
WARNING:Groundedtoolsmustbepluggedintoanoutletproperlyinstalledandgroundedinaccordancewith
allcodesandordinances.Thistoolisequippedwitha3Ͳprongpluganda3Ͳwiregroundingsystem.Neverremovethe
groundingprongormodifythepluginanyway.Donotuseanyadapterplugs.Checkwithaqualifiedelectricianifyou
areindoubtastowhethertheoutletisproperlygrounded.
NOTE:Doubleinsulatedtoolsareequippedwithapolarizedplug(onebladeiswiderthantheother).Thisplug
willfitinapolarizedoutletonlyoneway.Iftheplugdoesnotfitfullyintheoutlet,reversetheplug.Ifitstilldoesn’tfit,
contactaqualifiedelectriciantoinstallapolarizedoutlet.Donotchangethepluginanyway.
WARNING:Toreducetheriskofelectricshock,DONOTuseindampconditions,onwetsurfaces,orexposeto
rain.Donotpluginthistooloroperateitwithwethandsorwhilestandinginwater.
WARNING:Neverusethecordforcarrying,pullingorunpluggingthepowertool.Graspplugandpullto
disconnectfromoutlet.Keepcordawayfromheat,oil,sharpedgesormovingparts.Replacedamagedcords
immediately.
WARNING:Donotcarrythepowertoolwithyourfingerontheswitch.Ensuretheswitchisintheoffposition
beforepluggingthetoolintothepoweroutlet.Intheeventofapowerfailurewhileatoolisbeingused,turntheswitch
offtopreventsurprisestartingwhenthepowerisrestored.
WARNING:Alwaysremovethepowercordfromtheelectricoutletwhenmakingadjustments,changingparts,
cleaningorworkingonthetool.
WARNING:Careshouldbetakentoarrangethecordsoitwillnotbesteppedon,trippedover,orotherwise
subjectedtodamageorstress.
WARNING:Neverattempttopluginoroperateequipmentwithdefectiveordamagedwires,powercordor
powercordplug.Haveanydefectiveordamagedpartsreplacedimmediatelybyqualifiedpersonnel.
WARNING:Avoidbodycontactwithelectricallygroundedsurfaces.Thereisanincreasedriskofelectricshockif
yourbodyisgrounded.
WARNING:IftheworkareaisnotequippedwithapermanentlyinstalledGroundFaultCircuitInterrupteroutlet
(GFCI),useaplugͲinGFCIbetweenthepowertoolorextensioncordandthepowerreceptacle.
WARNING:Ifanextensioncordisnecessary,useonly‘Listed’extensioncords.Ifusedoutdoors,theymustbe
marked“ForOutdoorUse”.Thosecordshavinga3Ͳpronggroundingtypeplugsandmatingreceptaclesaretobeused
withgroundedtools.
WARNING:Useofimpropersizeorgaugeofextensioncordmaycauseunsafeorinefficientoperationofyour
tool,orcausedamagetoyourtool.Besureyourextensioncordisratedtoallowsufficientcurrentflowtothemotor.If
indoubt,alwaysusealargergaugecord.Besuretocheckthevoltagerequirementsofthetooltoyourincomingpower
source.