the equipment if they are in the vicinity.
•
The protective devices and your per-
sonal protective equipment will protect
yourself and other people and ensure
that the equipment can be smoothly
operated:
Always wear appropriate work clothes
and personal protective equipment!
Always wear a face shield or goggles
as well as ear defenders, boots or
shoes with non-slip soles, strong long
trousers and work gloves. Never oper-
ate the equipment while bare footed or
wearing sandals.
•
Never use the equipment if it is dam-
aged, incomplete or has been modified
without the approval of the manufac-
turer. Never operate the equipment if
the protective equipment is defective.
Before starting up the equipment al-
ways check that the equipment is in a
perfectly safe condition, especially the
power cable, the switch and the protec-
tive cover.
•
Never disconnect or remove any pro-
tective devices!
Use:
•
Always maintain a secure footing while
working. Be especially careful when
working on a sloping terrain.
•
Do not operate the equipment if you are
tired or lack concentration and after hav-
ing drunk alcohol or taken medication.
Always take a work break in due time.
•
Do not use the equipment while it is
raining, in poor weather conditions and
when the surrounding area is wet. Only
work when the light conditions are good.
•
Always keep the cutting line well away
from the body, particularly the hands
and feet, when you switch on the mo-
tor and while the motor is running.
•
Never start the equipment when it is
turned over or not in the correct work-
ing position.
•
Switch off the motor and disconnect
the plug from the mains socket:
- Whenever you are not using the
equipment
- If the equipment is left unattended
- When the equipment is being
cleaned, maintained or is to be in-
spected
- When relocating the equipment
- If the power or extension cable is
damaged
- When you remove or exchange the
cutting device or manually adjust the
length of the cutting line
•
Check when starting up and working
with the cutting head that it does not
come into contact with stones, rubble,
wire or other foreign bodies.
•
Take care not to provoke injuries on
each device used for cutting the string
lengths. After pulling out a new string,
always hold the machine in its normal
working position before switching it on.
•
Always be very careful about the line
cutter as it can cause very serious cuts
•
Never try to stop the cutting device
(cutting line) with your hands. Always
wait until it has stopped rotating.
•
Only use an original cutting line. The
use of a metal wire instead of the nylon
line is impermissible.
•
Do not use the equipment to cut grass
that is not growing on the ground, e.g.
grass on walls, rocks, etc.
•
Do not traverse gravel paths while the
equipment is operating.
•
Do not operate the equipment in the
vicinity of inflammable liquids or gases
as this could give rise to the danger of
a fire or explosion.
•
Store the equipment in a dry place that
is not accessible to children.
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