3.2- General safety instructions
Read the instructions carefully. Be familiar with the controls and the proper use of the appliance
3.2.1- For safe operation
1. Never operate this product when you are fatigued, ill, or upset, or under the
influence of medication that may make you drowsy, or if you are under the
influence of alcohol or drugs.
2. Wear personnel protective equipment: gloves; safety footwear, snug fitting
clothing, goggles or face protection, hearing and head protection devices.
Use vibration-proof gloves.
3. Never allow people unfamiliar with these instructions to use the appliance. Local
regulations may restrict the age of the operator.
Never operate the appliance while people, especially children, or pets are nearby.
Do not start or use the product when persons are nearby.
Keep bystanders (esp. children) and animals out of the work area. Children, pets
and bystanders should be kept away when you start or operate the product
Keep children away.
The use of this product by children is forbidden.
Keep the product away from children or from their environment.
Never allow unsupervised children to operate the appliance. Children should be
supervised to ensure that they do not play with the product.
Never leave the product unattended especially when children are nearby.
4. Never start working until you have a clear work area, and secure footing,
5. Always hold the product firmly with both hands when the engine is running.
6. Keep all parts of your body away from the vacuum tube when the engine is running.
7. Before you start the product, make sure the vacuum tubes are properly assembled and are not
obstructed.
8. All product service, other than the maintenance listed in the Instructions Manual,
should be performed by competent service personnel.
9. Always switch off the engine before setting it down.
10. Do NOT expose to and do not use during bad weather conditions: never work in
bad weather (e.g. rain, storm, snow, high wind ...), never work when visibility is
poor or in very high or low temperatures. Never leave product outdoors under the
rain.
11. Keep the handles dry, clean and free of grease, oil or fuel mixture
12. Operate the product only in outdoors or in well ventilated areas.
13. Do not operate the product while standing on a ladder or any other unstable footing location.
14.1. Become familiar with the controls and the proper use of the equipment.
14.2. Store idle machine. When not in use, product should be stored in a dry, high or locked up
place, out of reach of children.
14.3. Do not force the tool.
It will do the job better and safer at the rate speed for which it is intended.
The product will do a better and safer job if it is used only for the purposes it was designed for.
14.4. Remove adjusting keys and wrenches
Form the habit of checking to see that keys and adjusting wrenches are removed from the
machine before operating it.
14.5. Defective switches or other part that is damaged should be properly repaired or replaced by
an authorized service centre. Do not use the machine if the switch does not turn it on and off.
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