56 VOLT LITHIUM-ION CORDLESS GRASS TRIMMER — ST1620E-T
16
TROUBLESHOOTING
PROBLEM
CAUSE
SOLUTION
Grass trimmer fails
to start
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The battery pack is not attached to the
grass trimmer.
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Attach the battery pack to the grass trimmer.
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No electrical contact between the grass
trimmer and battery.
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Remove battery, check contacts and reinstall
the battery pack.
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The battery pack is depleted
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Charge the battery pack.
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The lock-off button is not depressed
before pressing the trigger.
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Press down the lock-off lever and hold it, then
depress the trigger to turn on the tool.
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The motor shaft or trimmer head is bound
with grass.
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Remove the grass from the motor shaft and
trimmer head.
Grass trimmer
stops while cutting.
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The guard is not mounted on the trimmer,
resulting in an overly long cutting line and
motor overload.
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Remove the battery pack and mount the guard
on the trimmer.
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Heavy cutting line is used.
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Use recommended nylon cutting line with
diameter 2.4 mm.
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The battery pack or grass trimmer is too
hot.
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Cool the battery or grass trimmer.
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The battery pack is disconnected from
the tool.
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Re-install the battery pack.
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The battery pack is depleted.
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Charge the battery pack.
Trimmer head will
not advance line.
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The motor shaft or trimmer head is bound
with grass.
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Stop the trimmer, remove the battery, and clean
the motor shaft and trimmer head.
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There is not enough line on the spool or
the line breaks from the eyelet.
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Remove the battery and replace the cutting
line follow “
LINE REPLACEMENT
” section in
this manual.
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The line is tangled.
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Remove the battery; remove the line from the
trimmer head and rewind following “
RELOAD
THE CUTTING LINE
” section in this manual.
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The line is too short.
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Remove the battery and pull the lines manually
while alternately pressing down and releasing
the trimmer head.
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Heavy cutting line is used.
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Use recommended nylon cutting line with
diameter 2.4 mm.
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Trimmer head malfunction.
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Replace the trimmer head immediately
performed by a qualified service technician.
Grass is wrapped
around trimmer
head and motor
housing.
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Cutting tall grass at ground level
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Cut tall grass from the top down, removing no
more than 8 inches in each pass to prevent
wrapping.
The blade is not
cutting the line.
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The line-cutting blade on the edge of the
guard has become dull.
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Follow instructions to sharpen the line-cutting
blade with a file or replace it with a new blade.
Cracks on the
trimmer head
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The trimmer head is worn out.
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Replace the trimmer head immediately; follow
the section "
TRIMMER HEAD REPLACEMENT
"
in this manual.
