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clothing should be worn when performing battery maintenance. Flush away

acid spills immediately with clear water. Contact a physician for medical

treatment if acid comes in contact with your body.

A fully charged battery is your best insurance that your boat will start each

time you want to go skiing. Batteries tend to discharge when not in use. The

rate of discharge varies with the condition of the battery and/or the entire

electrical system.

When checking the battery condition after a reasonable period of disuse, you

may get a reading of 10 - 11 1/2 volts on a voltmeter. If the reading is 10 volts

or below, the battery should be charged by either a charging device or by

running the boat. If you start the boat, the voltage should immediately rise.

Within one or two minutes the reading on the voltmeter should begin to level

off at 13 - 14 volts. If the voltage does not rise or rises and stays above 15

volts, have the charging system checked out at your Correct Craft dealer.

S PECIFICATIONS

Battery:

Your battery should have 500 cold cranking amps @ zero degrees F (-18 c),

170 amps for a load test and 80 minutes of 25 amp rate reserve capacity. Do

not reverse the battery cables on battery terminals. Do not spark battery cables

against the terminals to check polarity. Damage to the charging system

components may result if these precautions are not observed.

Important: The engine electrical system is negative ground. Failure to connect

battery leads accordingly will damage the electrical system.

Fuel

Use any good grade of automotive regular or premium gasoline with a

minimum average octane rating of 89. An 87 average octane gasoline may be

used if 89 octane is not available.

New U.S. regulation requires posting average of research and engine octane:

(R+M)/2.

Fuel will deteriorate during prolonged storage, causing damage to the fuel

system gaskets, plastic parts and clogging the passages. Using a fuel stabilizer

can help prevent this.

Do not use fuel that contains methanol alcohol or more than 10% ethanol

alcohol. If pinging and/or other pre-ignition or detonation signs are present, a

mechanical problem may exist which requires immediate attention by a

qualified marine technician.

PCM reserves the right to refuse warranty on parts that are damaged from

using an improper gasoline or engines improperly stored.

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