Switching Off; Testing The Blower And Battery; Checking The Controls; Testing The Battery - Stihl BGA 57 Instruction Manual

10 Testing the Blower and Battery

9.2

Switching Off

► Release the trigger and trigger lockout lever.
No air flows from the nozzle.
► If air continues to flow from the nozzle: Remove the
battery and contact your STIHL dealer for assistance.
Blower has a malfunction.
10 Testing the Blower and Battery

10.1 Checking the Controls

Release slide, trigger lockout and trigger
► Remove the battery.
► Attempt to pull the trigger lever without depressing the
release slide and the trigger lockout.
► If the trigger can be pulled: Do not use the blower and
contact your STIHL servicing dealer for assistance.
Release slide or trigger lockout is faulty.
► Push the release slide in the direction of the blower tube
with your thumb and hold it there.
► Depress the trigger lockout lever and hold it in that
position.
► Pull the trigger.
► Let go of the trigger, trigger lockout and release slide.
► If the trigger, trigger lockout or release slide is stiff or does
not spring back to the idle position: Do not use the blower
and contact your STIHL servicing dealer for assistance.
The trigger, trigger lockout or release slide has a
malfunction.
Switching on the blower
► Fit the battery.
► Push the release slide in the direction of the blower tube
with your thumb and hold it there.
► Depress the trigger lockout lever and hold it in that
position.
► Pull the trigger and hold it there.
Air flows from the nozzle.
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► If 3 LEDs flash red: Remove the battery and contact your
STIHL dealer for assistance.
There is a malfunction in the blower.
► Release the trigger.
No air flows from the nozzle.
► If air continues to flow from the nozzle: Remove the
battery and contact your STIHL dealer for assistance.
Blower has a malfunction.

10.2 Testing the Battery

► Press button on battery.
The LEDs glow or flash.
► If the LEDs do not glow or flash: Do not use the battery
and contact your STIHL servicing dealer.
There is a malfunction in the battery.

11 Operating the Blower

11.1 Holding and Controlling the Blower

► Hold and control the blower with one hand on the control
handle - wrap your thumb around the handle.
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