OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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Fig. 15
OPERATING AS A VACUUM
WARNING - Hot Surface:
To prevent
serious personal injury when operating the
unit as a vacuum, hold the unit to the left
side of the body (Fig. 15). The muffler
becomes extremely hot during operation
and can cause burns.
WARNING:
To prevent serious personal
injury or damage to the unit, always install
vacuum tubes, vacuum bag and make sure
the vacuum bag is completely zipped closed
when operating this unit as a vacuum.
Check for the following before operating the unit:
• Operator is wearing proper clothing, such as boots,
safety glasses or goggles, ear/hearing protection,
gloves, long pants and long sleeve shirt.
• If the conditions are dusty, a dust mask or face mask
is being worn.
• The unit is in good working condition. The vacuum
tubes and vacuum bag are in place and secure.
• The vacuum bag harness is in place and correctly
adjusted.
1. Use the unit for vacuuming up light debris, leaves,
paper, etc..
Hold the vacuum, tilting the suction tube slightly, and
use a sweeping action to collect light debris (Fig. 15).
The debris will flow into the vacuum bag. Things such as
small leaves and small twigs will be mulched as they
pass through the fan housing, allowing the vacuum bag
to hold more debris.
When the bag is full, suction will noticeably decrease.
Turn off the unit and allow the impeller to stop before
you unzip the bag. Unzip the bag and empty the
contents before continuing. See
Emptying the Vacuum
Bag
.
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury,
never unzip the vacuum bag without first
stopping the unit.
WARNING:
As a vacuum, the unit is
designed to pick up dry material such as
leaves, grass, small twigs and bits of paper.
To avoid serious personal injury, do not
attempt to vacuum wet debris and/or
standing water as this may result in damage
to the Blower/ Vacuum. To avoid severe
damage to the impeller, do not vacuum
metal, broken glass, etc.
WARNING:
Avoid situations that could
catch the vacuum bag on fire. Do not
operate near an open flame. Do not vacuum
warm ash from fireplaces, barbecue pits,
brush piles, etc. Do not vacuum discarded
cigars or cigarettes unless the cinders are
completely cool.
WARNING:
When the upper and lower
vacuum tubes are removed, make sure the
vacuum door is snapped closed before using
the unit, to avoid injury from the impeller.
Emptying the Vacuum Bag
WARNING:
To avoid serious personal injury,
turn off the unit and allow the impeller to
stop before opening vacuum door or
installing or removing vacuum bag.
1. Remove the vacuum bag by pressing the tabs on the
elbow tube and pulling it out of the unit, See
Assembling Unit as A Vacuum
.
2. Wearing eye protection and a dust mask, unzip the
vacuum bag and empty the contents into a garbage
bag or container.
3. Turn the bag inside out after initial emptying and
vigorously shake out dust and debris.
NOTE:
If additional cleaning of the bag is required, see
Cleaning the Vacuum Bag
in
Maintenance
.
4. Zip close and reinstall the vacuum bag.