Safety Devices; Start Up - Kärcher HD 8/23 G Bedienungsanleitung

DANGER
– Do not use high pressure cleaners
when there has been an oil spill; move
the appliance to another spot and avoid
any sort of spark formation.
– Do not store, spill or use fuel in the vi-
cinity of open flames or appliances such
as ovens, boilers, water heaters, etc.
that have an ignition flame or can gen-
erate sparks.
– Keep even mildly inflammable objects
and materials away from the muffler (at
least 2 m).
– Do not start the engine without the muf-
fler; check, clean and replace, if re-
quired, the muffler at regular intervals.
– Do not use the engine in forest, bushes
or grassy areas without fitting a spark
receiver at the exhaust
– Except for setting jobs, do not run the
engine when the air filter is removed or
there is no cover over the suction sup-
port.
– Do not make any adjustments to the
regulator springs, regulator bars or oth-
er parts that can bring forth an increase
in the engine speed.
– Risk of burns! Do not touch hot muf-
flers, cylinders or radiator ribs.
– Do not put hands or feet close to mov-
ing or rotating parts.
– Risk of poisoning! The appliance should
not be operated in closed rooms.
– Do not use unsuitable fuels, as they
may be dangerous.

Safety Devices

Safety devices serve to protect the user
and must not be rendered in operational or
their functions bypassed.
Safety catch
The safety catch on the trigger gun pre-
vents the appliance from being switched on
unintentionally.
If the hand spray gun is closed, the over-
flow valve opens and the entire water vol-
ume will flow back to the pump suction side.
The overflow valve is set by the manufac-
turer and sealed. Setting only by customer
service.
The safety valve opens when the overflow
valve is defective.
The safety valve is set by the manufacturer
and sealed. Setting only by customer ser-
vice.
Thermostat valve
The thermal valve protects the high-pres-
sure pump from unacceptable heating dur-
ing circuit operation.
WARNING
Risk of injury! Appliance, accessories, sup-
ply lines and connections must be in fault-
free condition. If they are not in a perfect
state then the appliance must not be used.
Check oil level of the high pressure
 The oil level must be at the centre of the
oil level display.
Activate deaeration of oil container
 Unscrew the screw plug.
 Screw in oil filling screw.
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EN
Overflow valve
Safety valve

Start up

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