94 English 5.906-736.0 Rev. 00 (07/15) Open stop cock water tanks. Uncoil the water hose from the hose reel and connect itto the water supply (e.g. tap). Open the water supply.The water tanks are filled via the float container. Whenthe water tanks are filled, the float valve in the float con-tainer closes. Shut off water supply. Disconnect the water hose from the water supply. Coil the water hose onto the hose reel. DANGERRisk of explosion! Only refill diesel oil or light fuel oil. Un-suitable fuels, e.g. petrol, are not to be used. CAUTIONPlease do not allow diesel to enter the environment! Pro-tect the ground in case of spills and clean them up in an en-vironmentally responsible way. Open fuel filler cap. Fill in diesel fuel via the filling nozzle of the fuel tank. Close tank lock. Wipe off spilled fuel.NOTEIf the refuelling is done by means of cans, the accompany-ing filter sieve should be inserted in the tank filler neck inorder to retain potential dirt particles.For this purpose, detach the loss prevention device fromthe fuel filler cap and insert the filter sieve. After removal ofthe filter sieve, clip the loss prevention device back ontothe tank filler neck.HDS 13/20, HDS 17/20 only: DANGERRisk of injury!– Use Kärcher products only.– Under no circumstances fill solvents (petrol, aceton, di-luting agent etc.)– Avoid eye and skin contact.– Observe safety and handling instructions by the deter-gent manufacturer.Kärcher offers an individual cleaning and care appli-ances program.Your dealer will consult you gladly. Refill detergent.– The liquid softener highly effectively prevents the calcificationof the heating coil during operation with hard tap water. It isdosed into the supply in the float container drop by drop.– The metering is set to medium water rigidity by the manufac-turer Open filling hole for liquid softener. Refill liquid softener. Close filling hole for liquid softener.NOTEEven with operation via the two 250l water tanks, the dos-ing of the liquid softener takes place via the float container.As the tanks are connected to each other, there is stillenough liquid softener getting into the water circuit to pro-tect the heating coil.10.10.2 Operation with water from the water tanks10.11 Refill fuel10.12 Refill detergent10.13 Refill liquid softener
