Snorkel MHP 15/44HD Operator's Manual page 10

Table of Contents
9. Pre-operational Inspection
Pre-operational Inspection Table . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Engine Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Engine Fuel Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Fuel Tank Cap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Fuel Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Engine Oil Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Wiring Harnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Battery Terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Battery Fluid Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Hydraulic Oil Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Hydraulic Oil Leaks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Bolts and Fasteners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Wheels and Tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Structural Damage and Welds . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Lanyard Anchor Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Platform Gravity Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Platform Guardrails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Flashing Light (option). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Ground Control Switches
Machines with Electric Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Emergency Lower
Machines with Electric Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Lower control box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Upper control box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Platform Control Switches
Machines with Electric Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Ground Control Switches
Machines with Hydraulic Controls . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Emergency Lower
Machines with Hydraulic Controls . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Lower control station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Upper control station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Platform Control Switches
Machines with Hydraulic Controls . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
AC Outlet RCD/ELCB (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
LV Insulated MHP15/44HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Insulation Covers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Fibreglass Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Boom insulation Covering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Cleanliness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Placards and Decals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Placards and Decals
Machines with Electric Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Standard placards and decals . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Placards and Decals
Machines with Hydraulic Controls . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Standard placards and decals . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Placards and Decals
Low Voltage Insulated Machines . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Standard placards and decals . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Decal list
machines with electric controls . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
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Decal inspection drawing
machines with electric controls . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Decal list
machines with hydraulic controls . . . . . . . . 9-12
Decal inspection drawing
machines with hydraulic controls . . . . . . . . 9-13
Decal list
low voltage insulated machines . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Decal inspection drawing
low voltage insulated machines . . . . . . . . . 9-15
10. Operation
Operating Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Control Stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Emergency Stopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Emergency Stopping
Machines with Electric Controls . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Emergency Stopping
Machines with Hydraulic Controls . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Operation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Stabiliser Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Using the manual stabiliser valves . . . . . . . 10-2
Raising the manually operated stabilisers . 10-3
Self levelling stabilisers (Optional) . . . . . . . . 10-3
Setting the stabilisers manually . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Unlocking the booms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Starting From Ground Control Box
Machines with Electric Controls . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
Starting From Platform Control Box
Machines with Electric Controls . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
Moving The Platform
Machines with Electric Controls . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
From ground control box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
From platform control box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Starting From Ground Control Box
Machines with Hydraulic Controls . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Moving The Platform
Machines with Hydraulic Controls . . . . . . . . . 10-8
From ground control box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
From platform control box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Over-Centre valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Securing for Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
11. Emergency Operation
Emergency Operation Procedures . . . . . . . . 11-1
Emergency Operation Procedures
Machines with Electric Controls . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Operation from platform control box . . . . . . 11-1
Operation from ground control position . . . 11-2
Emergency Operation Procedures
Machines with Hydraulic Controls . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Operation from platform control station . . . 11-2
Operation from ground control station . . . . 11-3
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