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5 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
￭ To improve your grip and help protect your hands:
5.5 Trimmer
WARNING
￭ To reduce the risk of electric shock:
– Do not expose the power tool to water or excessive
moisture.
– Store the trimmer indoors.
￭ If the moving cutting attachment contacts you, it will result
in serious laceration injuries. To reduce the risk of such
injuries:
– Keep hands, feet and other parts of your body away
from the cutting attachment.
– Never touch the moving cutting attachment with your
hand or any other part of your body.
– Never operate the trimmer with a damaged or
missing deflector.
￭ To reduce the risk of personal injury to the operator and
bystanders from blade or line contact and thrown objects:
– Use of some cutting attachments will require you to
change the deflector. See chapter @ 24.1 of this
manual for approved cutting attachment and
deflector configurations.
￭ This battery-powered trimmer is intended only for light-
duty garden and landscape maintenance around the
home. Use for other purposes may increase the risk of
personal injury and property damage.
– Cut grass and similar material only. Do not use the
trimmer for cutting brush, shrubs, bushes or other
types of heavy vegetation.
– Read and follow the operating instructions in this
manual for approved applications, @ 16.
￭ To reduce the risk of personal injury to the operator and
bystanders:
– Never leave the power tool unattended when the
battery is inserted.
￭ Although certain unauthorized attachments may fit your
STIHL trimmer, their use may be extremely dangerous.
Only attachments supplied by STIHL or expressly
approved by STIHL for use with this specific model are
recommended.
– Use only attachments supplied or expressly
approved by STIHL.
– Never attempt to mount a metal blade for use on the
trimmer.
– Never modify this trimmer in any way.
– Never attempt to modify or override the trimmer's
controls or safety devices in any way.
– Never use a trimmer that has been modified or
altered from its original design.
￭ If the trimmer is dropped or subjected to similar heavy
impacts:
– Check that it is undamaged, in good condition and
functioning properly before continuing work.
– Check that the controls and safety devices are
working properly.
– Wear substantial footwear with non-slip
soles. Do not wear sandals, flip-flops,
open-toed or similar footwear.
– Always wear heavy-duty non-slip work
gloves made of leather or another wear-
resistant material when handling the
trimmer.
– Make sure your unit is equipped with the
proper deflector for the type of cutting
attachment being used. Keep the
deflector properly adjusted at all times.
– Always release the trigger switch and
remove the battery before assembling,
transporting, adjusting, inspecting,
cleaning, servicing, maintaining or
storing the trimmer and any other time it
is not in use.
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