Briggs & Stratton Year 2010 Important Safety Instructions, DANGER, WARNING, WARNING, WARNING, CAUTION, SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS - This manual contains

• Wear protective goggles, rubber apron, rubber boots and rubber gloves.

• Remove watches, rings, or other metal objects.

• Use tools having insulated handles.

Important Safety Instructions

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS - This manual contains
										WARNING Running engine gives off carbon monoxide,
important instructions that should be followed during
										an odorless, colorless, poison gas.
installation and maintenance of the generator and batteries.										Breathing carbon monoxide could result in death,
Safety Symbols and Meanings										serious injury, headache, fatigue, dizziness,
										vomiting, confusion, seizures, nausea or fainting.
									•	Operate this product ONLY outdoors in an area that will
										not accumulate deadly exhaust gas.
									•	Keep exhaust gas away from any windows, doors,
Explosion		Fire				Electrical Shock				ventailation intakes, soffit vents, crawl spaces, open
										garage doors or other openings that can allow exhaust
										gas to enter inside or be drawn into a potentially occupied
										building or structure.
									•	Carbon monoxide detector(s) MUST be installed and
Toxic Fumes		Rotating Parts						Hot Surface		maintained indoors according to the manufacturer’s
										instructions/recommendations. Smoke alarms cannot
										detect carbon monoxide gas.
										WARNING The engine exhaust from this product
Auto Start	Explosive Pressure						Chemical Burn		contains chemicals known to the State of California to
									cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm.
										WARNING Certain components in this product and
									related accessories contain chemicals known to the State
Rotating Belt/Pulley	Rotating Fan Blade				Exploding Battery				of California to cause cancer, birth defects, or other
									reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling.
										WARNING Storage batteries give off explosive
										hydrogen gas during recharging.
Lift Hazard			Read Manual
										Slightest spark will ignite hydrogen
										and cause explosion, resulting in
The safety alert symbol indicates a potential personal										death or serious injury.
										Battery electrolyte fluid contains
injury hazard. A signal word (DA			GER, WARNING, or
									acid and is extremely caustic.
CAUTION) is used with the alert symbol to designate a degree
									Contact with battery contents could cause severe
		NOT
									chemical burns.
or level of hazard seriousness. A sa ety symbol may be used
to represent the type of hazard. The signal w								rd NOTICE is	A battery presents a risk of electrical shock and high short
used to address practices not related to personal injury.									circuit current.
				for					• DO NOT dispose of battery in a fire. Recycle battery.
DANGER indicates a hazard which, if not avoided, will
result in death or serious injury.									• DO NOT allow any open flame, spark, heat, or lit cigarette
						REPRODUCTIduring and for severalONminutes after charging a battery.
WARNING indicates a hazard which, if not avoided, could									•	DO NOT open or mutilate the battery.
result in death or serious injury.

CAUTION indicates a hazard which, if not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.

NOTICE addresses practices not related to personal injury.

The manufacturer cannot possibly anticipate every possible circumstance that might involve a hazard. The warnings in this manual, and the tags and decals affixed to the unit are, therefore, not all-inclusive. If you use a procedure, work method or operating technique that the manufacturer does not specifically recommend, you must satisfy yourself that it is safe for you and others. You must also make sure that the procedure, work method or operating technique that you choose does not render the generator system unsafe.

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