How To Stop Your Pressure Washer - Craftsman 580.752960 Operator's Manual

NOTICE Before starting the pressure washer, be sure you
are wearing safety goggles as described below.
,_. WARNING Risk of eye injury.
Spray could splash back or propel objects
resulting in serious injury.
• Always wear indirect vented (chemical splash) safety goggles
marked to comply with ANSI Z87.1 when using or in vicinity of
this equipment.
• NEVERsubstitute safety glasses or dry-condition goggles for
indirect vented safety goggles.
NOTICE This unit is equipped with a ReadyStart® engine. A
ReadyStart® engine means there is no priming or choking
required.
10. When starting engine, position yourself as
recommended and grasp starter grip handle and pull
slowly until you feel some resistance. Then pull rapidly
to start engine.
,& WARNING Starter cord kickback (rapid retraction) will
pull hand and arm toward engine faster than you
_'_,_ can let go which could cause broken bones,
fractures, bruises, or sprains resulting in serious
injury.
* NEVER pullstartercordwithoutfirst relievingspraygun
pressure.
* Whenstartingengine,pull cordslowlyuntil resistance isfelt
andthenpull rapidlyto avoidkickback.
* After eachstartingattempt,whereengine fails to run,always
pointspraygun in safedirection,pressred buttonandsqueeze
sprayguntriggerto release high pressure.
* Firmlygraspspraygunwith bothhandswhenusinghigh
pressure sprayto avoidinjurywhenspraygun kicksback.
1. Return recoil starter slowly. DONOT let rope "snap
back" against starter.
NOTICE Always keepthe throttle lever in the "Fast" position
when operating the pressure washer.
_i_ WARNING The high pressure stream of water that
this equipment produces could cut through skin
and its underlying tissues, resulting in serious
injury and possible amputation.
Spray gun traps high water pressure, even when engine is
stopped and water is disconnected, which could result in
serious injury.
• DO NOT allow CHILDRENto operate pressure washer.
• Keep high pressure hose connected to pump and spray gun
while system is pressurized.
• NEVERaim spray gun at people,animals, or plants.
• DO NOTsecure spray gun in open position.
• DO NOTleave spray gun unattended while machine is running.
• NEVERuse a spray gun which does not have a trigger lock or
trigger guard in place and in working order.
• Always be certain spray gun, nozzles and accessoriesare
correctly attached.
_i_ WARNING Exhaust heat/gases could ignite
combustibles, structures or damage fuel
,_ causing a fire, resulting death,
tank in
serious injury and/or property damage.
Contact with muffler area could cause burns resulting in
serious injury.
• DO NOTtouch hot parts and AVOID hot exhaust gases.
• Allow equipment to cool before touching.
• Keep at least 5 feet (1.5 m) of clearanceon all sides of pressure
washer including overhead.
• It is a violation of California Public ResourceCode, Section
4442, to use or operate the engine on any forest-covered,
brush-covered, or grass-covered land unless the exhaust
system is equipped with a spark arrester, as defined in Section
4442, maintained in effective working order. Other states or
federal jurisdictions may havesimilar laws.
Contact the original equipment manufacturer, retailer, or dealer
to obtain a spark arrester designed for the exhaust system
installed on this engine.
• Replacement parts must be the same and installed in the same
position as the original parts.
Howto Stop YourPressureWasher
1. Releasespray gun trigger and let engine idle for two
minutes.
2. Move throttle to SLOWposition, then STOPposition.
3. ALWAYS point spray gun in a safe direction, push red
button and squeezespray gun trigger to release retained
high water pressure.
,A WARNING The high pressure stream of water that
this equipment produces could cut through skin
and its underlying tissues, resulting in serious
injury and possible amputation.
Spray gun traps high water pressure, even when engine is
stopped and water is disconnected, which could result in
serious injury.
• Keephigh pressure hoseconnected to pumpand spraygun
whilesystemis pressurized.
• ALWAYS pointspraygun in safedirection,pressredbutton
andsqueeze sprayguntriggerto release highpressure, e very
time youstop engine.
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