TM 9-2350-238-10
BATTERIES – CONTINUED
CORROSION
Battery corrosion is an acid and
will eat holes in your clothing.
Wash any corrosion off your
skin immediately.
Make sure battery caps are
tight and no cracks are visible
in battery case, so no alkaline
solution (acid neutralizer)
reaches electrolyte.
Corrosion is greenish “fuzz” that builds up on
battery posts, terminals, and cables. This cor-
rosion not only can prevent starting, but will
also eat up cables and connectors, If cor-
roded, notify unit maintenance personnel.
DEEP CYCLING
Deep-cycling is a complete discharge of bat-
teries. This will lessen battery life and in
freezing weather will burst battery case.
Avoid running battery down.
BATTERIES IN USE
Make sure unit maintenance personnel check
specific gravity of each battery cell weekly
when vehicle is in use.
BATTERIES NOT IN USE
Make sure unit maintenance personnel check
specific gravity once a month when vehicle is
not in use. Charge batteries when specific
gravity drops below 1.225.
UNSERVICEABLE BATTERIES
If batteries fail to respond, notify unit
maintenance personnel.
LAMP REPLACEMENT
Pages 3-36 thru 3-41 provide lamp replace-
ment instructions to be performed by
operator. If lamp replacement does not
remedy malfunction, notify unit maintenance
personnel. Make sure lamps are replaced with
lamps of same identification number.
HEADLAMPS
3-36
