Battery - Storage/Testing/Diagnostics/Charging: Overview
87pontiac14Bulletin Number: 88-8-4
Reference Number: 886401
Publish Date: 11/87
Subject: DELCO FREEDOM BATTERY STORAGE, TESTING, AND DIAGNOSIS AND CHARGING PROCEDURE
Models
Affected: ALL MODELS - ALL YEARS
"This bulletin supersedes bulletin 86-8-20, dated 10/86, which should now be discarded."
Recent service experience indicates that many of the batteries replaced under warranty were good, serviceable units which could have been recharged. This bulletin outlines the proper service procedures for storing and testing Delco Freedom batteries.
NOTICE: ALL BATTERIES GENERATE HYDROGEN GAS WHICH IS EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE. IF IGNITED BY A SPARK OR FLAME, THE GAS MAY EXPLODE VIOLENTLY, CAUSING SPRAYING OF ACID, FRAGMENTATION OF THE BATTERY AND POSSIBLE SEVERE PERSONAL INJURIES.. WEAR APPROVED EYE PROTECTION. BATTERY FLUID IS CORROSIVE ACID. FLUSH ANY CONTACTED AREA WITH WATER IMMEDIATELY AND THOROUGHLY.