Kärcher HDS 12/14-4 ST Instructions Manual page 26

Settings at the Easy press gun (optional)
 Turning the water quantity regulator to the right gives more
water flow and higher working pressure.
 Turning the water quantity regulator to the left gives lesser
water flow and lower working pressure.
Operating with cold water
 Open the water supply.
Symbol "Engine on"
 Pull the lever of the hand-spray gun and set the appliance
switch (A) to "1" (engine on).
 The indicator lamp for operational readiness (F) shows that
the appliance is in stand-by mode and ready to be operated.
Operating with hot water
Danger
Scalding danger!
Caution
Hot water operations without fuel will cause damage to the fuel
pump. Ensure adequate fuel supply before starting hot water op-
erations.
If required, the burner can also be turned on subsequently.
Symbol "Burner on"
 Turn the appliance switch (A) to "Burner on".
 Set the desired water temperature on the thermostat (B).
Maximum temperature is 98 °C.
Operating with steam
Danger
Scalding danger! The operating pressure must not exceed 3,2
MPa (32 bar) when operating with temperatures above 98 °C.
For shifting from hot water to steam operations, first cool down
the machine and switch it off. Then do the change-over as fol-
lows:
 Replace the high pressure nozzle with the steam nozzle
(accessory).
Order No.
4.766-023
4.766-024
 Set the thermostat to 150 °C.
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Type
HDS 9/14
HDS 12/14
Without Easy press gun
 Set the water flow regulation valve of the high pressure pump
to minimum water flow (turn in the anti-clockwise direction).
With Easy press gun (optional)
 Set the water flow regulation valve of the high pressure pump
to maximum water flow (turn in the clockwise direction).
 Set the water flow regulator at the Easy press gun to minimum
water flow by turning it towards the left.
The appliance will switch off if the lever of the hand-spray gun
–
is released during operations.
The appliance will automatically start again when you open
–
the gun again within the stand-by period (2 ... 8 minutes).
If the stand-by period is exceeded, the safety time mecha-
–
nism switches off the pump and the burner. The indicator
lamp Operations Stand-by (F) goes off.
To restart the appliance, set the appliance switch to "0" and
–
then switch on the appliance again. If the appliance is operat-
ed using remote control, the appliance can be restarted by us-
ing the corresponding switch of the remote control device.
Vehicle tyres are only cleaned using the flat spray nozzle
–
((25°) from a minimum spraying distance of 30 cm. The round
spray should never be used to clean tyres.
The following nozzles can be selected for all other tasks:
Dirt Nozzle
strong 00060
medium 25060
light 40060
strong 00080
medium 25080
light 40080
Use the following nozzles if the pipe length is more than 20 m or
for more than 2 x 10 m high pressure hose NW8:
Dirt Nozzle
strong 0075
medium 2575
light 4075
strong 0010
medium 2510
light 4010
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EN
Operations stand-by
Selecting the nozzle
Spray an- Part no. Pressure
gle 6.415 [MPa]
HDS 9/14
0° -257
25° -295
40° -301
HDS 12/14
0° -150
25° -152
40° -153
Spray an- Part no. Pressure
gle 6.415 [MPa]
HDS 9/14
0° -419
25° -421
40° -422
HDS 12/14
0° -082
25° -252
40° -253
Recoil [N]
14 44
14 55
Recoil [N]
10 37
10 46