Water Connection - Kärcher HDS 801 D Instructions Manual

Top up liquid softener (additional
attachment)
 Remove spring (c) from the lid support
(b) of the softener tank (a).
 Fill the tank with Kaercher softener liq-
uid RM 110 (Order no. 2.780-001).
The liquid softener prevents the calcifica-
tion of the heating spiral while operating
with calciferous tap water It is dosed into
the supply drop by drop
Adjust dosing of liquid softener
The indicator lamp "Softener fluid empty"
blinks when there is no softener.
 Determining the hardness of tap water:
through the public water supply works,
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using a hardness tester (order no.
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6.768-004)
 Open the electrical box.
 Set the rotary potentiometer according
to the water hardness. You can refer to
the correct setting in the table.
Example:
For a water hardness of 15 °dH, set 7 on
the value scale of the speed potentiometer.
Water hardness
(°dH)
5
10
15
20
25
30
20
Scale on the speed
potentiometer
10
8
7
6,5
6
5,5
Install hand spray gun
 Mount the nozzle on the spray pipe (mark-
ings on the adjustment ring at the top).
 Connect ray tube to hand spray gun
 Connect the high pressure hose to the
high pressure connection point of the
machine.
Installing spare high pressure hose
Figures A-C
 Lever out the safety clip of the hand spray
gun using a screw-driver (Picture A).
 Place the hand-spray gun upside down
and insert the end of the high pressure
hose till the end. Ensure that the lose
disc falls right below on the hose end
(Picture B).
 Press the safety clip back into the hand-
spray gun. The hose can be pulled out
max. 1 mm if it has been installed cor-
rectly. Otherwise, it means the disc has
been installed wrongly (picture C).

Water connection

For connection values refer to technical
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specifications
Warning
Observe regulations of water supplier.
According to the applicable regula-
tions, the appliance must never be
used on the drinking water supply
without a system separator. Use a
suitable system separator manufactured by
KÄRCHER; or, as an alternative, a system
separator as per EN 12729 Type BA. Water
flowing through a system separator is con-
sidered non-drinkable.
Caution
Always connect the system separator to
the water supply, never directly to the appli-
ance!
 Connect the supply hose (minimum
length 7.5 m, minimum diameter 3/4") to
the water connection point of the ma-
chine and at the water supply point (for
e.g. a tap).
 Open the water supply.
Note: The supply hose is not included.
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EN