Scheppach PHT600 Original Bedienungsanleitung Seite 23

• Wear personal protective equipment:
- Hearing protection
- Safety goggles or face protection
- Work gloves
- Safety shoes
- Safety helmet approved in situations where head
injuries are to be expected.
• We recommend wearing leg protection and a safe-
ty jacket.
• Keep the work area orderly! Disorder can lead to
accidents.
• Take environmental influences into account:
- Do not expose the hedge trimmer to rain.
- Do not use the hedge trimmer in a damp or wet
environment.
- Reschedule work in the event of adverse weath-
er (rain, snow, ice, wind), increased risk of acci-
dents!
- Ensure good lighting.
- Do not use the hedge trimmer in the vicinity of
combustible fluids or gases.
• Familiarise yourself with your environment and
pay attention to possible hazards that you may not
hear due to the noise from the motor.
• Never leave the hedge trimmer running unattend-
ed.
• When taking a break, the hedge trimmer must be
set down in such a way that no one is endangered.
Secure the hedge trimmer from unauthorised ac-
cess.
• Persons under the age of 18 may not operate the
device.
• Keep other persons away.
• The user is responsible for all accidents and haz-
ards that occur to other people and their property.
• The operator is responsible for third parties in the
area of operations.
• Keep away from children.
• Do not allow other persons, especially children, to
touch the tool or the motor. Keep them away from
your work area.
• Do not use blunt, cracked or damaged cutting de-
vices.
• Only start cutting when the cutting device is run-
ning.
• Do not overload the machine! They work better
and more safely in the specified output range.
• Only operate the device with the protective devices
fully and correctly attached and do not change an-
ything on the machine that could affect safety.
• Do not modify the device or parts of the device.
• Do not use any cutting device which does not cor-
respond to the characteristics specified in this user
manual. The use of other tools and other accesso-
ries may result in a danger of injury.
• Switch the machine off and remove the spark plug
connector from the spark plug:
- In the event the hedge trimmer makes contact
with soil, stones, nails or other foreign objects,
check whether the device is damaged.
- Repair work
- Maintenance and cleaning work
- Rectification of faults (this also includes blocking
of the cutting device)
- Transport and storage
- Leaving the hedge trimmer (even with brief inter-
ruptions)
• Take care of your hedge trimmer:
- Keep tools sharp and clean in order to be able to
work better and more safely.
- Keep the handle dry and free of oil and grease.
- Follow the maintenance instructions.
• Check the machine for potential damage:
- Protective devices must be carefully inspected
to ensure that they are fault-free and function as
intended prior to continued use of the machine.
- Check whether the moving parts function fault-
lessly and do not jam or whether parts are dam-
aged. All parts must be correctly mounted and
all conditions must be fulfilled to ensure fault-
free operation of the hedge trimmer.
- Damaged protective devices and parts must be
repaired properly or replaced by a recognised
specialist workshop unless otherwise specified
in the usage instructions.
- Damaged or illegible safety stickers must be re-
placed.
• Do not leave a tool key inserted! Before switching
on, always make sure that keys and adjusting tools
are removed.
• Store unused devices in a dry, locked place and
out of reach of children.
• Do not carry out any repairs on the machine unless
you are trained to do so. Do not carry out any re-
pairs to the machine other than those described in
the "Maintenance" chapter, contact the manufac-
turer or the responsible customer service directly.
Repairs to the other parts of the machine must be
done by the manufacturer or their customer service
centre.
Only use original spare parts. The use of other spare
parts and accessories may result in accidents for the
user. The manufacturer is not responsible for dam-
age resulting from this.
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