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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Use only a voltage supply as specified on
your unit.
SELECT AN EXTENSION CORD
Extension Cord Gauge Chart
Length of Cord Gauge
25 Ft. (7.5 m)
50 Ft. (15 m)
100 Ft. (30 m)
18 Gauge
16 Gauge
16 Gauge
Extension cords are available for this unit.
AT TACH THE EXTENSION
CORD TO YOUR TRIMMER
1. Form a loop in your extension cord.
2. Push the loopthroughthe slotin thehan-
dle (see illustration).
3. Position the loop over the cord retainer and
pull back to secure.
4. Connect power cord of unit to extension
cord .
CORRECT OPERATING POSITION
Trimming
WARNING: Alwaysweareyeprotec-
tion. Never lean over the trimmer head.
Rocks ordebriscanricochetorbethrowninto
eyes and face and cause blindness or other
serious injury .
When operating unit, stand as shown and
check for the following:
S Wear eye p rotection and heavy clothing.
S Holdtriggerhandle;squeezetriggertostart
unit.
S Keep unit below waist level.
S Hold trimmer with one hand. The trimmer
will hang naturally in the correct cutting
position.
S Cut only from your right to your left to en-
sure debris isthrown away fromyou.With-
out bendingover, keep linenear andparal-
lel to the ground and not crowded into
material being cut.
AUTOMATIC LINE FEED SYSTEM
When the trimmer is initially started, a small
length of cutting line is fed out.
Line Limiter Blade
After approximately 5 seconds, the line will be
cut to the correct length by t he line limiter blade
as themotor reaches fullspeed. Makesurethe
motor isup tofull speed beforetrimming. If
the noise of the cutting line being cut cannot be
heard, more line will need to be fed out.
To feed more line:
S Allow the motor to stop completely; then, re-
start t hemotorand allowit toreachfull speed.
S Repeatuntilyouhearthelinehittingagainst
thelinelimiterblade(donot repeatthispro-
cedure more than 6 times).
If problems are experienced with the auto-
matic line feed, refer to the TROUBLE-
SHOOTING TABLE.
To manually feed the nylon line:
S If required, the cutting line can be fed out
manually .
S To operate, press and release manual line
feed button while gently pulling on one of the
lines until the line reaches the line limiter
blade.