How To Stop Your Pressure Washer - Craftsman 500.676620 Operator's Manual

How to Stop Your Pressure Washer
1. Releasespray gun trigger and let engine idle for two
minutes.
2. Move throttle to SLOWposition, then STOPposition (A).
1. Slide nozzle backward to achieve high pressure. Slide
nozzle forward when you wish to adjust spray to low
pressure mode.
3. ALWAYS point spray gun in a safe direction and squeeze
spray gun trigger to release retained high water
pressure.
IMPORTANT:Spray gun traps high water pressure, even
when engine is stopped and water is disconnected.
WARHIHG
[he high pressure stream of water that this
_quipment produces can cut through skin and its
,_ underlying tissues, leading to serious injury and
_ossibleamputation.
Spray gun traps high water pressure, even when
_ngine is stopped and water is disconnected,
which can cause injury.
° Keephigh pressurehoseconnected to pumpand spraygun
whilesystemis pressurized.
° ALWAYS pointspraygun in safedirectionand squeeze spray
gun trigger,to releasehigh pressure, e verytime you stop
engine.Engage triggerlock whennot in use.
4. Engagetrigger lock on spray gun when not in use.
How To Use the Adjustable Hozzle
You should now know how to STARTand STOPyour
pressure washer. The information in this section will tell you
how to adjust the spray pattern and to apply pressure washer
specific detergents.
WARHIHG
The high pressure stream of water that this
1_ equipment produces can cut through skin and its
underlying tissues, leading to serious injury and
)ossible amputation.
° NEVER adjustspraypatternwhenspraying.
° NEVER puthandsin front of nozzle to adjustspraypattern.
Point nozzle down towards a firm surface, disengage
trigger lock, and press trigger to test pattern.
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Twisting nozzle adjusts spray pattern from a fan pattern
to a narrow pattern.
Usage Tips
4 For most effective cleaning, keep spray nozzlefrom 8 to
24 inches away from cleaning surface.
5 If you get spray nozzle too close, especially using high
pressure mode, you may damage surface being cleaned.
6 DO NOTget closer than 6 inches when cleaning tires.
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