Further Safety Directions - Grizzly EKS 2440 QT Originalbetriebsanleitung

rapidly back towards the operator.
• Either of these reactions may cause
you to lose control of the saw which
could result in serious personal injury.
Do not rely exclusively upon the safety
devices built into your saw. As a chain
saw user, you should take several
steps to keep your cutting jobs free
from accident or injury.
Kickback is the result of tool misuse and/
or incorrect operating procedures or
conditions and can be avoided by taking
proper precautions as given below:
• Maintain a firm grip, with thumbs
and fingers encircling the chain saw
handles, with both hands on the saw
and position your body and arm to
allow you to resist kickback forces.
Kickback forces can be controlled by the
operator, if proper precautions are taken.
Do not let go of the chain saw.
• Do not overreach and do not cut
above shoulder height. This helps pre-
vent unintended tip contact and enables
better control of the chain saw in unex-
pected situations.
• Only use replacement bars and
chains specified by the manufacturer.
Incorrect replacement bars and chains
may cause chain breakage and/or kick-
back.
• Follow the manufacturer´s sharpen-
ing and maintenance instructions for
the saw chain. Decreasing the depth
gauge height can lead to increased kick-
back.

Further safety directions

• If the power cable for this equipment is
damaged, it must be replaced by the
manufacturer, a customer service agent
of the same or a similarly qualified per-
son in order to prevent hazards.
• Lay the extension cable in such a way
that it will not be caught by branches
or similar during sawing.
• Use a surge protector with a release
current of 30 mA or less.
• Comply carefully with maintenance,
control and service instructions in
this manual. Damaged protective de-
vices and parts have to be repared or
changed except as noted otherwise in
this manual.
Safety functions
A
1 Rear grip with hand guard (16)
Protects the hand against bran-
ches and boughs in the case of
springing away by the chain.
3 Chain braking lever/hand gu-
ard
Control system, which stops the
saw chain immediately in case of
a spring-back; lever can also be
activated manually; protects the
left hand of the operator if it slides
from the front grip.
5 Saw chain with small spring-
back
helps you to catch spring-backs
with specially developed control
systems.
7 Metal stop claw
Reinforces the stability when
vertical cuts are carried out and
facilitates sawing.
9 Electric motor
Double insulated for safety rea-
sons.
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