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UNPACKING AND OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
5NPACKING
#AUTION 4HIS PACKAGING CONTAINS SHARP OBJECTS
4AKE CARE WHEN UNPACKING 2EMOVE THE
MACHINE TOGETHER WITH THE ACCESSORIES
SUPPLIED FROM THE PACKAGING #HECK CAREFULLY TO
ENSURE THAT THE MACHINE IS IN GOOD CONDITION
AND ACCOUNT FOR ALL THE ACCESSORIES LISTED IN THIS
MANUAL !LSO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE ACCESSORIES
ARE COMPLETE )F ANY PARTS ARE FOUND TO BE
MISSING THE MACHINE AND ITS ACCESSORIES SHOULD
BE RETURNED TOGETHER IN THEIR ORIGINAL PACKAGING
TO THE RETAILER
$O NOT THROW THE PACKAGING AWAY KEEP IT SAFE
THROUGHOUT THE GUARANTEE PERIOD THEN RECYCLE IF
POSSIBLE OTHERWISE DISPOSE OF IT BY THE PROPER
MEANS $O NOT LET CHILDREN PLAY WITH EMPTY
PLASTIC BAGS DUE TO THE RISK OF SUFFOCATION
/PERATING )NSTRUCTIONS
,OCATION AND 'ROUNDING
"EFORE USING THIS GENERATOR IT MUST BE PREPARED
CORRECTLY BEFORE USE ,OCATE THE GENERATOR ON
FIRM LEVEL GROUND AWAY FROM BUILDINGS OR OTHER
STRUCTURES ENSURING THAT THE EXHAUST IS NOT
OBSTRUCTED
7ARNING )T IS ADVISABLE TO PROPERLY EARTH
GROUND YOUR GENERATOR BEFORE STARTING USING A
WIRE AND A SMALL EARTH STAKE .OTE 4HE WIRE AND
EARTH STAKE ARE NOT SUPPLIED WITH THE UNIT
%ARTH SPIKE AND CABLE CAN BE PURCHASED AT YOUR
LOCAL CAMPING SUPPLIES OR ALTERNATIVELY AN EARTH
SPIKE CAN BE MADE AND IT IS SUGGESTED YOU GET
ADVICE FROM A REGISTERED ELECTRICAL TRADES
PERSON 4O MAKE A SPIKE USE A COPPER TUBE OR
COPPER ROD MM DIAMETER A MINIMUM LENGTH
OF MM AND WITH AN - MACHINE SCREW ONE
END 4HE CABLE USED SHOULD BE A MAXIMUM
LENGTH OF METRE AND A MINIMUM OF MM
TO
CARRY A AMP LOAD 4HE CABLE SHOULD BE
ATTACHED TO THE GENERATOR AT THE EARTH POINT
&IG AND TO THE SPIKE BETWEEN A FLAT WASHER
AND THE COPPER WITH A LOCK WASHER UNDER THE
HEAD OF THE - -ACHINE SCREW IN A SIMILAR
FASHION TO THE EARTH POINT SCREW ON THE
GENERATOR
7HEN PLACING THE SPIKE INTO THE GROUND THE
GENERATOR MUST NOT BE RUNNING AND IT IS
SUGGESTED THAT THE SPIKE IS PUSHED INTO THE
GROUND BY AT LEAST MM SO THAT IT IS FIRM AND
A LITRE OF WATER POURED AROUND IT TO ENSURE GOOD
EARTH CONTINUITY
#HECKING 4HE /IL
7ARNING 4HE GENERATOR IS SUPPLIED WITHOUT OIL
AND MUST BE FILLED BEFORE FIRST USE FAILURE TO DO
SO WILL INVALIDATE YOUR GUARANTEE ,OOSEN THE
COVER SCREW AND REMOVE THE MAINTENANCE COVER
&IG
2EMOVE THE OIL FILLER CAP AND WIPE THE DIPSTICK
CLEAN &IG
&IG
&IG
&IG
-AX OIL LEVEL
