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Filters
Filter Retainer Latch
Figure 14.
Figure 15.
The amount of use has a direct bearing on when you must change the primary air filter and service the secondary air filter. Contact your SHOP FOX® dealer for other possible filter types available.
Keep the air cleaner unit unplugged during all maintenance procedures. Ignoring this warning may result in serious personal injury to you or others!
Always wear a dust mask and safety glasses when servicing and changing filters. Sawdust may cause allergic reactions or respiratory problems.
To change and service the filters, do these steps:
1.Unplug the air cleaner unit.
2.Move the filter retainer latch upward, remove the primary filter and discard it. See Figure 14.
Figure 16. Air cleaner housing.
NOTICE
DO NOT use compressed air to blow out the secondary filter. If you do, you will damage the filter and reduce filtering quality.
3.Remove the secondary filter and shake out the wood dust until clean and/or wash out with warm water and let dry. See Figure 15.
4.Vacuum out the inside of the air cleaner housing. See Figure 16.
5.Reinstall the secondary filter when it is dry and install a new primary filter.
6.Move the filter retainer latch downward to lock all the filters in place.
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