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•Battery can fall out and injure a child if
vehicle tips over. Always use battery clamp.
• PREVENT FIRE
- Never modify the electrical system.
Alterations could cause a fire resulting in
serious injury and could also ruin the
electrical system.
- Use of the wrong type battery or
charger could cause a fire or explosion
resulting in serious injury.
- Use of Power Wheels
®
components in
products other than Power Wheels
®
vehicles could cause overheating,
fire or explosion.
• The battery must be handled by adults only.
The battery is heavy and contains sulfuric
acid (electrolyte). Dropping the battery could
result in serious injury.
•Never allow children to charge the battery.
Battery charging must be done by adults
only. A child could be injured by the
electricity involved in charging the battery.
• Read the safety instructions on
the battery.
• Examine the battery, charger and their
connectors for excessive wear or damage
each time you charge the battery. If damage
or excessive wear is detected, do not use
the charger or the battery until you have
replaced the worn or damaged part.
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Battery Charging
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Important Notes
•Your new battery must be charged for at least
18 hours before you use it in your vehicle for
the first time.
•We recommend that you start charging your battery
before beginning assembly of your new vehicle.
• The battery must be upright while charging.
• The charger is not a toy.
• Do not short circuit the battery.
•You do not need to remove the battery from your vehicle
to recharge it.
• Before charging the battery, examine the battery case for
cracks and other damage which may cause sulfuric acid
(electrolyte) to leak during the charging process. If
damage is detected, do not charge the battery or use it
in your vehicle. Battery acid is very corrosive and can
cause severe damage to surfaces it contacts.
• Do not charge the battery on a surface (such as kitchen
counter tops) which could be damaged by the acid
contained inside the battery. Take precautions to protect
the surface on which you charge your battery.
• Use only a Power Wheels
®
12 volt charger with 12V
connector (120 VAC, 60 Hz, 15W with an output of
12 VDC, 1200 mA, 7.2W) to charge your Power Wheels
®
12 volt battery.
• If your battery is old and will not accept a charge, do not
leave it in the vehicle. Always remove a dead battery
from the vehicle.
About Thermal Fuses
Your Power Wheels 12 volt battery with 12 volt connector
is equipped with a built-in thermal fuse. The thermal fuse
is a self-resetting safety device which automatically “trips”
and shuts down operation of the vehicle if the vehicle is
overloaded or the driving conditions too severe. Once a
fuse has “tripped”, it will automatically reset itself after
approximately 25 seconds and allow the vehicle to resume
normal operations. To avoid repeated automatic shut-
downs, do not overload the vehicle by exceeding the
65 lbs (29.5 kg.) maximum weight capacity or by towing
anything behind the vehicle. Avoid severe driving
conditions, such as driving up slopes or running into fixed
objects, which can cause the wheels to stop spinning
while power is still being supplied to the motors and make
sure your child stops the vehicle before switching speeds
or direction.
If a thermal fuse in a battery continually trips under
normal driving conditions, please contact your local
Power Wheels
®
Authorized Service Center. For the
location of the Authorized Service Center nearest to you,
see page 32, or register on-line at www.powerwheels.com.
CAUTION
Use the charger in dry locations only.
WARNING
ELECTRICAL HAZARD