Operation - Kärcher B 40 C Bp Manual

 Insert the suction hose.
Unloading
Danger
Risk of injury. Pull the Intelligent Key to take
all functions out of operation immediately.
 Insert batteries and connect (see "Be-
fore Start-up").
 Place long lateral boards of the packag-
ing as a ramp next to the pallet.
 Fix the ramp on the pallet with nails.
 Place short boards as a support under-
neath the ramp.
 Remove the wooden bars in front of the
wheels.
 Lift the cleaning head by pressing the
pedal all the way down.
Remove the cardboard with the R
cleaning head.
B 40 C Bp
 Push down the appliance through the
ramp from the pallet.
B 40 W Bp
 Plug in the Intelligent Key.
 Turn the program selection switch to
transport mode.
 Press the driving lever and slowly move
the machine down from the ramp.
 Remove the Intelligent Key.

Operation

Danger
Risk of injury. Push the pedal for raising/
lowering the cleaning head with one foot
only. The other foot must be placed firmly
on the ground.
In dangerous situations, release the safety
switch/drive lever.
Driving with motor support
(B 40 W Bp only)
Caution
Risk of damage. The vacuum bar must be
liften to move in reverse direction.
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Note
The machine is designed in such a way that
the brush head protrudes on the right. This
helps in working in a proper way even close
to the edges.
 Plug in the Intelligent Key.
 Preselect the speed on the drive speed
rotary knob.
 Turn the programme selection switch to
transport mode.
 Drive the machine.
Forwards:
Press the driving lever to the front.
Backward:
Press the driving lever to the rear.
Note
The machine moves only when the driving
lever is moved by 15°.
 Stop the machine: Release driving lever.
Filling in detergents
Fresh water
 Open the lock of the fresh water reservoir.
 Fill fresh water (maximum 60 °C) until
the lower edge of the filling nozzle.
 Close the lock of the fresh water reservoir.
With automatic fill of fresh water reser-
voir (option)
 Connect the hose to the automatic fill-
ing system and open the water supply
(max. 60 °C, max. 5 bars).
 Monitor the appliance - the automatic
filling system will interrupt the water
supply when the tank is full.
 Shut off the water supply and discon-
nect the hose from the appliance.
Detergent
Warning
Risk of damage. Only use the recommend-
ed detergents. With respect to different de-
tergents the operator bears the increased
risk regarding the operational safety and
danger of accident.
Only use detergents that are free from solvents,
hydrochloric acid and hydrofluoric acid.
Follow the safety instructions for using de-
tergents.
Note
Do not use highly foaming detergents.
Recommended detergents:
Application
Routine cleaning of all water
resistant floors
Routine cleaning of glossy
surfaces (e.g. granite)
Routine cleaning and basic
cleaning of industrial floors
Routine cleaning and basic
cleaning of fine stoneware
tiles
Routine cleaning of tiles in
sanitary areas
Cleaning and disinfection in
sanitary areas
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EN
Removal of coating from all
alkali-resistant floors
(e.g. PVC)
Removal of coating from
linoleum floors
Appliance with dosing equipment DOSE
(option)
Detergent is added to the fresh water on
the way to the cleaning head with the help
of a dosaging device.
Note
The metering device can be used to add
3% of detergent at maximum. In case of a
higher dose the detergent must be poured
into the fresh water tank.
 Place the detergent bottle into the holder.
 Close the bottle lid.
 Insert the suction hose of the dosaging
equipment into the bottle.
Note
If the fresh water tank is empty, then the
function of adding detergent gets deactivat-
ed. The cleaning head continues to work
without the addition of any liquid.
Models without dosing equipment
 Add the detergent to the fresh water
reservoir.
Setting the water quantity
 Adjust the water quantity using the reg-
ulating button according to the dirt on
the floor covering.
Note
Carry out the initial cleaning attempts with
little quantities of water. Increase water
quantity step-by-step until the desired
cleaning result is achieved.
The detergent pump of the dosing equip-
ment does not start working until a mini-
mum water volume is present.
Setting the Vacuum Bar
Oblique position
To improve the vacuuming result on tiled
floors the vacuum bar can be turned to an
oblique position of up to 5°.
 Loosen the wing nuts.
 Turn the vacuum bar.
Detergent
RM 746
RM 780
RM 755 es
RM 69 ASF
RM 753
 Tighten the wing screws.
Inclination
If the vacuum result is unsatisfactory the in-
RM 751
clination of the straight vacuum bar can be
modified.
RM 732
 Adjust the rotary handle to incline the
suction bar.
RM 752
RM 754