Cleaning Programs; Recommended Detergents; Info Button; Display - Kärcher B 140 R Manual

Recommended detergents:

Application
Routine cleaning of all water re-
sistant floors
Routine cleaning of glossy sur-
faces (e.g. granite)
Routine cleaning and basic
cleaning of industrial floors
Routine cleaning and basic
cleaning of fine stoneware tiles
Regular cleaning of sanitary
tiles or for cleaning after com-
pletion of construction activities
Cleaning and disinfection in
sanitary areas
Removal of coating from all al-
kali-resistant floors (e.g. PVC)
Removal of coating from linole-
um floors
Fresh water
Open the cover of the fresh water reservoir.
Fill fresh water (max. 60 °C) until 15 cm
below the upper edge of the tank.
Close the cover of the fresh water res-
ervoir.
Note
Fill up the fresh water tank completely be-
fore starting up the machine to ventilate the
water supply system.
Working without automatic detergent
dosing
While cleaning floors in hygiene-related ar-
eas (such as hospitals, supermarkets) and
for thoroughly cleaning very dirty floors.
In appliances without the "DOSE" option.
Open the cover of the fresh water reser-
voir.
Fill up fresh water (maximum 60 °C) un-
til the lower edge of filling nozzle.
Add detergent. Follow dosing instruc-
tions for detergent.
Close the cover of the fresh water res-
ervoir.
Dosing equipment for detergent (optional)
Detergent is added to the fresh water on
Detergent
the way to the cleaning head with the help
RM 780
of a dosaging device.
RM 746
Warning
RM 755 ES
Risk of damage to the dosing equipment.
Do not add detergent to the fresh water res-
RM 69 ASF
ervoir.
Note
RM 753
The dosing equipment can be used to add
between 0.5% and 3% of detergent.
RM 751
Place the detergent bottle in the holder
in the front on the fresh water reservoir.
Close the bottle lid.
RM 732
Insert the suction hose of the dosing
equipment into the bottle. Ensure that
RM 752
the sieve of the suction hose is lying at
the base of the bottle.
RM 754
Close the bottle using the lid of the dos-
ing equipment.
You can check the filling level of the bottle
through a vertical view window.
If the filling level of the detergent reaches
the bottom of the bottle:
Add detergent or replace detergent bottle.
Caution
If you want to change the detergent type,
then first rinse the suction hose thoroughly
using fresh water (for 60 seconds using
maximum quantity of water and 3% dosing)
in order to avoid chemical reactions.
Note
When the detergent bottle is fully emptied,
then operate the dosing equipment for 60
seconds with maximum quantity of water
and 3% dosing so that the suction hose is
again fully filled up with the detergent.
Note
While refilling or replacing the detergent
bottle, hang in the suction hose of the dos-
ing equipment into the opened fresh water
tank so that no detergent drops fall on the
floor.
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.
Note
As soon as the detergent pump starts run-
ning, this is indicated through a blinking "C"
in the display.
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Cleaning Programs

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1 Driving
Driving to the Place of Use.
2 Scrubbing suction
Wet clean the floor and vacuum up dirt
water.
3 Wet scrubbing
Wet clean the floor and allow the deter-
gent to react.
4 Vacuuming
Suck in the dirt fleet.
5 Polishing
Polishing the floor without the applica-
tion of liquid.
6 Scrub the floor without applying water
(vacuum polishing)
Polish the floor without applying any flu-
id and suck in the polishing dust.
7 Manual cleaning
Apply liquid detergent using the wall-
ceiling-floor nozzle (optional) and vacu-
um it again.

Info button

Use the Info button to select the menu
items and do the settings.
– Turning the button to the right/left
scrolls through the menus forward/
backward.
– The selected setting gets accepted by
pressing the button.

Display

Contrast setting
Sit on the seat and set main switch to
"1".
Select the cleaning program "scrubbing
suction".
Press and hold the Info key.
Set main switch to "0".
The display shows the adjustments for the
contrast.
Release the info button and select the
contrast by rotating the info button.
Confirm the selected contrast setting by
momentarily pressing the info button.
The contrast setting will be taken over and
the appliance will shut off.
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