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Battery Safety
7.1
Warnings and Instructions
WARNING
■ Use of unauthorized batteries can damage the
hedge trimmer and result in fire, explosion and
personal injury and property damage.
– Use only genuine STIHL AK series batter‐
ies.
■ Use of STIHL AK series batteries for any pur‐
pose other than powering STIHL power tools
could be extremely dangerous.
– Use STIHL AK series batteries only to
power compatible STIHL power tools.
■ Use of unauthorized chargers can damage the
battery and result in fire, explosion and per‐
sonal injury and property damage.
– Use only genuine STIHL AL 101, AL 301
or AL 500 series chargers to charge
STIHL AK series batteries.
■ The battery contains safety features and devi‐
ces which, if damaged, may allow the battery
to generate heat, rupture, leak, ignite or
explode.
– Never heat the battery
– Never incinerate or place
– Never use or charge a malfunctioning,
damaged, cracked, leaking or deformed
battery.
– Never open, disassemble, crush, drop,
subject to heavy impact or otherwise dam‐
age the battery.
– Never expose the battery to microwaves
or high pressures.
– Never insert objects into the battery's
cooling slots.
■ Extreme temperatures may cause the battery
to generate heat, rupture, leak, ignite or
explode, resulting in severe or fatal personal
injury and property damage.
– Never charge, use or store the battery
outside the specified ambient temperature
limits,
24.5.
■ To reduce the risk of personal injury and prop‐
erty damage in the event the battery emits
smoke, has an unusual smell or feels unusu‐
ally hot while using, charging or storing:
– Immediately discontinue using or charging
the battery. Contact the authorities in the
event of fire or explosion.
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above 212 °F (100 °C).
the battery on or near
fires, stoves or other high-
temperature locations.
■ To reduce the risk of a short circuit, which
could lead to electric shock, fire and explosion:
– Keep the battery dry. Pro‐
– Never immerse the battery
– Never bridge the battery terminals with
wires or other metallic objects.
– Keep a battery that is not in use away
from small metal objects capable of con‐
ducting electricity (e.g., paper clips, nails,
coins, keys).
– Store the battery indoors in a dry room.
– Never store the battery in damp or corro‐
sive environments or in conditions that
could lead to corrosion of its metal com‐
ponents.
– Never store the battery in the hedge trim‐
mer.
– When storing the battery, maintain a
charge of 40 % to 60 % (2 green LEDs).
– If storing the battery in the charger, dis‐
connect the charger from the outlet.
– Protect the battery from exposure to cor‐
rosive agents such as garden chemicals
and de-icing salts.
– Protect the battery from exposure to con‐
ductive liquids such as salt water.
– Do not attempt to repair, open or disas‐
semble the battery. There are no user-
serviceable parts inside.
■ Leaking battery fluid is potentially harmful and
can cause skin and eye irritation, chemical
burns and other serious personal injury.
– Avoid contact with skin and eyes.
– Use an inert absorbent such as sand on
spilled battery fluid.
– In the event of accidental contact, immedi‐
ately rinse the contact area thoroughly
with mild soap and water.
– If fluid gets into your eye(s): Do not rub.
Rinse water over the open eye(s) for at
least 15 minutes and seek medical atten‐
tion.
■ A battery fire can be dangerous. To reduce the
risk of severe personal injury and property
damage in the event of fire:
– Evacuate the area. Fire can spread rap‐
idly. Stay clear of any vapors generated
and maintain a safe distance.
– Contact the fire department.
– Although water can be used to put out a
battery fire, use of a multi-purpose dry
chemical fire extinguisher is preferable.
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tect it from rain, water, liq‐
uids and damp conditions.
in water or other liquids.
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