To start the en gine from the plat form con trol box
you must first set some switches on the ground
con trol box, in clud ing set ting the sta bi lis ers and
lev el ling the ma chine.
(See page 9-2 for in for ma tion on set ting the sta bi -
lis ers)
1. Insert the key
into the
Platform / Ground
Selector Switch
at the ground control box
and select platform (see Figure 10.12).
Figure 10.12
2. Set the
Booms/Stabiliser Selector
to
Booms.
Figure 10.13
3. Enter the platform, close the gravity gate
,
and attach the lanyard of your safety harness
to one (1) of the anchor points
(see Figure
10.13).
Figure 10.14
4. Set the
Emergency
Stop
switch
to (ON)
(see Figure 10.14).
5. If the engine is at ambient temperature (cold),
hold the
Choke Switch
(see Figure 10.14)
down throughout the next step.
6. Press down on the
Start Switch
and hold it
there un til the en gine starts or for a
max i mum time of 6 sec onds. When the
en gine starts re lease the start switch
and
the choke switch
, if you used it (see
Figure 10.14).
If the engine does not start in 6 seconds,
release the start switch.and release the
choke. Wait 60 seconds before trying to
restart the engine again. Continual cranking
of the starter motor will only result in its
damage.
The en gine should now be run ning, and the EPV16
is ready to be gin work.
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Moving The Platform
Enable Switches.
You must op
er
ate one of the ENABLE
con
trol switches in con
junc
tion with the
plat form mov ing con trols.
This is a safety fea
ture to pre
vent the
plat
form / booms mov
ing if a plat
form
mov ing switch or con trol ler is ac ci den tally
pushed.
Note: Enable Controls
For fur ther de tails on En able Con trols see
Chap ter 3 (Safety De vices), and Con trols
Chap ter 7 (Ma chines with Elec tric Con trols), and
Con trols Chap ter 8 (Ma chines with Hy drau lic
Con trols).
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Moving The Platform
Machines with Electric Controls
The engine should already be running (as
described earlier in this chapter), before you start
this section.
DO NOT operate near energised electrical
conductors. Maintain the (M.S.A.D.),
Minimum Safe Approach Distance to
energised power lines. See the "Electrical
Hazard" section, in this manual for a
complete explanation of the hazards
c o n c e r n i n g e l e c t ri c i t y . M a i n ta i n t h e
EPV16 – 13642-1
Rev A
page 10 - 5
10. Operation
CAUTION
ENABLE
13371-2
EMERGENCY LOWER
CHOKE
START
ELECTRIC
FUEL
LIFT
ENABLE
SLEW
ENABLE
START
CHOKE
ELECTRIC
FUEL
STABILISER
BOOMS
OFF
PLATFORM
ON
ON
BASE
LOWER
BOOM
IMPORTANT
DANGER
