Grizzly ET 3500 Translation Of The Original Instructions For Use page 17

protect yourself and other people
and ensure that the equipment
can be smoothly operated:
Always wear appropriate work
clothes and personal protective
equipment! Always wear a face
shield or goggles as well as ear
defenders, boots or shoes with
non-slip soles, strong long trou-
sers and work gloves. Never
operate the equipment while
bare footed or wearing sandals.
• Never use the equipment if
it is damaged, incomplete or
has been modified without the
approval of the manufacturer.
Never operate the equipment
if the protective equipment is
defective. Before starting up the
equipment always check that
the equipment is in a perfectly
safe condition, especially the
power cable, the switch and the
protective cover.
• Never disconnect or remove
any protective devices!
Use:
• Always maintain a secure foot-
ing while working. Be especially
careful when working on a slop-
ing terrain.
• Do not operate the equipment if
you are tired or lack concentra-
tion and after having drunk alco-
hol or taken medication. Always
take a work break in due time.
• Do not use the equipment while
it is raining, in poor weather con-
ditions and when the surround-
ing area is wet. Only work when
the light conditions are good.
• Always keep the cutting line
well away from the body, par-
ticularly the hands and feet,
when you switch on the motor
and while the motor is running.
• Never start the equipment when
it is turned over or not in the
correct working position.
• Switch off the motor and dis-
connect the plug from the mains
socket:
- Whenever you are not using
the equipment
- If the equipment is left unat-
tended
- When the equipment is being
cleaned, maintained or is to
be inspected
- When relocating the equipment
- If the power or extension ca-
ble is damaged
- When you remove or ex-
change the cutting device or
manually adjust the length of
the cutting line
• Check when starting up and
working with the cutting head
that it does not come into con-
tact with stones, rubble, wire or
other foreign bodies.
• Take care not to provoke injuries
on each device used for cutting
the string lengths. After pulling
out a new string, always hold the
machine in its normal working
position before switching it on.
• Always be very careful about
the line cutter as it can cause
very serious cuts
• Never try to stop the cutting
device (cutting line) with your
hands. Always wait until it has
stopped rotating.
• Only use an original cutting line.
The use of a metal wire instead
of the nylon line is impermissible.
• Do not use the equipment to
cut grass that is not growing on
the ground, e.g. grass on walls,
rocks, etc.
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