Safety instructions
1.1 General Safety Instructions for this electrical
equipment
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This euipment is not to be used by people
(including children) with disabilities, whether
physical, sensory or cognitive, or by people
without prior experience/adequate knowledge of
the equipment, without supervision by qualified
safety personnel, or instructions on how to use it.
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Children should be supervised, to ensure that
they do not play with the equipment
1.2 Safety instructions for electric scarifiers
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Both before and after every time the equipment
is used, check for damage and wear to the mains
connection and extension cable. The equipment
must not be used if cables are damaged.
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If the electricity supply should get damaged
during use of the equipment, the plug must
immediately be removed from the socket. The
mains connection and extension cable must not
be touched until the plug is removed from the
socket.
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Before each use, check the equipment for
possible damage. The equipment should not be
used if it is damaged, and must not be used up
until it has been attended to by a specialist/our
customer service personnel.
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If the equipment vibrates excessively, switch it
off immediately and remove the plug from the
socket. Tilt the equipment to examine the
scarifier rotor for possible causes of imbalance
and remove these as necessary. - Always wear
gloves when working with this equipment, to
avoid cuts. Should this not be the cause, consult
one of our service personnel for repairs.
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When starting, both hands must be on the
handle, the equipment must be on the ground,
and must not be overturned.
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Safety components must be checked for damage
before each use, and if any damage is present,
must be replaced by our customer service
personnel.
Warning:
IMPORTANT! The Lawn Scarifier (Lawn
ventilator) must not be used if any connections
are damaged or worn out.
IMPORTANT! Do not connect a damaged cable to
the power supply and do not touch the cable
before it is disconnected from the power supply.
A damaged cable may result in contact with
active parts.
IMPORTANT! Do not touch the teeth before the
equipment is disconnected from the power
supply and the teeth have reached a complete
standstill.
IMPORTANT! Keep the extension cables away
from the teeth. The teeth could damage the
cables and lead to contact with active parts
IMPORTANT! Always interrupt maintenance work
(by removing the plug from the socket):
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when the equipment is left unattended,
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before a trapped tool is freed from the
machine,
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when the equipment is checked, cleaned, or
having maintenance work done
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fter a foreign body has been hit,
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or if the equipment vibrates abnormally.
It is advisable only to connect the equipment to an
electricity supply which is protected by a residual-
current operated protective device (RCD) with a
release current of max. 30 mA.
Preparations
a) Never allow children or other persons who are
not familiar with the operating instructions to use
the equipment. Contact your local governmental
agency for information regarding minimum age
requirements for the user;
b) Never use the machine while other people,
particularly children or animals, are nearby;
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Always keep in mind that the operator or user of
the equipment is responsible for accidents or
risks involving other persons or their property;
d) Wear hearing and eye protection while operating
the machine;
e) Always wear sturdy, non-slip footwear and long
trousers when using the equipment. Never use
the equipment barefoot or in sandals;
f)
Check the ground on which the equipment will be
used and remove stones, sticks, wire, bones and
other foreign bodies that could be caught up and
violently flung out;
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