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If the results of your work with the Aerator become increasingly
worse due to knife wear, re-adjust the wear compensation.
You can adjust the wear compensation
steplessly and is set in the factory to
3 mm (can be re-adjusted by 7 mm).
In the transport position, the Aerator
cylinder is 5 mm above the ground.
1. Unplug it from the mains.
2. Place the Aerator on a flat grass
surface.
3. Place the Aerator lever
7
in aerating
position 1.
4. Turn the wear compensation wheel
9
until the tips of the knives touch the
grass.
5. Turn the wear compensation wheel
9
a ¼ revolution in an anti-clockwise
direction.
The aerator cylinder is set at 3 mm
aerating depth correctly.
The Aerator is subject to wear in use due to the way in which it
works. The more intensively the Aerator is used, the greater the
wear on the knives. Hard or very dry ground accelerates wear as
does excessive use of the Aerator.
7. Trouble-Shooting / Service
Danger ! The aerator cylinder can cause injuries !
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Prior to rectifying faults, unplug from the mains
and wait until the aerator cylinder has stopped.
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Wear working gloves when rectifying faults.
Problem
Possible Cause
Remedy
Abnormal noise.
Foreign bodies on the aerator
1. Switch off the Aerator,
Clattering in the unit
cylinder are hitting the Aerator.
remove the mains plug from
Motor is humming
Foreign bodies blocking
the socket and wait until the
the aerator cylinder.
Aerator has stopped rotating.
2. Remove foreign bodies.
3. Check aerator for damage.
The motor is running but the
Cog-belt faulty.
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Have the machine repaired
Aerator cylinder is not.
by GARDENA Service.
Motor will not start
Faulty cable.
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Check cable.
Aerating depth too large (aerator
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Set adjustment for wear
cylinder has been adjusted for
correctly.
wear without wear to the knives).
The conductor cross-section of
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Contact your electrician.
the extension cable is possibly
too low.
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