COSTWAY GT3498US Cordless Pruning Shears 2Ah Lithium Battery Tree Trimmer User Manual

GT3498US Cordless Pruning Shears 2Ah
Lithium Battery Tree Trimmer
User Manual

THIS INSTRUCTION BOOKLET CONTAINS IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. PLEASE READ AND KEEP IT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

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Safety Regulations and Warnings

General Power Tool Safety Warnings
WARNING: Read all safety warnings and instructions. Failure to follow the warnings and instructions may result in electric shock, fire, and/or serious injury.
Save all warnings and instructions for future reference.
The term “power tool” in the warnings refers to your electric battery-operated (cordless) power tool.

Explanation of the warning signs on the equipment (see Fig. 5)

1. Warning!
2. WARNING — To reduce the risk of injury, users must read the instruction manual!
3. Wear eye protection!
4. Wear ear protection!
5. Wear protective gloves!
6. Wear safety footwear!
7. Do not expose to rain!
8. Keep a safe distance from the machine!

Work area safety
a) Avoid Dangerous Environment — Don’t use appliances in damp or wet locations.
b) Don’t Use it In Rain.
c) Keep work area clean and well lit. Cluttered or dark areas invite accidents.
d) Do not operate power tools in explosive atmospheres, such as in the presence of flammable liquids, gases, or dust. Power tools create sparks that may ignite dust or fumes.
e) Keep Children Away-All visitors should be kept at a distance from the work area.

Electrical safety
a) Power tool plugs must match the outlet. Never modify the plug in any way. Do not use any adapter plugs with earthed (grounded) power tools. Unmodified plugs and matching outlets will reduce the risk of electric shock.
b) Avoid body contact with earthed or grounded surfaces such as pipes, radiators, ranges, and refrigerators.
There is an increased risk of electric shock if your body is earthed or grounded.
c) Do not expose power tools to rain or wet conditions. Water entering a power tool will increase the risk of electric shock.
d) Do not abuse the cord. Never use the cord for carrying, pulling, or unplugging the power tool. Keep cord away from heat, oil, sharp edges, or moving parts. Damaged or entangled cords increase the risk of electric shock.

Personal safety
a) Stay alert -Watch what you are doing. Use common sense. Do not operate appliances when you are tired.
b) Use Safety Glasses -Always use a face or dust mask if the operation is dusty.
c) Avoid Unintentional Starting — Don’t carry a plugged-in appliance with a finger on the switch. Be sure the switch is off when plugging in.
d) Don’t grasp the exposed cutting blades or cutting edges when picking up or holding the appliance.
e) Keep hands away from blades.
f) Do not overreach. Keep proper footing and balance at all times. This enables better control of the power tool in unexpected situations.
g) Dress Properly — Do not wear loose clothing or Jewellery. They can be caught in moving parts. Use of rubber gloves and substantial footwear is recommended when working outdoors. Wear protective hair covering to contain long hair.

Power tool use and care
a) Use Right Appliance — Do not use the appliance for any job except that for which it is intended.
b) Don’t Force Appliance –It will do the job better and with less likelihood of a risk of injury at the rate for which it was designed.
c) Do not use the power tool if the switch does not turn it on and off. Any power tool that cannot be controlled with the switch is dangerous and must be repaired.
d) Disconnect the plug from the power source and/or the battery pack from the power tool before making any adjustments, changing accessories, or storing power tools. Such preventive safety measures reduce the risk of starting the power tool accidentally.
e) Store idle power tools out of the reach of children and do not allow persons unfamiliar with the power tool or these instructions to operate the power tool. Power tools are dangerous in the hands of untrained users.
f) Maintain Appliance with Care — Keep the cutting edge sharp and clean for best performance and to reduce the risk of injury. Follow instructions for lubricating and changing accessories. Keep handles dry, clean, and free from oil and grease.
g) Keep cutting tools sharp and clean. Properly maintained cutting tools with sharp cutting edges are less likely to bind and are easier to control. Follow instructions for lubricating and changing accessories. Keep handles dry, clean, and free from oil and grease.
h) Check Damaged Parts — Before further use of the appliance. a guard or other part that is damaged should be carefully checked to determine that it will operate properly and perform its intended function. Check for alignment of moving parts, binding of moving parts, breakage of parts, mounting, and any other condition that may affect its operation. A guard or other part that is damaged should be properly repaired or replaced by a qualified professional unless indicated elsewhere in this manual.
i) Store idle Appliances Indoors -When not in use, appliances should be stored indoors in the dry, and out of reach of children.

Battery tool use and care
a) Prevent unintentional starting. Ensure the switch is in the off- position before connecting to the battery pack, picking up, or carrying the appliance. Carrying the appliance with your finger on the switch or energizing the appliance that has the switch is dangerous.
b) Disconnect the battery pack from the appliance before making any adjustments, changing accessories, or storing the appliance. Such preventive safety measures reduce the risk of starting the appliance accidentally.
c) Recharge only with the charger specified by the manufacturer. A charger that is suitable for one type of battery pack may create a risk of fire when used with another battery pack.
d) Use power tools only with specifically designated battery packs. The use of any other battery packs may create a risk of injury and fire.
e) When the battery pack is not in use, keep it away from other metal objects, like paper clips, coins, keys, nails, screws, or other small metal objects that can make a connection from one terminal to another. Shorting the battery terminals together may cause burns or a fire.
f) Under abusive conditions, liquid may be ejected from the battery; avoid contact. If contact accidentally occurs, flush with water.
If liquid contacts the eyes, additionally seek medical help. Liquid ejected from the battery may cause irritation or burns.
g) Do not charge appliances in rain, or in wet locations.
h) Do not use the battery-operated appliances in rain.
i) Use only the supplied battery.
j) Do not expose a battery pack or appliance to fire or excessive temperature. Exposure to fire or temperature above 130°C may cause an explosion.
k) Do not use a battery pack or appliance that is damaged or modified. Damaged or modified batteries may exhibit unpredictable behavior resulting in fire, explosion or risk of injury.
I) Exercise care in handling batteries in order not to short the battery with conducting materials such as rings, bracelets, and keys. The battery or conductor may overheat and cause burns.
m) Do not modify or attempt to repair the appliance or the battery pack (as applicable) except as indicated in the instructions for use and care.

Service
Servicing should only be performed by a qualified repair person using only identical replacement parts. This will ensure that the safety of the product is maintained.

Cordless Garden Pruners Safety warnings

• This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or
  lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.
  Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.

• Minors should never be allowed to operate the tool; it should never be left unattended and when not in use should be stored in a locked place out of the reach of children.

• Don’t use the machine or perform battery charging operations in the rain.

• Don’t leave the machine in rain or wet locations.

• Keep bystanders well away from your work area.

• Be careful not to catch foreign matter between the blades.

• If the blades are jammed with foreign matter, immediately switch off the machine. Then remove the foreign matter from the blades.

• Take care; avoid cutting electrical wires that may be hidden.

• Keep your free hand away from the cutting area. Never touch the blades. They are very sharp and you may cut yourself.

• Be vigilant when operating to ensure that the fingers on the hand used to hold or move twigs to be pruned are not exposed to the cutting blade.

• Don’t force the machine to make it cut. You could slip and injure yourself or cut something else unintentionally.

• Always check the blades carefully before operation.

• Handle the blades with extreme care to prevent cuts or injury from the blades.

• Remove the battery after each use and before attempting to perform inspection or maintenance.

• Always wear protective gloves when using, adjusting or cleaning the machine.

• Only use the machine for its intended use (see “Intended Use”)

Information about the battery

1. The battery pack supplied with your cordless tool is not charged. The battery pack has to be charged before you use the tool for the first time.

2. For optimum battery performance avoid low discharge cycles. Charge the battery pack frequently or after every use.

3. Store the battery pack in a cool place, ideally at 15°C and charged to at least 40%.

4. Lithium-ion batteries are subject to a natural aging process. The battery pack must be replaced at the latest when its capacity falls to just 80% of its capacity when new.  Weakened cells in an aged battery pack are no longer capable of meeting the high power requirements and therefore pose a safety risk.

5. Do not throw battery packs into an open fire. There is a risk of explosion!

6. Do not ignite the battery pack or expose it to fire.

7. Do not exhaustively discharge batteries. The exhaustive discharge will damage the battery cells. The most common cause of the exhaustive discharge is lengthy storage or non-use of partly discharged batteries. Stop working as soon as the performance of the battery falls noticeably or the electronic protection system triggers. Place the battery pack in storage only after it has been fully charged.

8. Protect batteries and the tool from overloads. Overloads will quickly result in overheating and cell damage inside the battery housing without this overheating actually being apparent externally.

9. Avoid damage and shocks. Replace batteries that have been dropped from a height of more than one meter or which have been exposed to violent shocks without delay,  even if the housing of the battery pack appears to be undamaged. The battery cells inside the battery may have suffered serious damage.
   In this respect, please also read the waste disposal information.

10. If the battery pack suffers overloading and overheating, the integrated protective cut-off will switch off the equipment for safety reasons. Important: Do not press the  ON/OFF switch anymore if the protective cut-off has actuated. This may damage the battery pack.

11. Use appliances only with specifically designated battery packs. The use of any other battery packs may create a risk of injury and fire.

Information on chargers and the charging process
Follow all charging instructions and do not charge the battery pack or appliance outside of the temperature range specified in the instructions. Charging improperly or at temperatures outside of the specified range may damage the battery and increase the risk of fire.

1. Please check the data marked on the rating plate of the battery charger. Be sure to connect the battery charger to a power supply with the voltage marked on the rating plate. Never connect it to a different mains voltage.
2. Protect the battery charger and its cable from damage and sharp edges. Have damaged cables been repaired without delay by a qualified electrician?
3. Keep the battery charger, batteries, and cordless tool out of children’s reach.
4. Do not use damaged battery chargers.
5. Do not use the supplied battery charger to charge other cordless tools.
6. In heavy use, the battery pack will become warm. Allow the battery pack to cool to room temperature before commencing with the charging.
7. Do not over-charge batteries. Do not exceed the maximum charging times. These charging times only apply to discharged batteries. Frequent insertion of a charged or partly charged battery pack will result in over-charging and cell damage. Do not leave batteries in the charger for days on end.
8. Never use or charge batteries if you suspect that the last time they were charged was more than 12 months previously. There is a high probability that the battery pack has already suffered dangerous damage (exhaustive discharge).
9. Charging batteries at a temperature below 10°C will cause chemical damage to the cell and may cause a fire.
10. Do not use batteries that have heated during the charging process, as the battery cells may have suffered dangerous damage.
11. Do not use batteries that have suffered curvature or deformation during the charging process or which show other non-typical symptoms (gassing, hissing, and cracking)
12. Never fully discharge the battery pack (recommended depth of discharge max. 80%) A complete discharge of the battery pack will lead to premature aging of the battery cells.
13. Never charge the batteries unsupervised.

Layout and items supplied

Layout (Fig. 1 a/1 b/4a)

1| Blade — moving| Items supplied
• Open the packaging and take out the equipment with care.
• Remove the packaging material and any packaging.
• Check to see if all items are supplied.
• Inspect the equipment and accessories for transport damage.
• If possible, please keep the packaging until the end of the guarantee period.
• Original operating instructions
• Safety instructions
Important! The equipment and packaging material are not toys. Do not let children play with plastic bags,  foils, or small parts. There is a danger of swallowing or suffocating!
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2| Blade — fixed
3| ON/OFF switch
4| Safety lock-off
5| Blade guard
6| Battery
7| Battery charger
8| Blade washer
9| Blade wave washer
10| Blade screw
11| Blade nut

Intended Use

This machine is intended for domestic use in pruning branches and plants with a thickness up to 15 mm (hardwood) and 25 mm (softwood).
NOTICE: DO NOT CUT OTHER MATERIALS SUCH AS WIRE, STEEL WIRE, STONE, PLASTIC, AND SO ON.

Technical data

Cutting capacity: ………………………….15mm (hardwood)………………….max 25mm(softwood)
Battery pack: ………………………….Li-Ion/ 7.2 V d. c. / 2.0 Ah
Charging time: ………………………………………….3-5h
Protection class: ……………………….IIII
Weight ………………………….0.82 kg
Battery
Type………………………………KXX-7.2/82.0
Battery charger
Type…………………………………. HYCH0900400U
Mains voltage ……………………100-120 VAC – 50-60 Hz
Output
Rated voltage………………………………… 9/DC
Rated current: …………………………….500 mA

• The vibration emission level has been measured in accordance with a set of standardized criteria and can be used to compare one power tool with another.
• The specified emission level can also be used to make an initial assessment of the exposure to vibrations.
• The vibration emission level may vary from the level specified during actual use, depending on the way in which the power tool is used.
• Try to keep the impact from vibrations as low as possible. Exposure to vibrations can be reduced by wearing gloves when using the tool, for example, and by limiting the amount of operating time. This includes the full cycle of operation (e.g. times when the power tool is switched off and times when the tool is switched on but no working load is applied).

Before starting the equipment

Installing the battery (Fig. 2a/2b)
Press both sides of the battery pack as shown in Fig. 2a and push the battery pack into the mount provided. When the battery pack is positioned as in Fig. 2b, make sure that the battery pack latch is in place’ To remove the battery pack, proceed in reverse order.

Charging the battery (Fig. 3)
The red LED lights up indicating that charging voltage
is available. If the rechargeable battery fails to charge, check the socket for voltage or charging contacts.

1. Take the battery pack out of the equipment. Do this by pressing both sides of the battery pack.
2. Check that your mains voltage is the same as that marked on the charger rating plate. Connect the power plug of the charging unit to a socket outlet. and then insert the charging unit into the battery pack. The red LED was always light.
3. The charging unit will end the charging automatically when the battery is fully charged (after approx. 3-5 hours). The green LED then lights up and the red LED lights out.
   The battery pack can become a little warm during the charging. The red LED lights up indicating that charging voltage is available. If the rechargeable battery fails to charge.  check the socket for voltage or charging contacts.

If the battery pack still fails to charge, please contact our customer service team.
To ensure that the battery pack provides a long service. you should take care to recharge it promptly You must recharge the battery pack when you notice that the power of the cordless pruner drops. Never fully discharge the battery pack.
This may cause premature failure.

Operation

WARNING: Before any work on the machine (e.g. maintenance, changing the tool, etc.) as well as during its transport and storage, Safety lock-off in the off position. There is a danger of injury when the On/Off switch is unintentionally actuated.
To close the blade 1(Fig. 1) activate the safety lock-off (Fig. 1 / Item 4) by pushing it forward and pressing the ON/ OFF switch (Fig. 1 /item 3) at the same time. To open blade 1, let go of the ON/OFF switch (Fig. 1/ Item 3).
Never operate the machine in an awkward posture. This may cause serious injury.
Keep your free hand away from the cutting area. Never touch the blades. They are very sharp and you may cut yourself. Always wear protective gloves while pruning.

Changing the blade (Fig. 4a-4c)
Warning! Remove the battery from the pruner before changing the blade.
Always wear protective gloves when changing the blade.
Never attempt to operate the machine without the blade, spacer, or screw correctly secured to prevent damage to the machine.
To remove blade 1, Use a Hexagon wrench socket key (not provided) to remove the blade nut 11 which secures the blade. Remove the blade wave washer 9 and the washer 8  then remove the blade screw 10(Fig.4a). Remove blade 1 in a 45° direction (Fig. 4b).
To insert the blade 1, be careful not to allow any foreign matter to become attached to the blade gear and do not damage it. First insert part of the tooth of the blade 1 into the case as shown (Fig.4c), then rotate the blade 1 until the whole of the blade 1 is aligned to the hole of the aluminum gearbox. The incorrect location of the blade will damage the machine. Refit the blade screw then refit the washer 8 and the wave washer 9, at last, tighten the blade nut. Do not over tighten.

Cleaning, maintenance, and ordering of spare parts

Warning! Always wear protective gloves when using, adjusting, or cleaning the machine.
Cleaning

• Keep all safety devices, air vents, and the motor housing free of dirt and dust as far as possible. Wipe the equipment with a clean cloth or blow it with compressed air at low pressure.
• We recommend that you clean the device immediately each time you have finished using it.
• Clean the equipment regularly with a moist cloth and some soft soap. Do not use cleaning agents or solvents; these could attack the plastic parts of the equipment. Ensure that no water can seep into the device.
• A few drops of oil (e.g. sewing machine oil) will improve the cutting performance of the blades, but never apply any grease to the blades.

Important!
Never clean the tool under running water – and particularly never with high pressure – because of the potential danger to persons and property, Keep your cordless pruner in a dry and frost-proof place, Choose a place that children are unable to enter.

Maintenance

• To achieve good results you should keep the blades sharp at all times. The tool should be thoroughly cleaned both before and after use.
• There are no parts inside the equipment which require additional maintenance.

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