User guide

Safety
–TheLPGtankshouldbefreeofdentsor
damage.Ifthetankshowsignsofdentsor
damage,replaceitimmediately.
–Checkthevalveandttingopeningsfordirt
anddebris.
–Slowlyopenthevalveallthewayandlisten
foracontinuoushissfromtheregulator,it
mayindicatealeak.
–LPGhasarotteneggorskunksmelladded
toittohelpdetectagasleak.Ifyoudetect
agasleak:
◊TurnofftheLPGvalveifyoucansafely
doso.
◊Leavethearea.
◊Contacttrainedandqualiedpersonnel
immediately.
–DoNotuseifthehosesareabraded,damaged,
kinked,orattened.
–Makesurethetankissecurelymountedto
themower.Ifthetankisloose,thehoseor
ttingsmayleak.
•Witheachtankchange:
–Checkallgauges,ttings,andvalvesfor
damage.
–Lookfordeterioration,damagedormissing
o-ringsontankconnectiontting.
–InspecttheLPGtankandthefuelconnection
jointforleaks.Usethefollowingprocedure
belowtodetectleaks:
◊Applyanapprovedleakdetectorsolution,
obtainedfromatrainedandqualied
LPGdistributor,orathicknon-ammonia
soapywatersolution(50%non-ammonia
soapand50%water).(Aleakdetector
solutionthatcontainsammoniawillcause
thettingstocorrodeandleak.)
◊Usingasmallbrushorspraybottle,apply
thesolutionaroundallthettingsofthe
LPGtankandthefuelconnectionjoint.
◊Slowlyopenthegasvalveahalf-turn.
◊Ifbubblesaredetected,thejointortting
hasaleak.Shutoffthevalve,tighten
theleakingconnection,andslowlyopen
thevalveagain.Ifbubblesstillappear,
DoNotusethetank.Ifitissafetodo
so,removethetankfromyourmower;
otherwise,contacttrainedandqualied
personnelimmediately.
◊Ifnobubblesaredetected,theLPGtank
maybeused.
•Weekly:
–ChecktheentireLPGfueldeliverysystemfor
damageordeterioration.
–ChecktheentireLPGfueldeliverysystemfor
leaksatalljointsusingthesamemethodas
describedintheprevioussection.
–Followalltheinspectionchecksasspecied
inthetwopreviousinspectionsections.
•TankRequalication:
–USDOT(UnitedStatesDepartmentof
Transportation)regulationsrequireLPG
tankstobeinspected,requalied,andmarked
within12yearsofthemanufacturedateand
onaregularbasisthereafter.Typicallythis
occurswhenthetankisrelled;contacta
trainedandqualiedLPGtankproviderfor
moredetails.
–DoNotlltheLPGtankifitisbeyondthe
requalicationperiod.
–DoNotlldamagedorrustedLPGtanks.
Operation
WARNING
Operatingengineparts,especiallythe
mufer,becomeextremelyhot.Severeburns
canoccuroncontactanddebris,suchas
leaves,grass,brush,etc.cancatchre.
•Allowengineparts,especiallythemufer,
tocoolbeforetouching.
•Removeaccumulateddebrisfrommufer
andenginearea.
•Installandmaintaininworkingordera
sparkarresterbeforeusingequipment
onforest-covered,grass-covered,or
brush-coveredunimprovedland.
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