What are the safety tips we should know when recondition a battery by ourselves?
• Always use extreme caution when handling lead-acid batteries and electrolyte. Wear safety gloves, goggles and protective clothes; • Inspect for defective cables, loose connections, corrosion, cracked cases or covers, loose hold-downs and deformed or loose terminal posts; • Replace worn or unserviceable parts; • Tighten cable clamp nuts with the proper size wrench. Avoid subjecting battery terminals to excessive twisting forces; • Use a cable puller to remove a cable clamp from the battery terminal; • Remove corrosion on the terminal posts, hold-down tray and hold-down parts; • Use a tapered brush to clean dirt from the battery terminals and the cable clamps; • Use a battery carrier to lift a battery, or place hands at opposite corners; • Do not lean over a battery; • Always be caution when handling battery solutions, follow emergency procedures if splash solutions to the eyes or skin; • Charge batteries in a designated, well-ventilated area; • Do not attempt to recharge a frozen batt
