Operator's Manual

Whenonlythesecondbarfromtheleftremainson
thebattery-dischargeindicator,itisagoodtimeto
charge(Figure19).
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Figure19
1.The2leftbarsalternatelyblinkuntilyouchargethe
batteries.
Ifyoucontinuetousethemachinewithonly2bars
remaining,bars1and2alternatelyash.
Important:Whenonlythesecondbarfromthe
leftremainsonthebattery-dischargeindicator,
themachinemayenterareduced-speedmode;
thismodeaidsinprotectingthebatteries,but
prolongedoperationinthismodecandamage
thebatteriesand/orthemachine.Avoiddraining
yourbatteriesdowntothesecondbarfromthe
lefttopreventthisissue.Chargethebatteries
immediately.
Ifthebatteriesbecomefullydischarged,the
machineshutsdown.Donotallowthebatteriesto
becomefullydischarged.
Important:Toobtainmaximumbatterylife,
alwayschargethebatteriesbeforethecharge
reachesthesecondbarfromtheleftonthe
screen.Regularlydepletingthebatteriestolower
thanthesecondbarfromtheleftreducesthelife
ofthebatteries.
StoppingtheMachine
Important:Whenstoppingthemachineon
anincline,usetheservicebrakestostopthe
machineandengagetheparkingbraketoholdthe
machineinplace.Usingtheacceleratortostall
themachineonthehillcanoverheatthemotoror
drainthebatteries.
1.Removeyourfootfromtheacceleratorpedal.
2.Slowlypressthebrakepedaltoapplytheservice
brakesuntilthemachinecomestoacomplete
stop.
Note:Thestoppingdistancemayvary
dependingonthemachineloadandspeed.
ParkingtheMachine
1.Stopthemachineusingtheservicebrakesby
pressingandholdingthebrakepedal.
2.Engagetheparkingbrakebypullingthe
parking-brakelevertowardyou.
3.RotatethekeycounterclockwisetotheOFF
position.
4.Removethekey.
BreakinginaNewMachine
ServiceInterval:Aftertherst100hours—Perform
thebreakinginanewmachine
guidelines.
Performthebreakinginanewmachineguidelines
toprovideproperperformanceandlonglifeforthe
machine.
•Checkthebrakeuidandthewaterlevelinthe
batteriesregularly.
•Avoidhardbrakingsituationsfortherstseveral
hoursofnewmachinebreak-inoperation.New
brakeliningsmaynotbeatoptimumperformance
untilseveralhoursofusehascausedthebrakes
tobecomeburnished(broken-in).
•RefertoMaintenance(page27)foranyspecial
lowhourchecks.
•Checkthefrontsuspensionpositioningandadjust
itifnecessary.
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