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Mowing Tips (Fig. A)
WARNING: ALWAYS INSPECT AREA WHERE
MOWER IS TO BE USED AND REMOVE ALL STONES,
STICKS, WIRE, BONES, AND OTHER DEBRIS WHICH
MIGHT BE THROWN BY THE ROTATINGBLADE.
WARNING: Mow across the face of slopes, never
up-and-down. Exercise extreme caution when
changing direction on slopes. Do not mow excessively
steep slopes. Always maintain goodfooting.
• Release bail handle to turn mower “OFF” when crossing
any gravel area (stones can be thrown by theblade).
• Set mower at highest cutting height when mowing in rough
ground or in tall weeds. Removing too much grass at one
time can cause the motor to be overloaded and to stop.
• If a grass collection bag
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is used during the fast
growing season, the grass may tend to clog up at the
discharge opening. Release bail handle to turn mower
off, remove the safety key and battery packs. Remove
the catcher and shake the grass down to the back end
of the bag. Also clean out any grass or debris which may
be packed around the discharge opening. Replace the
grasscatcher.
• If mower should start to vibrate abnormally, release bail
handle to turn mower off, remove the safety key and
battery packs. Check immediately for cause. Vibration is a
Mower Overload
To prevent damage due to overload conditions, do not try to
remove too much grass at one time. Slow down your cutting
pace, or raise the cutheight.
1. Lift and hold the battery port cover
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up to expose the
battery port
20
.
2. Slide a battery pack
21
into the battery port
24
until an
audible click is heard. Repeat this process for the second
batteryport.
NOTE: Ensure the battery packs are fully seated and fully
latched intoposition before startingmower.
3. Close the battery port cover. Ensure the cover is fully
closed before startingmower.
4. Insert safety key
3
into the ONOFF switch box
1
until it is fully seated inside housing. The mower is
nowoperational.
5. Your mower is equipped with a special ONOFF switch
box
1
. To operate the mower, push and hold the
ONOFF button
2
on the ONOFF switch box
1
, then
pull the bail handle
6
to the handlebar
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.
NOTE: Once the mower starts you can release
theONOFFbutton, but you must continue to hold the
bail handle to thehandlebar for the mower to run.
6. To turn the mower OFF, release the bailhandle
6
.
WARNING: Never attempt to lock a switch or bail
handle in the ONposition.
NOTE: Once the bail handle has returned to the original
position it will activate the “Automatic Braking Mechanism”.
The motor is braked and the mower blade will stop rotating
in three seconds orless. If mower blade rotates longer than
three seconds, discontinue using mower and have it serviced.
Starting Mower (Fig. I–K)
DANGER: Sharp moving blade. Never attempt
to override the operation of the switch box and
safety key system as serious injury couldresult.
NOTE: Mower is operational when battery packs and safety
key areinstalled.
Safety Key (Fig. J)
DANGER: Sharp moving blade. In order to prevent
accidental start-up or unauthorized use of your
cordless mower, a removable safety key
3
has been
incorporated into the design of your mower. The mower
will be completely disabled when the safety key has
been removed from themower.
NOTE: The safety key has a tether rope to allow for storage
on a nail, out of the reach of children. Do not tether safety
key tomower.
DANGER: Rotating blades can cause serious
injury. To prevent serious injury, turn unit off and
remove safety key and battery packs when unattended,
or when charging, cleaning, servicing, transporting,
lifting, or storingmower.
Installing and Removing the Battery Packs
(Fig. I)
DANGER: MAKE CERTAIN THE SAFETY KEY IS
REMOVED TO PREVENT ACTUATION BEFORE
REMOVING OR INSTALLINGBATTERIES.
WARNING: Use only CRAFTSMAN 20V batteries.
This mower is designed to operate on two battery packs
of equal capacity. The mower will not operate on a single
battery pack, and If using different capacity battery packs, the
smaller capacity battery pack, when depleted, will cause the
unit to turn off
NOTE: For best results, make sure the battery packs are
fullycharged.
To Install the Battery Packs
1. Slide a battery pack
21
into the battery port
24
until
an audible click is heard (Fig. I). Repeat for the second
batteryport.
NOTE: Ensure the battery packs are fully seated and fully
latched intoposition before startingmower.
To Remove the Battery Packs
1. Depress the battery release button
23
on the battery
pack
21
and pull the battery packs
21
out oftool.
DANGER: Do not operate mower unless handle is
locked intoposition.
DANGER:
Sharp moving blade. Never operate the
mower in bagging mode unless the bag hooks on the
grass collection bag are seated properly on the mower
and the rear discharge door rests firmly against the top of
the grass collection bag as serious injury couldresult.
WARNING: Let the mower work at its own pace. Do
notoverload.
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