Under normal use, the battery does not need to be recharged from external sources. The battery only needs to be recharged every 6 weeks for long periods of inactivity. Recharging may also be required when the vehicle is mainly used for short trips at night. Otherwise, the need to recharge the battery indicates a malfunction or a malfunction in the charging circuit.
When charging with low current (e.g. with a low power charger), it is not normally necessary to disconnect the connecting wires of the onboard electrical system, however, the ignition must be switched off and the bonnet left open. In any case, the charger manufacturer's instructions must be followed.
Before accelerated charging, which means charging with a high current, both wires connecting the battery to the onboard electrical system should be disconnected from the battery.
With any method of charging, the temperature of the electrolyte in the battery should not exceed 38°C. If the battery becomes hot or vigorous gas evolution begins in the electrolyte, then charging should be stopped.
Charging should be done with a constant current equal to 1/20 of the battery capacity.
The end of charging is indicated by the intensive release of gases from the battery and the fact that the density of the electrolyte does not change over the last 3 hours of charging.
Operation in winter conditions
In winter, a particularly large load falls on the battery. In addition, at low temperatures, the battery gives out when starting the engine only a part of the power that it has at a positive temperature. Therefore, we recommend that before the start of the winter season, check the density of the electrolyte in the battery and, if necessary, recharge it.
If the car is not used for several weeks in very cold weather, the battery should be removed and stored in a heated room so that it does not freeze and therefore does not collapse.
If the battery has been disconnected from the on-board network and reconnected to it.
After disconnecting the battery from the on-board network, keep in mind that:
- all data from the memory device of the trip computer is erased;
- all data in the driver's seat memory is erased;
- clock with arrow indication stops, clock with digital indication goes astray;
- the factory-installed receiver is disabled;
- automatic raising and lowering windows with power windows does not work.
After connecting the battery to the on-board network, you must reset the clock.
Next, you should restore the functioning of the automatic full lifting and lowering of the windows.
In addition, the driver's seat memory must be re-initialized, otherwise the settings will not be remembered.
A factory-installed radio can only be made operational by entering the appropriate code - see "Radio user manual".
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