Archived Using The Wave

[PaRaD0xxR]

I know this is may be a simple question, but what am I doing wrong? I was just quickly shown on using the wave when I'm scheduled for ship, but I can never get the wave to start. I climb in, insert the key, turn...flip the right handle/throttl quickly a few times, but it just sits there...and the symbols on the left hand side flash. I can't get it to start moving...know what I mean? What am I doing wrong...or not doing to get it ready for use? I feel like an idiot.

 

[Lazy]

Don't climb in. Sometimes there's an issue when u climb in.

 

[PaRaD0xxR]

So wait, key in, turn key, flip throttle, then step in and it should work?

 

[Go2TL]

Your feet need to be on the sensors as well as your hands need to grip the handles. 4 points of contact to make it go.

 

[Yetive]

And you need to flip the handle 5 times.

 

[qmosqueen]

Flip right handle 5 times keep left hand off of left throttle. Once it starts your left hand needs to be on throttle.

 

[Black Sheep 214]

There’s a red button on the top near the right handle. That’s the emergency cut-off. Make sure it is not pressed down. If the wave still won’t start pull down the front panel on the bottom where you plug it in to charge and make sure the switch is flipped to “drive” not “push”. Sometimes people will use the button or switch to “reserve” the wave or prevent it from being moved.

 

[Go2TL]

Flip right handle 5 times keep left hand off of left throttle. Once it starts your left hand needs to be on throttle.

My PMT - 5 years ago disabled the feature to flip the handle 5 times.

 

[Ringwraith917]

Doors open, feet off sensors, left hand off throttle. If any sensors are tripped it won't start. Also has to be not in "push" mode

 

[Planosss]

Just ask for retraining please. Its definitely not something I’d use if I wasn’t sure how to use it.

 

[YoNanas]

I never go on the wave. There's not enough space for me to properly cruise thru the backroom, otherwise I'd just go joyriding on the sales floor but I have no insurance of any kind so it is pretty impractical.

 

[Fix It]

Just ask for retraining please. Its definitely not something I’d use if I wasn’t sure how to use it.

This. TMs using equipment with out decent training or certification has become an issue at my store since the whole modernization hoopla.

 

[60SecondsRemaining]

Get in
Close doors
Make sure feet are on sensor pads
Insert key and lift hands up above the throttles
Once long beep is done, place both hands on throttles and turn right throttle forward 5 times quickly
Get a trash can lid and broom handle, you are ready to joust


Alteratively just put the key in and turn it on before you climb in, some pmts set up ALL the safety regs.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

Take the class on workbench. Ask for a refresher on the wave operations by your trainer, like @Humble TL says.

 

[Bullseye01]

I was trained on the wave today and it was pretty interesting.

 

[Fix It]

I was trained on the wave today and it was pretty interesting.

Just remember everything below you is expensive and everything above you can kill you, so take your time and be careful 👍🏻

 

[busyzoningtoys]

Also, running over a can of cat food is super amusing and will result in a violent projectile of cat food hurtling in an unknown direction

 

[phibot]

There are different models of Wave units, each with different quirks about how you start them up

So in other words, ask your backroom TL or PMT instead of randoms online

 

[Bullseye01]

My PMT showed me how to use it and then let me jump onboard and take it for a spin. I hope that elderly guest is ok...LOL

 

[PaRaD0xxR]

The, keeping the left hand off whilst hitting the right 5 times did the trick...now it's just gettign better at the actual steering/driving part...least I don't look like an idiot who can't even get it to move at all.

 

[Yetive]

Leave the back open, and you can go real fast too.

 

[SigningLady]

You'll know you've mastered the Wave when you can parallel park it on the first try. Only took me 6ish years to get there, lol.

 

[REDcardJJ]

our SFS TL (who has since left Target) was a god on the Wave

was kinda hoping he'd be able to train me before he left

 

[SugarSugar]

Out of curiosity, where is the manual lowering valve in this version of the wave?

 

[allnew2]

Out of curiosity, where is the manual lowering valve in this version of the wave?View attachment 6412