C a u tio n – Snorkel TB126J User Manual

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7. OPERATION

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8. Put on your fall restraint, enter the platform,
close the gravity gate, and attach the lanyard of
your fall restraint to the anchorage point (7).

9. At the platform-control box (8) set the
following:

EMERGENCY STOP (9) ..............pulled out
ENGINE THROTTLE (10) ............LO
DRIVE RANGE (11).....................LO

NOTE: With these settings the maximum
ground speed is 0.75 mph (1.2 km/hr). If you
want to go faster, see the "PLATFORM-
CONTROL BOX" section in the "CONTROLS"
chapter. Pay particular attention to the DRIVE
RANGE Table in that section.

10. Check the platform-control box circuit
breakers (12) to see that none has popped out.

1 2

1 0

Starting (from the platform)
Do not attempt to start a TB126J until the actions
in the previous part of this section (STARTING
FROM THE PLATFORM CONTROL BOX) have
been completed.

1. Turn the ANTI-RESTART MASTER SWITCH
(1) to ON and pause there a few seconds while
an alarm sounds to alert others that the TB126J
is about to start.

NOTE: If you pause 30 seconds or more an
automatic protection feature will prevent the
TB126J from starting. If that happens, turn the
ANTI-RESTART MASTER SWITCH to OFF
and try again.

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If the engine fails to start (at the next step) in 20
seconds, turn the ANTI-RESTART MASTER
SWITCH to OFF and wait 60 seconds before
turning the switch to START again.

2. Turn the ANTI-RESTART MASTER SWITCH
(2) to START and hold it there until the engine
starts (or for a maximum of 20 seconds) then
release the switch to ON.

NOTE: Do not step on the foot switch while
you are trying to start the engine.

The engine should now be running.