the shelf or in cars a. Do not touch both the positive unused for long periods gradually and negative terminals of the lose their charge.Therefor they need battery at the same time with to be charged up again when they are your bare hands. to be used. b. In case of necessity use a I2-volt booster battery with jumper leads for starting the engine. CHARGING CHECKS WARNING: a.Remove the negative connection 1. The container has no cracks in it. before starting to charge the battery. 2. Verify that electrolyte level covers electrodes of about 4+ 5 mm b. Do not let the electrolyte heat (0.16 4 0.2 in). up above45°C (113°F) during charging. 3. The top of the battery is clean 3. Take the temperature “t” of the and the terminals are not oxidized or electrolyte with a thermometer. dirty. CAUTION: 4. Calculate the specific gravity at a. Do not use naked flames near 4. The lead terminals are well 25°C (77°F) from the formula the battery while charging. fastened on to the battery terminals and make good contact. sg,, = sgt + 0.0007(t - 25) (kg/dm3) b.First connect the battery to the where: charger and then switch on the charger. $gt= Specific gravity of electrolyte CLEANING at PC t = Electrolyte temperature CELLS TEST 1. Clean the top of the battery, its terminals and the lead terminals with Examples This test should be performed with a solution of sodium bicarbonate in 1.SElectrolyte s.g. at15°C (59°F): water. the correct electrolytes.g. 1.290 kg/dm3 Measure the discharge voltage at the 2. Before reassembling terminals, it s.g. at25°C (77°F) will be: is necessary to grease them with the terminals of each cell. prescribed grease: GreaseREINACH sg*s = 1.290 + 0.0007(15 -- 25) E 10 Tat. 1. Remove the plugs from the filler = 1.283kg/dm3 holes. WARNING: (35.51 Ib/cu in) 2. Put the test probes in two adjacent holes (positive and negative) Do not let the cleaning fluid get into 2. Electrolytes.g. at35°C (95°F): the battery: as shown. The needle should flip over it will react with the electrolyte. 1.275 kg/dm3 to the green zone (charged). s.g.ar 25°C (77°F) will be: 3. Repeat for the other two pairs The electrolyte is acid and therefore dangerous to eyes, hands and clothes. of holes. sg,, = 1.275+ 0.0007 (35 -- 25) = 1.282kg/dm3 (35.48 Ib/cu in) SPECIFIC GRAVITY 5. Compare then theclensitycalcu- 1. Verify that electrolyte is at correct level. lated at25% (77°F) with the value prescribed for an efficient battery. 2. By means of a bulb hydrometer, extract electrolyte from each cell and check the specific gravity. An efficient battery electrolyte spe- cific gravity is d = 1.28* 0.01 kg/dm3 4. If the needle stops in the red zone (low charge) at the same point for each cell, charge the battery. 6. If necessary charge the battery. May 1983 05-2

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