Testing The Hedge Trimmer And Battery; Operating The Hedge Trimmer - Stihl HSA 50.0 Instruction Manual

9 Testing the Hedge Trimmer and Battery

► If the cutting blades continue to run after about
1 second: Remove the battery and contact
your STIHL dealer for assistance.
Your hedge trimmer is defective.
9 Testing the Hedge Trimmer
and Battery
9.1 Checking the controls
Locking lever, ergo lever and trigger
► Remove the battery.
► Try pressing the trigger without pressing the
locking lever.
► If the trigger can be pressed: Do not use your
hedge trimmer and contact your STIHL author‐
ized dealer.
The locking lever is defective.
► Press the locking lever down with your thumb
and hold it there.
► Press and hold ergo lever.
► Press the trigger.
The locking lever can be released.
► Release the trigger and the ergo lever.
► If the locking lever, trigger or ergo lever is stiff
or does not spring back to the initial position:
Stop using the hedge trimmer and contact a
STIHL authorized dealer.
The locking lever, trigger or ergo lever is
defective.
Control bar
► Remove the battery.
► Depress the control bar and release it again.
► If the control bar is stiff or does not spring
back to its idle position: Do not use your
hedge trimmer and contact your STIHL author‐
ized dealer.
The control bar is defective.
Switching on the hedge trimmer
► Insert battery.
► Depress the control bar and release it again.
► If the cutting blades have run or are running:
Do not use your hedge trimmer and contact
your STIHL authorized dealer.
The trigger is defective.
► Depress the locking lever and hold it in that
position.
► Press and hold the trigger.
► If the cutting blades run: Do not use your
hedge trimmer; contact your STIHL authorized
dealer.
The control bar is defective.
► Depress the control bar and hold it in that
position.
The cutting blades run.
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► If 3 LEDs flash red: Remove the battery and
consult a STIHL dealer.
There is a malfunction in the hedge trimmer.
► Release the control bar.
The cutting blades stop running after about 1
second.
► If the cutting blades continue to run after 1
second: Remove the battery and contact your
STIHL authorized dealer.
The hedge trimmer is defective.
9.2 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.
10 Operating the Hedge Trim‐
mer
10.1 Holding and Controlling the
Hedge Trimmer
► Hold the hedge trimmer with one hand on the
control handle – wrap your thumb around the
control handle.
► Hold the hedge trimmer with the other hand on
the loop handle – wrap your thumb around the
loop handle.
10.2 Cutting
► Use pruning shears or a chainsaw to cut out
thick branches first.
► Swing the hedge trimmer from the bottom
upwards in an arc while making the cut.
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