VACUUMING
TIPS
FOR BEST CLEANING
RESULTS
SUGGESTED
SWEEPING
PATTERN
SUCTION
• Use high power on the
CONTROL
suctioncontrol
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located on the handle.
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• Keep the airflow
passage open.
Check
each assembly
area in REMOVING
CLOGS (page 18) occasionally
for clogs.
Turn off and unplug vacuum cleaner
from
outlet before checking.
STAI RS
Personal Injury Hazard
Use care if canister is placed on stairs. It
may fall, causing personal injury or
property damage.
_IL CAUTION
Product Damage Hazard
Do not pull on the hose to move the
canister from one stair to the next. When
finished cleaning in one area use the
handle grip on the canister to move the
vacuum cleaner to a new location for
further cleaning.
The stair grip
located on lower
body of the canister
will aid in
preventing the
canister from
slipping when used
on stairs.
NOTE:
Be sure the stair grip is resting
securely on the stairs and stair grip has
engaged
a step before
using.
For best cleaning action, the PowerMate
shouldbe pushed straight away from you
and pulled straight back. At the end of
each pull stroke, the direction of the
PowerMate should be changed to point into
the next section to be cleaned. This pattern
should be continued across the carpet with
slow, gliding motions.
NO,
E ast r
strokes do not
provide complete
_1__
cleaning.
EDGE CLEANER
Active brush edge
cleaners are on
both sidesof the
PowerMate. Guide
either side of the
PowerMate along
base-boards or
next to furniture to
help remove dirt
trapped at carpet edges.
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