Kärcher K 1405 Manual

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11In order to avoid damage to the cleaner, onlyuse products that have been approved byKärcher.• Fully dissolve the contents of one bag ofKärcher Biological Decalcifier RM 511 in onelitre of warm water.• Pour this solution into the boiler and leave itto react for approx. 8 hours.Do not screw the safety cap (A2) onto the cle-aner while you are descaling the boiler. Donot use the cleaner if there is any descalingliquid left inside the boiler.• After the period of soaking, pour the des-caling solution out of the boiler. A smallamount will remain inside, therefore youshould flush the boiler out with cold watertwo or three times in order to remove all tra-ces of the decalcifying agent.• The steam cleaner is now ready for useagain.6.2 Care of accessories• Allow all accessories to dry out thoroughlybefore you store them for use another time.• Do not stand the floor nozzle (G1), handnozzle (F1) and circular brush (E1) on theirbristles while they are cooling down anddrying out, otherwise they could becomedeformed.• Floor cloth and terry-towelling slip-on havebeen pre-washed and can be used immedia-tely with the steam cleaner.• Dirty floor cloths and terry-towelling slip-onscan be placed in a washing machine at 60 °Cand dried in a tumble dryer. Do not use a li-quid softener as this would impair the abilityof the cloths to pick up dirt.6.3 What to do if a problem occurs• If a problem occurs with your steam cleaner,contact your local Kärcher service agent(see address list on backside).6.1 Cleaning the boilerNote: If you always use demineralised or distil-led water, it will not be necessary to clean theboiler.Rinsing out the boiler:Rinse out the steam generator at most afterevery 5th fill-up if the hardness of water provesto be more than 1.8 mmol/l (corresponds to10° dH). You can enquire about the hardnessof water in your area from your water supplycompany or municipal public works.• Fill the boiler with water and shake the cleanervigorously. This will loosen any scale that hassettled at the bottom of the boiler. Tilt the clea-ner towards the corner with the funnel inlet(A3) and pour out the water.Descaling the boiler:As scale also builds up on the walls of the boi-ler, we recommend that you descale yoursteam cleaner at the following intervals.Remove lime-scale deposits after the givennumber of tank fillings (TF).FT foeergeDssendrahHd° l/lomm001 I tfos 7–0 3.1–009 II muidem 41–7 5.2–3.157 III drah 12–41 8.3–5.205 VI drahyrev 12> 8.3>• Unplug the cleaner from the mains electrici-ty supply before you descale the boiler.• Make sure that all traces of water are drai-ned from the boiler.• We recommend you use Kärcher BiologicalDecalcifier RM 511 to descale the boiler.This biological decalcifying agent is basedon citric acid and is therefore entirely biolo-gically degradable.6. Maintenance