Use and Care Manual

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Proper Hand Position (Fig. G)
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WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious
personal injury, ALWAYS use proper hand position
as shown.
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WARNING: To reduce the risk of serious
personal injury, ALWAYS hold securely in anticipation of
a suddenreaction.
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WARNING: Always use proper eye
protection that conforms to ANSI Z87.1 (CAN/CSA
Z94.3) while operating thisappliance.
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WARNING:Remove the battery before
making any assembly, adjustments, or changing
accessories. Such preventive safety measures reduce
the risk of starting the TRIMMERaccidentally.
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CAUTION: Before you begin trimming, only
use the appropriate type of cuttingline.
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CAUTION: Inspect area to be trimmed and
remove any wire, cord, or string-like objects which
could become entangled in the rotating line or spool.
Be particularly careful to avoid any wire which might
be bent outwardly into the path of the appliance, such
as barbs at the base of a chain linkfence.
Proper hand position requires one hand on the primary
handle
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and one hand on the auxiliary handle
4
.
Switching Trimmer On and Off (Fig. A)
To turn the appliance on, squeeze the lock-off button
2
and
then the variable speed trigger
1
.
To turn the appliance off, release the variable speed trigger
and the lock-offbutton.
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WARNING: Never attempt to lock the
trigger in the onposition.
Speed Control Switch (Fig. A)
This string trimmer gives you the choice to operate at a
more efficient speed to extend the runtime for larger jobs, or
accelerate the trimmer speed for high-performancecutting.
To extend runtime, push the speed control switch
3
forward toward the auxillary handle
4
into the "LO"
position. This mode is best for larger projects that require
more time tocomplete.
To accelerate the trimmer, pull the speed control switch
back toward the battery housing
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into the "HI" position.
This mode is best to cut through heavier growth and for
applications that need higherRPM.
NOTE: When in "HI" mode, runtime will be decreased as
compared to when trimmer is in "LO"mode.
Fig.G
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Trimming (Fig. H, I)
With the trimmer on, angle it and swing side to side as
shown in Fig.H.
Maintain a minimum distance of 24" (610 mm) between the
guard and your feet as shown in Fig.I.
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WARNING: Keep the rotating string
roughly parallel with the ground (tilted no more than
30 degrees). This trimmer is not an edger. DO NOT
TILT the trimmer so that the string is spinning near
a right angle to the ground. Flying debris can cause
seriousinjury.
Fig.F
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