Use and Care Manual

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TROUBLESHOOTING
Problem Cause Remedy
String trimmer fails
to start.
1. The battery pack is not
attached to the trimmer.
1. Attach the battery pack to the trimmer.
2. No electrical contact
between the trimmer and
the battery pack.
2. Remove battery, check contacts and
reinstall the battery pack.
3. The battery pack is
depleted.
3. Charge the battery pack.
4. The lock-off button
and trigger switch
are not depressed
simultaneously.
4. Press down on the lock-off button and
hold it, then depress the trigger switch
to turn on the string trimmer.
String trimmer
stops while cutting.
1. The guard is not mounted
on the trimmer, resulting
in an overly long cutting
line and motor overload.
1. Remove the battery pack and mount
the guard on the trimmer.
2. Incorrect cutting line is
used.
2. Use recommended nylon cutting line
with diameter no greater than 0.080 in.
(2.0 mm).
3. The motor shaft or
trimmer head is bound
with grass.
3. Stop the trimmer, remove the battery,
and remove the grass from the motor
shaft and trimmer head.
4. The motor is overloaded. 4. Remove the trimmer head from the
grass. The motor will recover to work
when the load is removed. When
cutting, move the trimmer head in and
out of the grass to be cut and don’t
remove grass too long in a single cut.
5. The battery pack or string
trimmer is too hot.
5. Allow the battery pack or trimmer to
cool down.
6. The battery pack is
disconnected from the
tool.
6. Re-install the battery pack.
7. The battery pack is
depleted.
7. Charge the battery pack.