Use and Care Manual

ENGLISH
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Mowing Tips (Fig.A)
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WARNING: ALWAYS INSPECT AREA WHERE
MOWER IS TO BE USED AND REMOVE ALL STONES,
STICKS, WIRE, BONES, AND OTHER DEBRIS WHICH
MIGHT BE THROWN BY THE ROTATINGBLADE.
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WARNING: Mow across the face of slopes, never
up‑and‑down. Exercise extreme caution when
changing direction on slopes. Do not mow excessively
(greater than 15°) steep slopes. Always maintain
goodfooting.
• Release bail handle to turn mower “OFF” when crossing
any gravel area (stones can be thrown by theblade).
• Set mower at highest cutting height when mowing in rough
ground or in tall weeds. Removing too much grass at one
time can cause the motor to be overloaded and to stop.
• If a grass collection bag
13
is used during the fast
growing season, the grass may tend to clog up at the
discharge opening. Release bail handle to turn mower
off, remove the safety key and battery packs. Remove
the catcher and shake the grass down to the back end
of the bag. Also clean out any grass or debris which may
be packed around the discharge opening. Replace the
grasscatcher.
Mower Overload
To prevent damage due to overload conditions, do not try to
remove too much grass at one time. Slow down your cutting
pace, or raise the cutheight.
1. Follow Starting Mowerinstructions.
2. To turn on self drive, hold blade bail handle
5
in place
against the main handle
4
with onehand.
3. Pull the self speed lever
6
toward the main handle with
your otherhand.
4. You can hold just the speed lever
6
or hold both bail
handle
5
and speed lever simultaneously.
5. To turn off self drive, release the speed lever
6
.
NOTE: When you turn off the self drive, for example at the
end of a row, the wheels may become temporarily locked
if you pull backwards on the mower. Simply push ahead
slightly and then move the mower asrequired.
NOTE: During cutting, at times it may be easier to maneuver
around an object , such as a tree or plants, with the self drive
off. The mower can easily be used with the self driveoff.
Variable Speed Ajustment Wheel (Fig.M)
Your mower is equipped with a variable speed adjustment
wheel
36
located on the bottom of self drive housing
37
.
This system adjusts how quickly or slowly the self drive
system propells themower.
1. To increase the speed of the self drive system, rotate the
variable speed adjustment wheel
36
in the direction
indicated by the arrow located next to the variable speed
adjustment wheel
36
.
2. To decrease the speed of the self drive system, rotate the
variable speed adjustment wheel
36
in the opposite
direction indicated by the arrow located next to the
variable speed adjustment wheel
36
.
Variable Speed Self Drive System (Fig.M)
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DANGER: Sharp moving blade. Never attempt to
override the operation of the switch box, the self
drive system or the safety key system as serious
injury couldresult.
Your mower is equipped with variable speed self drive. This
system is dependent on the blade ONOFF switch. It can only
be used with the blade spinning.
Starting Mower (Fig.J–M)
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DANGER: Sharp moving blade. Never attempt
to override the operation of the switch box and
safety key system as serious injury couldresult.
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WARNING: Ensure self drive is disengaged before
starting the mower
NOTE: Mower is operational when battery packs and safety
key areinstalled.
1. Lift and hold the battery port cover
10
up to expose the
battery port
35
.
2. Slide a battery pack
24
into the battery port
35
until an
audible click is heard. Repeat this process for the second
batteryport.
NOTE: Ensure the battery packs are fully seated and fully
latched intoposition before startingmower.
3. Close the battery port cover. Ensure the cover is fully
closed before startingmower.
4. Insert safety key
3
into the ONOFF switch box
1
until it is fully seated inside housing. The mower is
nowoperational.
5. Your mower is equipped with a special ONOFF switch
box
1
. To operate the mower, push and hold the
ONOFF button
2
on the ONOFF switch box
1
, then
pull the bail handle
5
to the main handle
4
.
NOTE: Once the mower starts you can release
theONOFFbutton, but you must continue to hold the
bail handle to themain handle for the mower torun.
6. To turn the mower OFF, release the bailhandle
5
.
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WARNING: Never attempt to lock a switch or bail
handle in the ONposition.
NOTE: Once the bail handle has returned to the original
position it will activate the “Automatic Braking Mechanism”.
The motor is braked and the mower blade will stop rotating
in three seconds orless. If mower blade rotates longer than
three seconds, discontinue using mower and have itserviced.
Safety Key (Fig.K)
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DANGER: Sharp moving blade. In order to prevent
accidental start‑up or unauthorized use of your
cordless mower, a removable safety key
3
has been
incorporated into the design of your mower. The mower
will be completely disabled when the safety key has
been removed from themower.
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DANGER: Rotating blades can cause serious
injury. To prevent serious injury, turn unit off and
remove safety key and battery packs when unattended,
or when charging, cleaning, servicing, transporting,
lifting, or storingmower.