Cub Cadet 990 - Manual (Page 14)

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Maintaining
Your Lawn
Mower
Replacing Battery
WARNING: Batteries contain sulfuric acid
which may cause burns. Do not short
circuit or mutilate batteries in any way. Do
not put batteries in fire as these may burst or release
toxic materials.
1. Loosen round handle knobs securing upper and lower
handles and carefully fold the upper handle down
toward the lower handle as shown in Figure 5-13.
2. Remove the two screws securing battery cover to bat-
tery housing and place them to the side. See Figure
5-13.
3. Open battery cover, remove positive and negative
leads from battery, remove and replace with new
battery. See Figure 5-14. Connect the positive lead to
the positive side of the battery pack, then connect the
negative side.
NOTE: The battery you have may differ slightly from the
one shown in Figure 5-14. Refer to the Parts List.
IMPORTANT: When replacing battery pack in handle
panel, battery pack must be positioned with the posi-
tive terminal to the left side and the negative terminal
to the right side of panel (Positive terminal is closest
to the key switch). See Figure 5-14. Replacing battery
pack incorrectly will cause serious damage.
4. Reattach battery cover to battery housing by securing
with the two screws removed earlier, making sure
to snap the wire conduit on the left into place on the
housing.
5. Fold handles back up and tighten handle knobs.
Charging Battery
WARNING: The battery contains corrosive
fluid and toxic material; handle with care
and keep away from children. Do not punc-
ture, disassemble, mutilate or incinerate the battery.
Explosive gases could be vented during charging or
discharging. Use in a well ventilated area, away from
sources of ignition.
NOTE: The special designed plug on the charger will only
fit into the plug on the battery box.
1. Plug the battery charger into the port on the underside
of the battery housing. See Figure 5-15.
Figure 5-13: Fold down upper handle and remove two screws
from back of housing.
Figure 5-14: Open cover to view battery and wires.
Figure 5-15: Plug charger into battery lead (1) and then plug
charger pack into 120 volt standard household outlet (2).
Batteries contain
sulfuric acid which
may cause burns.
Do not short circuit
or mutilate batteries
in any way. Do not
put batteries in fire
as these may burst
or release toxic
materials.
Use only the battery
charger supplied
with this mower.
Do not remove the
battery pack from
the electric starter
housing for any
reason other than
replacement.
WARNING
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