STARTING/STOPPING INSTRUCTIONS

STARTING INSTRUCTIONS

Avoid accidental

WARNING: starting. Make sure you are in the

operating position behind the cultivator when using it. To avoid serious injury, the operator and unit should be in a stable position while starting.

Connecting to an Electrical Power Source

NOTE: Connect your extension cord to the cultivator as instructed on the previous page prior to plugging your extension cord into an electrical outlet.

1.Plug your extension cord into any convenient (indoor or outdoor) 120-volt, 60-cycle AC grounded outlet or receptacle. Your cultivator will operate satisfactorily on a circuit with a 15 ampere breaker.

NOTE: To avoid tripping circuit breakers, select an outlet on a circuit that is not overloaded. Do NOT select an outlet that is on a circuit hosting appliances such as a refrigerator.

2.Stand behind the cultivator, in the operating position.

3.Pivot the cultivator slightly toward the rear, so that its weight is resting on the wheels and the tines are NOT in contact with the ground

4.Depress the (red) starter button and hold it in (Fig. 6).

NOTE: Starting the cultivator's motor also starts tilling action.

5.While holding the starter button in, pivot the bail upward against the handle (Fig. 6) to start the motor and engage the tines.

NOTE: The cultivator's motor will NOT start if you fail to hold the starter button in while pivoting the bail upward.

6.Release the (red) starter button and grasp the handle and bail together with both hands (Fig. 7).

STOPPING INSTRUCTIONS

1.Release the bail.

2.The starter button will pop out, the bail will pivot downward and the motor will stop.

OVERLOAD PROTECTION SWITCH

This cultivator is equipped with an overload protection switch to prevent overheating damage to the motor.

If the overload protection switch pops out:

1.Release the bail and do NOT re-start the cultivator for at least one minute, allowing for the electric motor time to cool.

2.Press the overload protection switch inward to reset (Fig. 6).

If the overload protection switch pops out shortly after resetting:

1.Release the bail and do NOT re-start the cultivator for at least 15 minutes to allow the electric motor extra time to cool.

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Overload

Protection Switch

Fig. 6

Fig. 7

2.Press the overload protection switch inward to reset.

3.Restart unit.

NOTE: If the overload protection switch pops out repeatedly during operation or will not remain in when attempting to reset, contact your Sears

Parts and Repair Center to arrange for repair.

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