BATTERY
GAUGE
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2
Highly Charged
Charge Depleted
• Avoid mowing when the grass is wet
from rain or dew-soaked
• Cut your lawn frequently,
especially
dur-
ing high growth periods.
NOTE:
You should
recharge
your mower
after each use, regardless
of the position
of the battery
gauge needle.
Frequent
charging
will not harm your battery, and
will ensure
that the battery is fully charged
and ready for its next u_e,
SAFETY
SHIELD
AND
REAR
DOOR
Your Cordless
Mulching
mower has a
gauge to provide
you with information
on
your battery
state of charge.
While oper-
ating the mower,
the gauge constantly
senses
and displays
the battery
condition
as follows:
• When the needle is pointing
in the
green area (1), the battery is in a highly
charged
condition.
• When the needle is pointing
in the red
area (2), the battery
charge is depleted.
* Before using your mower for the first
time, charge
the battery overnight
to
ensure that it is fully charged.
When
you first start your mower, the battery
gauge Ihould pointIn the greenarea,
Indicating
a fully charged battery.
• As you use your mower, you will notice
that the needle
in the battery gauge
drops slowly as the battery
discharges.
• While cutting grass with your cordless
mower,
it is normal for the battery
gauge
needle to fluctuate
somewhat
as the
cutting conditions change.
• When your battery gauge needle points
consistently in the red area, your battery
is now discharged,
even though the
mower may still be capable of cutting
grass.
Continuing
to operate your
mulching
mower with the battery in this
discharged
condition may reduce the life
and performance of yourbattery,
The following
suggestions
will help you
to obtain
optimum
run time from
your
cordless
mower:
• Slow down in areas where the grass is
especially
long or thick, or raise the cut
height.
• When
mulching,
avoid cutting
more than
1-1/2 inches off the grass.
This safety shield (1) is designed
to mini-
mize the throwing
of stones
or other
objects
by the mower blade backward
from under the mower deck. The shield,
along with the rear door (2), minimizes
the
possibility
of accidental
foot conta¢t with
the blade.
DO NOT operate
mower with-
out the safety shield and rear door in
place.
WARNING:
• For your own safety DO NOT use this
mower without either the grasscatcher or
mulch insert in operating position.
. Do not operate the mower If the spring in
the rear door loses its tension. Take your
lawnmower to the nearest Sears Service
center for repair.
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