10 3INTRODUCTIONThe power unit is located away from the everyday living areas of yourhome – usually in the garage, basement, or utility room. Through anetwork of strong, lightweight tubing, the power unit connects to inletsstrategically placed around your home. You attach cleaning tools to thesystem's hose and insert the hose into the inlet. Inserting the hoseautomatically turns on the power unit.OPERATIONWARNING: To avoid electric shock, never use hose and tools on awet surface. To avoid fire hazard, do not use vacuum to pick upmatches, fireplace ashes, or smoking material.When you are ready to clean, attach the wands and cleaning tool ontothe end of the hose. Open the inlet cover and insert the end of the hoseinto the inlet.For non-switched hoses: inserting the hose automatically turns on thepower unit; removing the hose shuts off the power unit. Some hoses haveswitches which can be used to activate the power unit. NOTE: The inletlocated on the power unit does not automatically work when the hose isinserted. To turn on the power unit inlet, use the rocker switch located onthe front of the power unit.Use the cleaning tools as you would for any other vacuum cleaner.Avoid picking up pine needles, popsicle sticks, and other similar objects.These kinds of objects may become lodged in the hose or tubing.VACUUM POWER CONTROLThe wand ends of the deluxe hoses are equipped with a control ring toregulate suction. The control ring covers a “bleeder” hole. Open the hole toreduce the suction for cleaning draperies, small rugs, and other lightfabrics. Some very thick, plush carpets with high density yarns also requirereduced suction to make the nozzle easier to push. Be sure to close thecontrol ring completely over the hole to produce the maximum powerrequired for most other cleaning tasks. (The economy hose does not havea control ring.)NOTES