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The cable wire colours, or a letter, will be
marked at the connection points of most good
quality plugs. Attach the wires to their respective
points in the plug (see above). Brown is for ‘Live’
(L) and blue is for ‘Neutral’ (N).
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The recommended fuse to use with this product
is 13 amps. Please ensure that the plug being
fitted is equipped with a fuse of the correct rating.
Note:
Fuses do not give personal protection
against electric shock.
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Before replacing the top cover of the mains plug
ensure that the cable restraint is holding the
outer sheath on the cable firmly and that the two
leads are correctly fixed at the terminal screws.
•
Do not wire an extension cable directly into your
machine yourself. Instead, take your machine to
your nearest Black & Decker service centre.
•
Warning! Never connect live or neutral wires
to the earth pin marked ‘E’ or
.
Additional electrical safety
Increased safety can be obtained by having a
qualified electrician install a high sensitivity circuit
breaker in the house wiring. If you do not have such
a circuit breaker installed, or you do not wish to have
one installed, then we strongly recommend that the
electrical power to the machine be supplied through
a high sensitivity residual current device (RCD) with a
tripping current of not more than 30mA. The RCD is
designed to provide a high degree of personal
protection against harmful electric current should
fault conditions occur.
Warning!
The use of an RCD or other circuit breaker
unit does not release the operator of the machine
from the safety instructions and safe working
practices given in this manual.
Operating the shredder (Figs. C & D)
C
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To switch the unit on, press the white
switch located on the side of the
shredder motor.
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To switch the unit off, press the red switch
located above the white ‘on’ switch.
In normal use, do not switch the shredder
off until all shredded material has been
cleared from the cutter assembly. If the unit
is switched off too quickly, remaining bits of
material may clog and stall the motor when
it is switched on again. If this does occur,
follow the procedure outlined below.
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The shredder is equipped with an integral
safety switch to protect the motor from
damage if it is overloaded. If this occurs,
the shredder will automatically be
switched off. It will automatically reset
after a delay of about 1 or 2 minutes
which allows the motor to cool.
D
If the motor refuses to start after this period,
the following procedure should be followed:
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Ensure the shredder is switched off.
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Disconnect the shredder from the
power supply.
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Disconnect the motor plug connection.
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The shredder has been fitted with a
safety-interlock device.
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The device ensures that the power is
disconnected from the shredder if the
funnel has been removed. The unit
cannot be operated with the cutting
blades exposed.
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To remove the funnel, it is necessary to
pull the interlock device away from the
motor housing as shown in Fig. D. The
reverse of this procedure must be
followed after the funnel has been
reconnected.
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Loosen the thumbscrew and remove the
feeder body.
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Clean out all material left in the shredder.
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Replace feeder body, tighten the screw
and reconnect the motor plug
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Reconnect the power supply.
Why shred?
The material should be shredded to assist in quicker
decomposition.
The relatively short duration of this decomposition
process is made possible by the numerous ruptures
resulting from the shredding process which provide
excellent points of attack for the micro-organisms. In
a short time the natural decomposition process of the
shredded material will produce a rich healthy humus.
For the growth of leaves, flowers, fruits and roots,
plants need important nutritive elements, which they
draw chiefly from the soil. This extraction of food is
reduced to a minimum by the return of organic
humus naturally to the soil.
Organic fertilisers are decomposed in the soil by
bacteria and are transformed into the important
nutrients absorbed by the plants.
Humus regulates the water balance in the fertile
topsoil, allows for sufficient aeration of the soil and
facilitates growth of radicles.
Well fertilised soil produces better growth and a
richer harvest. When used in conjunction with good,
systematic rotation, humus will enrich poor soil.
