TROUBLESHOOTING 21.10STARTING THE ENGINE The engine of the machine with the charged battery must run at high idle-running speed. Start the engine of the machine with the discharged battery. If the engine does not start up immediately, wait at least two minutes, before you make a second attempt. 21.10.1 DISCONNECTING THE BATTERY JUMPER CABLE Danger of short-circuit! When disconnecting the cables, pay attention not to let the cable ends touch each other or the machine. When the cable ends touch each other or the machine, a short-circuit is pro- duced which may damage parts of the electrical system!
When disconnecting the cables, pay attention not to let the cable ends touch each other or the ma- chine. After starting of the engine, disconnect the battery jumper cables by reversing the steps you performed to con- nect the cables. 1 - Disconnect one clamp of the battery jumper cable from the engine block. 2 - Disconnect the other clamp of the battery jumper cable from the negative terminal (-) of the charged battery. 3 - Disconnect the clamp of the battery jumper cable from the positive terminal (+) of the charged battery. 4 - Disconnect the other clamp of the battery jumper cable from the positive terminal (+) of the discharged bat- tery. 117