Polaris 2011 Widetrak IQ - Manual (Page 75)

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OPERATION
Emergency Starting
1. Always wear eye protection when jump starting your vehicle.
2. Keep bystanders away from the vehicles.
3. Perform the emergency starting procedure in a well-ventilated area.
4. Position the vehicles close enough for the jumper cables to reach
easily between the batteries, but do not allow the vehicles to touch
each other.
5. Lock the parking brakes on both vehicles to prevent accidental
movement.
6. Release the seat latch and raise the seat to access the battery.
7. Decide which of the jumper cables will be positive (usually red or
yellow) and which will be negative (usually black).
WARNING! Never connect a jumper cable to the fuel system or fuel lines.
8. Pull back the red plastic boot covering the positive terminal of the
weak battery. Connect one end of the positive jumper cable to the
positive terminal of the weak battery.
9. Connect the other end of the positive jumper cable to the positive
terminal of the charged battery.
NOTICE: Make sure that the end of the negative cable by the weak battery is
not contacting the snowmobile battery or chassis.
10. Connect the other negative end of the jumper cable to the negative
terminal of the charged battery.
11. Connect the end of the negative jumper cable by the weak battery to
the CHASSIS of the snowmobile. There may be a small spark when
this is done, but this is normal.
NOTICE: Always be sure that the jumper cables do not interfere with the belts,
pulleys or clutches on either vehicle.