Toro TimeCutter SW 5000 - Understanding the Safety-interlock System; WARNING: Interlock System Tampering; Safety-Interlock System Design; Testing the Safety-interlock System

UnderstandingtheSafety-interlock
System
WARNING
Ifsafety-interlockswitchesaredisconnectedor
damaged,themachinecouldoperateunexpectedly
causingpersonalinjury.
•Donottamperwiththeinterlockswitches.
•Checktheoperationoftheinterlockswitches
daily,andreplaceanydamagedswitchesbefore
operatingthemachine.
Thesafety-interlocksystemisdesignedforthefollowing:
•Topreventtheenginefromstartingunlessthetraction
pedalisintheneutralposition.
•Toautomaticallyensurethattheparkingbrakeisengaged
andthePTOisoffwhenstarting.
•Tostoptheenginewheneverthetractionpedalisnotin
theneutralpositionandyourisefromtheseat.
•Toautomaticallyengagetheparkingbrakeanddisengage
thePTO,whenyouriseoutoftheseatwiththetraction
pedalintheneutralposition.
•Tostoptheenginewhenevertheparkingbrakeisnot
engagedandyourisefromtheseat.
TestingtheSafety-interlockSystem
1.Whilesittingontheseat,movetheblade-control
switchtoOff.
2.TurntheignitionkeytotheStartposition.
Note:Thestartershouldcrank.
3.PushtheSmartParkswitchtotheOffposition.
Note:Thebrakeshoulddisengage,andthebrakelight
shouldturnoff.
4.Withbrakedisengagedandtractionpedalinneutral,
turntheignitionswitchtotheStartposition.
Note:Thebrakeshouldautomaticallyengage,the
engineshouldcrank,andthebrakelightwillturnon.
5.EngagethePTObypullingupontheblade-control
switch.
6.Ensurethetractionpedalisinneutralandturnignition
switchtotheStartposition.
Note:ThePTOshoulddisengageandtheengine
shouldcrank.
7.Ensurethetractioncontrolpedalisintheneutral
positionandstarttheengine.
8.Raisefromtheseat.
Note:Theengineshouldremainrunning.
9.Returntotheseat,disengagetheparkingbrakeby
pushingtheSmartParkswitchtotheOffposition.
Note:Theengineshouldremainrunning.
10.Raisefromtheseat.
Note:Thebrakeshouldautomaticallyengageandthe
engineshouldremainrunning.
11.Returntotheseat,engagethebladesbypullingupon
theblade-controlswitch.
12.Raisefromtheseat.
Note:Thebladesshoulddisengageandtheengine
shouldremainrunning.
13.Returntotheseat,andpullthebladecontrolswitchup.
Note:Thebladesshouldengage.
14.Pushdownontheblade-controlswitch.
Note:Thebladesshoulddisengage.
15.Engagethebladesbypullingupontheblade-control
switch.
16.Movetractionpedaltoreverse.
Note:Thebladesshoulddisengage.
17.Engagethebladesbypullingupontheblade-control
switch.
18.TurntheKeyChoiceswitchtoOnandrelease.
Note:Theoperatinginreverselightshouldilluminate.
19.Movethetractionpedaltoreverse.
Note:Thebladesshouldremainengaged.
20.PushthePTOswitchtotheoffposition.
Note:Thebladesshouldturnoffandthereverse
warninglightshouldturnoff.
21.EngagetheparkingbrakebypushingSmartParkswitch
totheOnposition.
Note:Thebrakeshouldengageandthebrakelight
shouldbeon.
22.Pushandreleasethetractionpedalineithertheforward
orreversedirection.
Note:Thebrakeshoulddisengageandthebrakelight
shouldturnoff.
23.Raisefromtheseat,andpushthetractionpedalto
eithertheforwardorreversedirection.
Note:Theengineshouldkill.
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