Equipment Features; Technical Features (Br/Bd 100/250 R) - Kärcher BR 100 R Service Manual

BR/BD 100/250 R BP / RI
1.1 Technical features (BR/BD 100/250 R / BP)
Battery
– 36 volt block battery, 630 Ah, low maintenance
with filling system.
– Battery monitoring with deep-discharge pro-
tection.
Drive system
– 3-wheel running gear with front wheel steering
and front wheel hub motor with electromagne-
tic brake.
– A ram protector is fitted to protect the front
wheel as a standard.
– Forward and reverse drive with a drive pedal,
switchover using selector pushbutton on in-
strument panel.
– The unit brakes automatically when the driver
leaves the seat (seat sensor) or when the drive
pedal is released. The braking process is in-
itiated with an approx 1.5 second time delay.
– When the unit is at a standstill an electroma-
gnetic brake on the wheel hub motor prevents
it from rolling away.
– Additional brake pedal for increased brake
effect through drum brakes.
Sweeping system
– Brush head with two brush rollers or two disc
brushes (two drive motors each).
– Brush rollers rotate from below towards to each
other, disc brushes rotate together at the front.
– Coarse dirt container for coarse dirt picked up
at the brush head (only BR version).
– Contact pressure of the brush head is control-
led by the current consumption of the brush
motors.
– Brushes can be changed without tools.
– Brush head with side sealing strips to limit water
distribution.
– Brush speed can be adjusted using FACT
(Flexible Application Control Technology) ,
depending on the cleaning tasks and floor
surface:
– Power Clean (= 100%)
– Whisper Clean (= 65%)
– Fine Clean (= 40%)
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Water system
– Fresh water tanks on left and right sides of the
unit.
– Dirty water tank with float switch.
– Water supply to brush head with water pump.
– 10 Step water volume adjustment with electric
metering valve.
Vacuum system
– Suction motor (EC) draws the dirty water into
the dirty water tank.
– When the maximum level is reached in the
dirty water tank the float switch switches the
suction motor off with a time delay of 10-20
seconds.
– Suction beam with straight or curved design
(optional).
– The suction beam is lowered / raised when the
suction motor is switched on/off. The suction
motor continues running for approx 10 seconds
(after running time).
– Rubber strips on the suction beam can be
replaced without tools.
– Tilted angle of the suction beam can be adju-
sted without tools.
Electrical system
– The control electronics are modular and ex-
tendable.
– The mounting plate with the printed circuit
boards (modules) is located behind the metal
cover to the left next to the floor panel.
– The warning and information module (A0) and
the head CPU module (A1) are located under
the instrument panel.
Note
The service module (A9) may only be used
from a head CPU version 2.1.
The descriptions
and relate to various software
versions of the head CPU:
head CPU up to version 1.1,
access to the setup menu via program
selector switch position 8.
head CPU from version 1.2 (from
April 2005), access to the setup menu via
program selector switch position 0.

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