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Electrical System, General Information - Edition 07.2010
WARNING
Batteries where the magic eye is colourless or light yellow must
not be checked or charged. Do not slave/jump start the vehicle!
Danger of explosion when checking and charging or slave/
jump starting
These batteries must be renewed.
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– Switch off ignition and all electrical consumers.
– Check setting for battery type on type of battery switch
⇒ page 25 . Must be set to 2.4 V/C (volts/battery cell).
– Connect red terminal clamp „+“ of charger unit to positive ter‐
minal on battery.
Note
In vehicles with start/stop function and battery monitor control unit
-J367- fitted, black terminal clamp „-“ must be connected to body
earth. Connecting it to battery negative terminal will cause start/
stop system to malfunction.
– Connect black terminal clamp „-“ of battery charger to negative
terminal.
– Switch on battery charger ⇒ page 25 .
The charging current indicators ⇒ page 26 -2- and -3- light up
yellow. When only the light emitting diode (LED) -3- lights up yel‐
low, battery is partially discharged (approx. 90 %).
If the LED lights up green ⇒ page 26 -4- the charger has switched
to "maintaining charge". The battery is fully charged.
– Switch off charging unit ⇒ page 25 .
– Remove charger unit terminals from battery terminals.
3.1.3
Charging totally discharged battery with
battery charger -VAS 5095 A-
WARNING
Danger of injury! Observe warning notices and safety regula‐
tions ⇒ page 2 !
The charger unit automatically recognises totally discharged bat‐
teries and initiates a gentle charging procedure with a low charg‐
ing current. The charging current is automatically adapted to suit
the charge condition of the battery.
Note
♦ Observe notes in chapter ⇒ page 59 .
♦ Totally discharged batteries in vehicles before registration
must be exchanged prior to delivery. Preliminary damage can‐
not be excluded.
♦ The battery voltage must be at least 0.6 V.
3. Charging battery
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