. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR OPERATION 2 - 24 STARTING WITH BOOSTER CABLES If any mistake is made in the method of connecting the booster cables, it may cause the battery to explode, so always do as follows. Always wear safety goggles and rubber gloves when starting the engine with booster cable. necting the booster If any mistake is cables follows the engine with When connecti ng a normal machine to a pr oblem machine with booster cables , always use a normal mac hine with the same rry out the starting battery voltage as the problem machine.
When starting with a booster cable, ca operation with two workers (one worker sit ting in the operator's sea t and the ot her working with the battery When starting machines to to When connecti ng the booster cables, turn t he starting switch to the OFF posit ion for both the normal m achine and problem machine. Ther e is a hazard that the machin e will move when the power is conne cted. Be s ure to con nect the positive (+) cable fir st when installing the booster cables . Disconnect the negative (-) cable (ground side) first when rem oving them. g the booster cables, be careful not to let the When removin booster cable c lips touch each other or to l et the clips touch the machine.
For details of th e starting procedure when u sing booster cables, see "STARTIN G ENGINE WITH BOOST ER CABLE (PAGE 3-166)" in the OPERATION section. STARTING WITH STARTING AID CONNECTOR (IF E QUIPPED) When using th e starting aid connector (if e quipped) to start the engine, see "HANDLING STARTING AID CONNECTOR (PAGE 6-26)" i n the ATTACHMENT AND OPTION Section.