Qualcast MEH1533 Instruction Manual page 6

Safety Information
Important - Please read these instructions fully before starting assembly
Personal Safety (continued)
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Only work in good daylight or appropriate and adequate artificial light.
• Never use the mower when you are tired.
• Never run the mower in enclosed or poorly ventilated rooms or if there are inflammable or
explosive fluids, vapours or gases nearby.
• Switch off the motor and disconnect the mains lead before cleaning the cutting head and the fan
and before you inspect it if the mower has struck a foreign body.
• Always use the hover mower with the grass collector correctly fitted.
• Check the site on which you intend to use the hover mower and remove all objects that may be
caught or thrown up by the mower. Foreign bodies must be removed before you start mowing.
Keep an eye of the power cable and keep it away from the cutting blade at all times.
• Ensure that you do not push the mower over areas that might damage or snare the power cable.
• Before you lift the hover mower to transport it, switch off the motor, disconnect the mains lead and
wait until the cutting head has come to a complete standstill. Ensure the cutting head is facing
away from you.
• Never reach towards rotating parts with your hands or feet.
• Before you attach or empty the grass collector, switch off the motor and wait until the blade has
come to a complete standstill.
• Make sure you keep your feet at a safe distance from the mower blade at all times!
• The safety distance from the moving blade produced by the push handle must be maintained at all
times.
• If you use the mower on a small incline, mow across the slope (not in an up and down direction).
Always be sure of your footing on slopes.
• Be particularly careful when changing direction with the mower whilst working on a slope.
• Do not use the lawn mower on gradients of over 15 degrees.
• Ensure that you have safe footing at all times whilst working with the mower.
• Always wear strong, anti-slip footwear and long trousers when using the mower. Never mow in
bare feet or in open-toed sandals.
• When the mower is running ensure that no person or pet, particularly children and animals, is in
the immediate vicinity of the hover mower. Ensure that you keep everybody at least 10 meters
away from the mower when it is working.
• Switch off the motor and disconnect the plug from the power supply if the mower strikes a foreign
body. Check the mower for signs of damage and carry out all necessary repair work before you
start the mower again.
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