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Service and maintenance
WARNING
Risk of injury, electric shock
► Always pull the mains plug from the socket
before performing any servicing and main
tenance work.
► All maintenance and repair work which re
quires the motor housing to be opened
should always be carried out by an author
ised service workshop.
Customer service and repairs must
only be carried out by the manufac
turer or service workshops. Find the
nearest address at:
www.festool.com/service
Always use original Festool spare
EKAT
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parts. Order no. at:
www.festool.com/service
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The tool is equipped with special self-discon
necting carbon brushes. If they wear out, the
power supply is disconnected automatically and
the tool stops.
To ensure constant air circulation, always keep
the cooling air openings in the motor housing
clean and free of blockages.
In the event of a slowdown in performance or
increased vibrations, blow and clean cooling air
openings.
10 Accessories
Only use original Festool sanding and polishing
pads. Low-quality sanding and polishing pads
may cause serious machine imbalance that de
creases the quality of the working results and
increases machine wear.
The PO numbers of the accessories and tools
can be found in the Festool catalogue or online
at "www.festool.co.uk".
11 Environment
Do not dispose of the device in the
household waste! Recycle devices, ac
cessories and packaging. Observe appli
cable national regulations.
EU only: In accordance with the European Di
rective on waste electrical and electronic
equipment and implementation in national law,
used power tools must be collected separately
and handed in for environmentally friendly re
cycling.
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Information on REACH: www.festool.com/reach
12 General information
12.1 Information on data protection
The power tool contains a chip which automati
cally stores machine and operating data. The
data saved cannot be traced back directly to an
individual.
The data can be read using special (contactless)
devices and shall only be used by Festool for
fault diagnosis, repair and warranty processing
and for quality improvement or enhancement of
the power tool. The data shall not be used in
any other way without the express consent of
the customer.