Operation With Water From The Water Tanks; Refill Fuel; Refill Detergent; Refill Liquid Softener - Kärcher HDS 9/50 De Tr1 Service Manual

10.10.2 Operation with water from the water tanks

10.11 Refill fuel

10.12 Refill detergent

HDS 13/20, HDS 17/20 only:
DANGER
Risk of injury!
Use Kärcher products only.
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Under no circumstances fill solvents (petrol, aceton, di-
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luting agent etc.)
Avoid eye and skin contact.
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10.13 Refill liquid softener

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English 5.906-736.0 Rev. 00 (07/15)
 Open stop cock water tanks.
 Uncoil the water hose from the hose reel and connect it
to the water supply (e.g. tap).
 Open the water supply.
The water tanks are filled via the float container. When
the water tanks are filled, the float valve in the float con-
tainer closes.
 Shut off water supply.
 Disconnect the water hose from the water supply.
 Coil the water hose onto the hose reel.
DANGER
Risk of explosion! Only refill diesel oil or light fuel oil. Un-
suitable fuels, e.g. petrol, are not to be used.
CAUTION
Please do not allow diesel to enter the environment! Pro-
tect the ground in case of spills and clean them up in an en-
vironmentally responsible way.
 Open fuel filler cap.
 Fill in diesel fuel via the filling nozzle of the fuel tank.
 Close tank lock.
 Wipe off spilled fuel.
NOTE
If the refuelling is done by means of cans, the accompany-
ing filter sieve should be inserted in the tank filler neck in
order to retain potential dirt particles.
For this purpose, detach the loss prevention device from
the fuel filler cap and insert the filter sieve. After removal of
the filter sieve, clip the loss prevention device back onto
the tank filler neck.
Observe safety and handling instructions by the deter-
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gent manufacturer.
Kärcher offers an individual cleaning and care appli-
ances program.
Your dealer will consult you gladly.
 Refill detergent.
The liquid softener highly effectively prevents the calcification
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of the heating coil during operation with hard tap water. It is
dosed into the supply in the float container drop by drop.
The metering is set to medium water rigidity by the manufac-
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turer
 Open filling hole for liquid softener.
 Refill liquid softener.
 Close filling hole for liquid softener.
NOTE
Even with operation via the two 250l water tanks, the dos-
ing of the liquid softener takes place via the float container.
As the tanks are connected to each other, there is still
enough liquid softener getting into the water circuit to pro-
tect the heating coil.