How To Stop Yourpressure Washer - Troy-Bilt 2550 PSI Operator's Manual

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WARNING
The high pressure stream of water that this
equipment produces can cut through skin and its
underlying tissues, leading to serious injury and
)ossible amputation.
Spray gun traps high water pressure, even when
engine is stopped and water is disconnected,
which can cause 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.
WARNING
Contact with muffler area can result in serious
burns.
_ Exhaustheat/gases can ignite combustibles,
structures or damage fuel tank causing a fire.
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DO NOTtouch hot parts and AVOID hot exhaust gases.
Allow equipment to cool before touching.
Keepat least 5 feet (1.5 m) of clearanceon all sides of pressure
washer including overhead.
Code of Federal Regulation (CFR)Title 36 Parks, Forests, and
Public Property require equipment powered by an internal
combustion engine to have a spark arrester, maintained in
effective working order, complying to USDAForest service
standard 5100-1C or later revision. In the State of California a
spark arrester is required under section 4442 of the California
PuNic resources code. Other states may havesimilar laws.
How to Stop YourPressure Washer
1. Release spray gun trigger and let engine idle for two
minutes.
2. Move throttle to SLOW _ position, then STOP
position.
3. ALWAYS point spray gun in a safe direction and
squeeze spray gun trigger to release retained high
water pressure.
IMPORTANT: Spray gun traps high water pressure, even
when engine is stopped and water is disconnected.
WARNING
iThe high pressure stream of water that this
equipment produces can cut through skin and its
_ underlying tissues, leading to serious injury and
ipossible amputation.
Spray gun traps high water pressure, even when
lengine is stopped and water is disconnected,
iwhich can cause injury.
• Keephigh pressure hoseconnected to pumpand spraygun
whilesystemis pressurized.
• ALWAYS pointspraygun in safedirectionand squeeze spray
guntrigger,to release high pressure, e verytime youstop
engine.Engage triggerlockwhennot in use.
4. Engagetrigger lock on spray gun when not in use.
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