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DETAILSANDPRECAUTIONSONTHEUSEOFBATTERIES
‐Discardausedbatteryinnatureorgarbagepollutesandpreventstherecoveryofrecyclable
materials.
Itisthereforeimportanttolimitconsumptionofbatteriesandfollowtheseguidelines:
•Focusonalkalinebatteries(thatlastlongerthanthesalinebatteries)andwhenpossible,
rechargeablebatteriesdepositbatteriesandaccumulatorsinspecificcontainersarranged among
traders.
•Forexample,metalswillbevaluedandpollutedtheenvironmentbec ausetheycontainheavymetals
hazardoustohealthandtheenvironmentprimarily(cadmiumandnickel)
‐Thepilesmustinstallationbyrespectingthepolarityindicatedon
theapparatusandthepile.
Anincorrectpositioningcanistodamagetheapparatus,istocauseescapesonthelevelofthepile,is
totheextremetocauseafireortheexplosionofthepile.
‐Toensureproperoperation,thebatteriesmustbeingoodcondition.In
caseofabnormalityinthe
functioningofthedevice,putfreshbatteries
‐Neverattempttorechargenon‐rechargeablebatteries.Theycouldrun,warmup,causingafireor
explosion.
‐Replaceallbatteriesatthesametime.Nevermixzincbatterieswithalkalinebatteriesor
rechargeablebatteries
‐Thebatteriesmust
beremovedfromthedevice
‐Also,removethebatteriesfromyourdeviceifyoudonotuseitforalongtime,ifthebatteriesmay