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Hover Mower GX530/GX635 Congratulations! On your purchase of your Black & Decker hover lawnmower. This user manual provides important operating and maintenance instructions for all of the hover mowers in the Black & Decker GX530/GX635 ranges. User manual • • • Know your mower Read all of this manual carefully, observing all the recommended safety instructions before, during and after using your mower, and maintain your mower in good working order.
ENGLISH • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Whenever you leave your mower unattended. • Before checking, cleaning, adjusting or working on your mower. • Before clearing a blockage. • If your mower starts to vibrate abnormally (check immediately). • After striking a foreign object, inspect your mower for damage and make repairs as necessary. Never run your mower whilst lying on its side or attempt to stop the blade always allow it to stop on its own. Do not put hands or feet near or under rotating parts.
Plug replacement • Disconnect the plug from the supply. • Cut off the plug and dispose of immediately. Insertion of a detatched plug into a 13 amp socket outlet may result in electric shock. • Only fit BS1363A approved plugs fitted with the correctly rated fuse. • The cable wire colours, or a letter, will be marked at the connection points of most good quality plugs. Attach the wires to their respective points in the plug (see below). Brown is for “Live” (L) and blue is for “Neutral” (N).
ENGLISH Switchbox operation (Fig. E) E We strongly recommend that prior to connecting your mower to the mains, you understand fully the switchbox operation. The operation is as follows: To start your mower • Grasp the handle (7) with both hands. • Tilt your mower slightly to one side. Note: Failure to do this may result in an unsightly ring being cut in your lawn. • Remove your left hand from the handle (7) and depress the lock-off button (15).
Your switch box incorporates a cable restraint. To fix the cable to the restraint, proceed as follows: • ! J Bring the socket end of the extension cable from behind and connect it to your mower plug. • Form a loop on your extension cable close to the coupler (Fig. E). • Push the loop through the slot from the opposite side of the restraint hook, position the loop over the hook and pull the cable back through the slot. Your cable will now be restrained.
• On long grass, above 10cm (4 inches), use two cuts to get a close finish. We recommend that the first cut should be taken with the blade set at maximum height of cut and the second taken with it set at medium or close. This will prove to be easier and give a better overall finish to your lawn. Care and maintenance ! The advice given in this section covers the general care and maintenance of the main body of your mower. Advice relating to the blades is given in “Maintenance of blades”.
ENGLISH What to do if your mower needs repair For after sales service please refer to the section ‘Lawnmowers & Garden’ within your local Yellow Pages. Unwanted products and the environment Should you find one day that your mower needs replacement, or is of no further use to you, think of the protection of the environment. Black & Decker service agents will accept your old mower and will dispose of it in an environmentally safe way.
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GUARANTEE CARD South Africa: Black & Decker South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Suite no 107, PostNet X65, Halfway House 1685 United Kingdom & Ireland: PO Box 821, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 3AR Please complete this section immediately after the purchase of your lawnmower and post it to the Black & Decker address in your country (above). If you live in Australia or New Zealand, please register your purchase by using the alternative guarantee card supplied. Part no. 375813-16 9/97.
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