Kärcher HDS 1000 DE Manual page 9

Fire, sparks, open light, and
smoking not allowed!
Danger of causticization!
First aid!
Warning note!
Disposal!
Do not throw the battery in the
dustbin!
DANGER
Risk of explosion! Do not put tools or similar
on the battery, i.e. on the terminal poles
and cell connectors.
DANGER
Risk of injury! Ensure that wounds never
come into contact with lead. Always clean
your hands after having worked with batter-
ies.
Charging battery
DANGER
Risk of injury! Comply with safety regula-
tions on the handling of batteries. Observe
the directions provided by the manufacturer
of the charger.
 Disconnect battery.
 Connect positive terminal cable from
the charger to the positive pole connec-
tion on the battery.
 Connect negative terminal cable from
the charger to the negative pole con-
nection on the battery.
 Plug in mains connector and switch on
charger.
 Charge battery using lowest possible
level of charging current.
Check fluid level in the battery and
adjust if required
ATTENTION
Regularly check the fluid level in acid-filled
batteries.
 Unscrew all cell caps.
 Where fluid level is too low, top up cells
to the mark provided with distilled wa-
ter.
 Charge battery.
 Screw in cell caps.
Install the hand-spray gun, the jet
pipe, the nozzle and the high
pressure hose
Note: The EASY!Lock system joins com-
ponents with a quick-fasten thread solidly
and securely with just one turn.
Figure 3
 Join the spray lance with the trigger gun
and tighten until hand-tight
(EASY!Lock).
 Insert the high pressure nozzle onto the
spray lance.
 Install union nut and hand-tighten it
(EASY!Lock).
 Join the high-pressure hose with trigger
gun and high-pressure connection of
the appliance and tighten until hand-
tight (EASY!Lock).
Water connection
For connection values refer to technical
specifications.
 Connect the supply hose (minimum
length 7.5 m, minimum diameter 3/4") to
the water connection point of the ma-
chine and at the water supply point (for
e.g. a tap).
Note: The supply hose is not included.
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