Filling The Water Tank - Dirt Devil AquaClean Manual De Instrucciones

3 Preparing the appliance

3.5 Filling the water tank

WARNING:
Danger of electric shock! Never fill an appli-
ance with water when it is connected to the
mains. Never submerge the appliance in
water to fill it. Always fill the water tank
carefully using a refilling container.
WARNING:
Danger of injury! Do not add disinfectant or
any other additives such as cleaning
agents, alcohol, perfumes or chemicals into
the water tank. These make use of the
appliance unsafe. If the refilling container,
which you want to use to fill the water tank,
was previously in contact with disinfectant,
rinse the refilling container out before using
it to fill the water tank.
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1. If the appliance was previously in opera-
tion:
WARNING:
Danger of scalding! The water tank is under
pressure as soon as the appliance is
switched on. Even after you have pulled the
plug from the socket, compressed steam
could still be present:
a Before finishing cleaning work, pull the
plug out of the socket.
b Release the remaining steam reserves
by holding down the steam button.
c Allow the appliance to cool off until the
red pin in the water tank cap goes down.
This can take up to thirty minutes. Only
then can the water tank cap be opened.
2. Twist the water tank cap counter-clock-
wise and take it completely off the water
tank (Fig. 12).
NOTE:
If the cap will not open after steps 1.a–1.c,
push down the red pin in the water tank
cap. Only after this has been done can you
unscrew the water tank cap and fill the
water tank as described below.
WARNING:
Danger of burns! If the appliance was in
operation beforehand, the water tank cap
and the appliance parts around it could still
be hot. Always fill the water tank carefully
using a refilling container.
3. Fill a refilling container with cold, clear tap
water to the 'MAX'" mark.
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