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Priming and Choke System Explanation

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Stihl VS Echo Backpack blower battle

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Dan explains the priming and choke system of the Stihl BR 800 C Magnum. He clarifies that due to long fuel lines in backpack blowers, priming is necessary but over-priming does not flood the engine; it merely purges air bubbles. He highlights the choke lever's symbols (closed flap for choke on) and explains that blipping the throttle automatically returns the choke to the run position. He emphasizes that users don't need to 'know what that is,' they just need to turn the lever and blip the trigger.

Goal: Explain the function and ease of use of the priming and choke systems.

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All right, so another thing that's really cool about steel blowers is the choke. I mean, if you zoom in close, you'll see some symbols here that basically mean choke. When the flap is closed, that means the choke is choke is on. But the cool thing about blowers is when you put it in choke, you don't even need to know what that is. You just turn the lever and you pull it. When it starts kicking over, when it starts turning over, all you do is just flip the trigger and that choke is going to automatically release. This is kind of traditional control handle for a backpack blower, but it has a one-touch stop switch. So, you turn it off and it automatically bounces into the run position. And it also has a throttle lock or some would call this like a cruise control function where you can actually lock the throttle in varying positions and keep that on. And that's going to be really useful for those

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