Snorkel S3970RT - Operating from the Ground Control; Box; Raising the Platform; Operating from the Platform Control Box

Be gin at the sec tion en ti tled Op er at ing From The
Plat form Con trol Box if you in tend to start and run
the S3970RT / S3370RT / S2770RT from the plat -
form.
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Operating From The Ground Control
Box
To start the en gine from the ground con trol box do
the fol low ing:
Figure 8.3
1.
Set the Battery switch  to on (see Figure
8.3).
Figure 8.4
2.
Set the Emergency Stop switch  to on
(out) (see Figure 8.4).
3.
Set the Ground/Platform Selector switch 
to ground (see Figure 8.4).
4.
Press the Glow Plug switch  down and
hold, for no lon ger than 20 sec onds, then
re lease it just be fore start ing the en gine for
an en gine that is at am bi ent air tem per a ture
(a cold engine).(see Figure 8.4).
6.
Press the start switch  down and hold it
there until the engine starts or for 20
seconds, whichever comes first. When the
engine starts, release the switch  (see
Figure 8.4).
If the engine does not start in 20 seconds,
release the start switch  then wait 60
seconds before trying to start the engine
again with the Glow-Plug switch  and start
switch .
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Raising the platform
To raise the plat form from the ground con trol box,
do the fol low ing:
1. The engine must be running. If not, start it
from the ground control box as described
above.
Figure 8.5
2. To raise the platform, press and hold the
Platform Lift/Lower switch  up whilst
holding the enable switch  down. (see
Figure 8.5).
NOTE
If the indicator light  is not lit, the platform will
not rise because: the chassis is not level, the
stabilisers (if present) are not properly set.
Correct the problem then continue.
3. To lower the platform, press and hold the
Platform Lift/Lower switch  down whilst
holding the enable switch  down. (see
Figure 8.5).
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Operating From The Platform Control
Box
Be fore you be gin to op er ate the S3970RT /
S3370RT / S2770RT from the plat form con trol box,
a qual i fied op er a tor must per form the Daily In spec -
tion and Main te nance as de scribed in chap ter , of
this manual
To start the en gine from the plat form con trol box do
the fol low ing:
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8. Operation
CAUTION