Maintenance and care
Program Info
Shows current settings such as the total weekly
mowing time.
Failures
Shows the fault messages that last occurred with
date, time and fault code.
9 MAINTENANCE AND CARE
CAUTION! Risk of injury. Sharp-edged
and moving appliance parts can lead to injury.
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Always wear protective gloves during mainte-
nance, care and cleaning work.
9.1
Cleaning
IMPORTANT! Danger from water. Water in
the automatic lawn mower and in the base station
leads to damage on electrical components.
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Do not spray the automatic lawn mower and
base station with water.
Clean the automatic lawn mower
CAUTION! Danger of injury due to the
cutting blade. The cutting blades are very sharp
and can cause cutting injuries.
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Wear protective gloves.
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Make sure that parts of the body do not get
into the cutting blade.
Once a week, carry out the following:
1. Switch off the appliance with
2. Wipe off the surface of the housing with a
broom, a brush, a damp cloth or a fine
sponge.
3. Brush off the underside, mower deck and cut-
ting blade with a brush.
4. Check the cutting blade for damage. If neces-
sary, replace the following: see chapter 9.3
"Replacing the cutting blades", page 55.
Cleaning the base station
1. Regularly remove grass residues and leaves
or other objects out of the base station.
2. Wipe off the surface of the base station with
a damp cloth or a fine sponge.
9.2
Regular checks
General checks
1. Once a week, check the whole Installation for
damage:
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2. Replace defective parts by original spare
Check the rollers can move freely
Once a week, carry out the following:
1. Carefully remove grass residues and soiling
2. Check that the rollers run freely and that they
Check the contact surfaces on the automatic
lawn mower
1. Use a cloth to remove soiling and then lightly
Check the charging contacts of the base
station
1. Disconnect the mains plug.
2. Press the charging contacts in the direction
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9.3
cutting blade. The cutting blades are very sharp
and can cause cutting injuries.
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IMPORTANT! Damage to the appliance due
to incorrect repair. The blade plate can be dam-
aged by the alignment of a bent, built-in cutting
blade.
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Worn or bent cutting blades must be replaced.
1. Switch off the appliance with
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Base station
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Boundary cable
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Power supply
parts from AL-KO or have them replaced by
an AL-KO service centre.
from the areas around the rollers. Use a
broom and cloth for this.
can be steered.
Note: If the rollers do not move freely or can-
not be steered, have them replaced by an
AL-KO service centre.
grease with contact grease.
of the base station and release them. The
charging contacts must spring back into the
initial position.
Note: If the charging contacts do not spring
back, have them replaced by the AL-KO ser-
vice centre.
Replacing the cutting blades
CAUTION! Danger of injury due to the
Wear protective gloves.
Make sure that parts of the body do not get
into the cutting blade.
Do not align bent cutting blades.
Replace bent cutting blades by original spare
parts from AL-KO.
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