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â˘îFeedîtheîworkîpieceîinîtheîcorrectîdirectionîandîspeed.îFeedîtheîworkî
pieceîintoîaîblade,îcutter,îorîabrasiveîsurfaceîagainstîtheîdirectionîofîtheîcuttingîtoolâsîdirectionî
ofîrotationîonly.îIncorrectlyîfeedingîtheîworkîpieceîinîtheîsameîdirectionîmayîcauseîtheîworkî
pieceîtoîbeîthrownîoutîatîhighîspeed.î
â˘îNeverîleaveîtheîtoolîrunningîunattended,îturnîtheîpowerîoff.îDoînotî
leaveîtheîtoolîuntilîitîcomesîtoîaîcompleteîstop.
â˘îNeverîstartîtheîpowerîtoolîwhenîanyîrotatingîcomponentîisîinî
contact with the work piece.
SERVICE
â˘î Have your power tool serviced by a qualiďŹed repair person using
only identical replacement parts. Thisîwillîensureîthatîtheîsafetyîofîtheîpowerîtoolî
isîmaintained.î
â˘îServiceîyourîpowerîtoolîperiodically.îîWhenîcleaningîaîtool,îbeîcarefulînotîtoî
disassembleîanyîportionîofîtheîtoolîsinceîinternalîwiresîmayîbeîmisplacedîorîpinched.
îWARNING:îî
READ AND UNDERSTAND ALL WARNINGS, CAUTIONS AND OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING THIS EQUIPMENT. Failure to follow all
instructions listed below may result in electric shock, ďŹre and/or serious
personal injury.
EXTENSION CORDS
Grounded tools require a three wire extension cord.îîDoubleîinsulatedîtoolsîcanî
useîeitherîaîtwoîorîthreeîwireîextensionîcord.îîAsîtheîdistanceîfromîtheîpowerîsupplyîoutletîincreases,î
youîmustîuseîaîheavierîgaugeîextensionîcord.îîUsingîextensionîcordsîwithîinadequatelyîsizedîwireî
causesîaîseriousîdropîinîvoltage,îresultingîinîlossîofîpowerîandîpossibleîtoolîdamage.îîReferîtoîtheî
tableîshownîbelowîtoîdetermineîtheîrequiredîminimumîwireîsize.
Theîsmallerîtheîgaugeînumberîofîtheîwire,îtheîgreaterîtheîcapacityîofîtheîcord.îîForîexample:îaî
14-gaugeîcordîcanîcarryîaîhigherîcurrentîthanîaî16-gaugeîcord.îîWhenîusingîmoreîthanîoneîextensionî
cordîtoîmakeîupîtheîtotalîlength,îbeîsureîeachîcordîcontainsîatîleastîtheîminimumîwireîsizeîrequired.îî
Ifîyouîareîusingîoneîextensionîcordîforîmoreîthanîoneîtool,îaddîtheînameplateîamperesîandîuseîtheî
sumîtoîdetermineîtheîrequiredîminimumîwireîsize.
Guidelines for Using Extension Cords
â˘î Ifîyouîareîusingîanîextensionîcordîoutdoors,îbeîsureîitîisîmarkedîwithîtheîsufîxîâW-Aâî(âWâîinî
Canada)îtoîindicateîthatîitîisîacceptableîforîoutdoorîuse.
â˘î Beîsureîyourîextensionîcordîisîproperlyîwiredîandîinîgoodîelectricalîcondition.îîAlwaysîreplaceîaî
damagedîextensionîcordîorîhaveîitîrepairedîbyîaîqualiîedîpersonîbeforeîusingîit.
â˘î Protectîyourîextensionîcordsîfromîsharpîobjects,îexcessiveîheat,îandîdampîorîwetîareas.
Recommended Minimum Wire Gauge for Extension Cords (120 Volt)
Nameplate
Amperes
(At Full Load)
Extension Cord Length
25 Feet 50 Feet 75 Feet 100 Feet 150 Feet 200 Feet
0â2.0 18 18 18 18 16 16
2.1â3.4 18 18 18 16 14 14
3.5â5.0 18 18 16 14 12 12
5.1â7.0 18 16 14 12 12 10
7.1â12.0 18 14 12 10 8 8
12.1â16.0 14 12 10 10 8 6
16.1â20.0 12 10 8 8 6 6