Flowtron Outdoor Products LE-900F owner manual Safe Operating Instructions, Moving Your Unit

SAFE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

Your Flowtron Ultimate Leaf-Eater can be hazardous if improperly or carelessly used. The instructions and fig u re shown below demonstrate the right way to use your machine. Read and understand the operating instructions before you operate your machine. Always use safe and cautious operating methods. Please remem- b e r, the operating and safety instructions have been written for your use. Failure to read all instructions may result in injury. Be sure you have read ‘‘Rules for Safe O p e r a t i o n ’’ on page 6 before pro c e e d i n g .

Disconnect power cord from ex t e n s i o n c o rd before moving machine from one location to another location.

1. Moving Your Unit

Disconnect the power cord from the extension cord or power source, grasp the unit along the top of the housing tower, lift and move to wherever you choose. To place unit on trash container, lift by grasping hand grips located on leg extensions. To use on legs with leaf bag, place bag around unit and retain with bungee cord. See figure 12.

To avoid damage to your motor, t h e mu l ching control lever must be in the p roper position when shredding grass cl i p p i n g s , t h a t ch or pine needles.

not overload the machine by letting it labor at low speed: this will cause the circuit breaker to shut the motor off. If this happens, turn the switch off, unplug the machine, clear the unshredded material from the hopper, reset the breaker and continue with your shredding.

FIGURE 12
	Hand Hold
	Both Sides

Bungee

Cord

On Trash	With Leaf Bag
Container	Attached

Filling hopper with unshredded material at a rate faster than the machine can handle may result in permanent damage to your motor.

2. Loading Your Machine

With the machine running, feed double handfuls of dry leaves, or single handfuls of wet leaves, into the hop- per. Allow the machine to shred the load completely and regain speed before reinserting the next load. Do

3.Mulching Control Lever

The control lever, see figure 13, controls the particle size and speed at which material goes through the unit With the control lever in the COARSE position, material will process through the unit faster but will give you a larger particle size than if the lever were in the FINE position. The FINE position setting will discharge mate- rial slower, but will give the smallest particle size. Use special settings for pine needles, grass clippings and thatch. For best results, material should be shredded when dry.

FIGURE 13

Mulching Control Lever

Do not allow shredded material in trash container or leaf bag to reach bottom of Motor Housing. A reduction in airflow will result and may cause permanent damage to your motor.

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