Switching Off; Testing The Trimmer And Battery; Checking The Controls; Testing The Battery - Stihl 45220115748 Instruction Manual

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► Pull the trigger (3) with your index finger and hold it there.
The motor accelerates and the cutting attachment rotates.

10.2 Switching Off

► Release the trigger and lockout lever at the same time.
► Wait for the cutting attachment to come to a standstill.
► If the cutting attachment continues to rotate: Remove the
battery and contact your STIHL servicing dealer.
The trimmer has a malfunction.

11 Testing the Trimmer and Battery

11.1 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 your trimmer and
contact your STIHL dealer for assistance.
Release slide or trigger lockout is faulty.
► Push the release slide (1) in the direction of the loop
handle 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 your
trimmer and contact your STIHL dealer for assistance.
The trigger, trigger lockout or release slide has a
malfunction.
Switching on the trimmer
► Fit the battery.
► Push the release slide (1) in the direction of the loop
handle with your thumb and hold it there.
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► Depress the trigger lockout lever and hold it in that
position.
► Pull the trigger and hold it there.
The cutting attachment rotates.
► If 3 LEDs flash red: Remove the battery and contact your
STIHL dealer for assistance.
There is a malfunction in the trimmer.
► Release the trigger.
The cutting attachmentstops rotating after a brief delay.
► If the cutting attachment continues to rotate: Remove the
battery and contact your STIHL dealer for assistance.
The trimmer has a malfunction.

11.2 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.

12 Operating the Trimmer

12.1 Holding and Controlling the Trimmer

► Hold the trimmer with one hand on the control handle -
wrap your thumb around the control handle.
► Hold the trimmer with the other hand on the loop handle -
wrap your thumb around the loop handle.
11 Testing the Trimmer and Battery
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