Table Of Contents; Safety & General Information; Important Safety Instructions - Oreck ORBITER 550 Series User Manual

BEFORE OPERATING
CLEANER, READ ALL
INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS
MANUAL CAREFULLY.
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SAFETY & GENERAL INFORMATION . . . . . . 2
Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Grounding Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Attaching Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Removing Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Turning Floor Machine On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . 5
To Guide the Floor Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CARPET & AREA RUG APPLICATIONS . . . . . 5
Dry Carpet Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Bonnet Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
LAMINATE, VINYL AND
LINOLEUM FLOOR APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . 6
Surface Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Scrubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Stripping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Refinishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SEALED HARDWOOD
FLOOR APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Surface Cleaning Sealed Floors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Sandscreening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
WAXED HARDWOOD
FLOOR APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Surface Cleaning and Waxing Hard Wood Floors 8
TILE FLOOR APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Deep Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Light Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
STONE FLOOR APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Deep Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Marble Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
CONCRETE & ASPHALT APPLICATIONS . . . . 10
Removing Oil & Dirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Bonnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Brushes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sand Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . 11
Care of your Oreck Floor Machine . . . . . . . . . . . 11
User Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Safety &
General Information
IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
When using an electrical appliance, basic
precautions should always be followed,
including the following:
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE
USING THIS MULTI-FLOOR MACHINE
WARNING
To reduce the risk of fire,
electric shock, or injury:
• Use indoors only.
• Risk of explosion - Floor sanding can result in an
explosive mixture of fine dust and air. Use floor
sanding machine only in well ventilated area.
• Do not allow to be used as a toy. Close attention is
necessary when used by or near children.
• Do not leave appliance unattended when plugged
in. Unplug from outlet when not in use and before
servicing.
• Use only as described in this manual. Use only
manufacturer's recommended attachments.
• Do not use with a damaged cord or plug. If
appliance is not working as it should, has been
dropped, damaged, left outdoors, or dropped into
water, return it to a service center or call customer
service at:
US: 1-800-989-3535 Canada: 1-888-676-7325
Commercial: 1-800-242-1378
• Do not pull or carry by cord, use cord as a handle,
close door on cord, or pull cord around sharp edges
or corners. Keep cord away from heated surfaces.
• Do not run cleaner over cord.
• Do not use on stairs.
• Connect to a properly grounded outlet only. See
grounding instructions.
• Unplug before installing or removing pads/cleaning
brushes.
• Warning - To reduce the risk of fire, use only
commercially available floor cleaners and waxes
intended for machine application.
• Do not unplug by pulling on cord. To unplug, grasp
the plug, not the cord.
• Do not handle plug or cleaner with wet hands.
• Do not put any object into openings. Do not use with
any opening blocked; keep free of dust, lint, hair
and anything that may reduce air flow.
• Keep hair, loose clothing, fingers and all parts of
body away from openings and moving parts.
• Turn off all controls before unplugging.
• Do not use appliance in an enclosed space where
flammable, explosive or toxic vapors are given off
by oil base paint, paint thinner, some mothproofing
substances, or in an area where flammable dust is
present.
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