Operating Your Central Vacuum - Lindsay Vacu-Maid Owner's Manual

OPERATING YOUR CENTRAL VACUUM

Your central vacuum system has been engineered for a long, trouble-free service life. Your
power unit is covered by a factory limited warranty that is enclosed with these instructions.
Please read your limited warranty carefully. If your owners manual came with a warranty
card, fill it out and return to the factory. You should fill out your registration card within ten
(10) days of installation and return to address listed on the card. This will validate our factory
warranty. Remember, your warranty does not cover abuse or misuse of the equipment.
If your owners manual did not come with a warranty card, contact your dealer for warranty
information.
CLEANING TOOLS - Since there are several tool kits available, the use and care of these CLEANING TOOLS CLEANING TOOLS
CLEANING TOOLS CLEANING TOOLS
tools is explained in a separate booklet packed with each of the tool kits. It is very important to
utilize the tool that is designed to perform a particular cleaning job, in order to obtain full
efficiency from your system. Each of the tools and their designed use is explained in the
booklet packed with your particular tool kit. Also, other special carpet & flooring tools are
available, which are not included as part of the normal tool kits. A few of these are a vibrating
upholstery tool, a pet grooming tool, and a hand held air turbine. In addition, there are
accessories designed to allow you to safely pick up liquids with your cleaning system such as
the Wet Pick-Up. Each of these tools is available for purchase from your local dealer; if you
would like to know more about a certain tool, please contact them.
VACUUM INLETS - When opening the door of the vacuum inlet valve to insert the cleaning hose, VACUUM INLETS VACUUM INLETS
VACUUM INLETS VACUUM INLETS
care should be taken not to distort the door by forcing it too far open. Do not turn the system on
and try to open the door of another inlet, since this will tend to pull the rubber gasket from the door.
If inlet does not have remote on/off hose activated, leave door open for a few seconds after
removing hose from inlet so the cyclonic filtration has time to shut down and debris can settle back
down into the dirt can. If the power unit continues to run after the hose is removed from the inlet,
the small ball which activates the low voltage switch at the inlet should be checked to make sure
it has not become lodged in some way. Should this not shut the unit off, disconnect the electrical
supply to the power unit and notify your local dealer or serviceman.
VACUUM POWER UNIT VACUUM POWER UNIT VACUUM POWER UNIT VACUUM POWER UNIT VACUUM POWER UNIT - Your power unit does not require any oil. The bearings in the motor
are greased and sealed for life. The motor of the unit has contact brushes inside. As the unit is
used, the brushes will wear, even when functioning properly. Because of this, the brushes in most
power units will need to be replaced after 700 to 1,500 hours of use. Brush life is also affected
by humidity, altitude, temperature and the number of starts and stops. So, there is a wide spread
in the actual life of the motor brushes. On average the life of the motor brush, when used in a
normal manner, will be from ten to twenty years. The cost of replacing your motor brushes is not
great; but, the damage that can be done to the motor through not replacing the brushes before
they are completely worn out is considerable. We recommend that you have your unit and motor
brushes inspected by a qualified serviceman every 4-6 years.
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING A PRODUCT OF LINDSAY MANUFACTURING, INC.
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