Komatsu — STARTING ENGINE

. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR OPERATION fire, serious of connecting the booster gloves when starting to a failed machine with machine with the same perform the starting do not allow the nomal normal machine and failed machine. be careful not to let the BOOSTER CABLE (PAGE 2 - 22 PRECAUTIONS WHEN STARTING ENGINE while seated. horn as a warning. achine, that person may sit only in the assistant's seat. Start an d operate the machine only When s tarting the engine, sound the If anoth er person is allowed on the m achine, that person may sit only in t he assista Do not attempt to start the engine b al injury or death. y short-circuiting the engine starting circuit.

This may cause buzzer when machine travels in reverse) works properly. starting circuit. T ause person Check t hat the backup alarm (alarm buzzer when machine travel s in reverse) work s properly. PRECAUTIONS IN COLD AREAS Perform the warming-up operation t horoughly. If the machine is not thoroughly warmed up before the contro Perform not contro levers a re operated, the reaction of t he machine will be slow, and this ma y lead to unexpecte d accidents . If the b attery electrolyte is frozen, d o not charge the battery or s tart the engine wi th a different power source. ource. There i s a hazard that this will ignite the battery and cause the batter y to explode.

Before charging or starting the engin e with a different power source, melt the batte ry electroly te and che ck that there is no leakage of electrolyte bef ore starting. STARTING WITH BOOSTER CABLES If any mis take is made in the method cables, it may cause the battery to expl following. wear safety goggles and ru ine with booster cable. Always the eng When c onnecting a normal machin booster cables, always use a norm battery voltage as the failed machin When starting with a booster ca operati on with 2 workers (1 worker s and the other working with the batte When s tarting from another machin machin e and failed machine.

When c onnecting the booster cables OFF po sition for both the normal ma There i s a hazard that the machine w connec ted. Be sure to connect the positive (+) ca booster cables. Disconnect the nega first wh en removing them. emoving the booster cables When r booster cable clips touch each other machin e. For det ails of the starting procedure see "S TARTING ENGINE WITH B 3-147)" in the OPERATION section.