Safety Instructions; Safety Devices; High Pressure Hose - Kärcher HD 13/35 Ge Manual

Safety instructions

Danger or hazard levels
Danger
Immediate danger that can cause severe
injury or even death.
Warning
Possible hazardous situation that could
lead to severe injury or even death.
Caution
Possible hazardous situation that could
lead to mild injury to persons or damage to
property.
Motor
Danger
Do not use high pressure cleaners
–
when there has been an oil spill; move
the appliance to another spot and avoid
any sort of spark formation.
Wipe spilled fuel off the appliance.
–
Soak up fuel spilled on the floor using
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binding agents.
Do not store, spill or use fuel in the vi-
–
cinity of open flames or appliances such
as ovens, boilers, water heaters, etc.
that have an ignition flame or can gen-
erate sparks.
Keep even mildly inflammable objects
–
and materials away from the silencer (at
least 2 m).
Do not start the engine without the si-
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lencer; check, clean and replace, if re-
quired, the silencer at regular intervals.
Do not use the engine in forest, bushes
–
or grassy areas without fitting a spark
receiver at the exhaust.
Except for setting jobs, do not run the
–
engine when the air filter is removed or
there is no cover over the suction sup-
port.
Do not make any adjustments to the
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regulator springs, regulator bars or oth-
er parts that can bring forth an increase
in the engine speed.
Risk of burns! Do not touch hot silenc-
–
ers, cylinders or radiator ribs.
Do not put hands or feet close to mov-
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ing or rotating parts.
Risk of poisoning! The appliance should
–
not be operated in closed rooms.

High pressure hose

Danger
Risk of injury!
Only use original high-pressure hoses.
–
The high-pressure hose and the injec-
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tion system must be suitable for the
maximum operating pressure given in
the Technical Data.
Avoid contact with chemicals.
–
Check the high-pressure hose daily.
–
Do not use hoses with kinks.
Stop using the high-pressure hose if the
external wire layer is visible.
Do not use the high-pressure hose any-
–
more if the winding is damaged.
Lay the high-pressure hoses in such a
–
way that no vehicle can drive over it.
Do not use high-pressure hoses that
–
have been driven over, kinked, pressed
or bent even if there is no externally vis-
ible damage.
Store the high-pressure hoses in such a
–
way that they are not subject to any me-
chanical load.

Safety Devices

Safety devices serve to protect the user
and must not be rendered in operational or
their functions bypassed.
The safety catch on the trigger gun pre-
vents the appliance from being switched on
unintentionally.
Overflow valve
While reducing the water supply/quanti-
–
ty regulation at the pump head, the
overflow valve opens and part of the
water flows back to the pump suck side.
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EN
Safety catch
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