Operation Manual

•Replacefaultysilencers.
•Beforeusing,alwaysvisuallyinspecttoseethattheblades,
bladeboltsandcutterassemblyarenotwornordamaged.
Replacewornordamagedbladesandboltsinsetsto
preservebalance.
•Neverpickuporcarryamachinewhiletheengineis
running.
•Stoptheengineanddisconnectthesparkplugwire,make
surethatallmovingpartshavecometoacompletestop:
–Beforeclearingblockages.
–Beforechecking,cleaning,orworkingonthemachine.
–Afterstrikingaforeignobject.Inspectthemachine
fordamageandmakerepairsbeforerestartingand
operatingthemachine.
–Ifthemachinestartstovibrateabnormally.
–Wheneveryouleavethemachine.
–Beforerefueling.
•Ensurethattheengineandfueltankareemptyoffuel
beforerotatingthemachinebeyonda45degreeangle.
•Reducethethrottlesettingduringengineshutdownand,
iftheengineisprovidedwithashut-offvalve,turnthe
fueloffattheconclusionofmowing.
•Allowtheenginetocoolbeforestoringinanyenclosure.
•Replacewornordamagedpartsforsafety.
•Ifthefueltankhastobedrained,thisshouldbedone
outdoors.
•Localregulationsmayrestricttheageoftheoperator.
•Alwayswearearprotection.
•Donottiltthemachinewhenstartingtheengine,except
ifthemachinehastobetiltedforstarting.Inthiscasedo
nottiltitmorethanabsolutelynecessaryandliftonlythe
partwhichisawayfromtheoperator.
•Examinethemachineregularlyandreplacewornor
damagedpartsforsafety.
•Model02602only–Neverreplacethecuttingunit
withmetalpartsandonlyusecuttingheadsandcutting
elementswhicharesuitableforuseattheoperatingspeed
ofthemachine.
SoundPressure
Thismachinehasasoundpressurelevelattheoperator’sear
of90dBA(model02602),88.5dBA(model02604),or88
dBA(model02606)whichincludesanUncertaintyValue(K)
of2dBA.Thesoundpressurelevelwasdeterminedaccording
totheproceduresoutlinedinENISO5395:2013.
SoundPower
Thismachinehasaguaranteedsoundpowerlevelof100
dBA(modelexcept02602)or98dBA(models02604and
02606),whichincludesanUncertaintyValue(K)of2dBA.
Thesoundpowerlevelwasdeterminedaccordingtothe
proceduresoutlinedinISO11094.
Vibration
Measuredvibrationlevelforthelefthand=5.4m/s
2
(Models
02602and02604)or4.0m/s
2
(Model02606)
Measuredvibrationlevelfortherighthand=6.2m/s
2
(Model
02602),4.3m/s
2
(Model02604),4.7m/s
2
(Model02606).
UncertaintyValue(K)=3m/s2(model02602),2.5m/s
2
(Model02604),or2m/s
2
(Model02606).
Themeasuredvaluesweredeterminedaccordingtothe
proceduresoutlinedinENISO5395:2013.
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