Refilling Water; Turning Off The Appliance; Storing The Appliance - Kärcher sc 1402 Kurzanleitung

B) Directly on the appliance
Pour water from a container into the
funnel inlet (A9). Fill up to the "MAX"
marking.
Turning on the Appliance
Note: Before initial operation and after des-
caling the steam boiler must be filled with
water. To this purpose, the water reservoir
will need to be filled twice.
Insert the mains plug into a socket.
Press the switch (A3) to turn on the ap-
pliance. The green (B2) and orange
(B3) indicator lamps will light up.
Note: If there is no or not enough water
in the boiler, the pump starts and supp-
lies water from the reservoir into the
boiler. The filling process may take se-
veral minutes.
The orange indicator lamp (B3) goes
out after approximately 8 minutes. The
appliance is ready for use.
Push the lock (C3) of the steam switch
forward.
Note: If you push the lock (C3) back-
wards, the steam switch (C4) cannot be
activated (child-proof lock).
Activate the steam switch (C4).
Always direct the steam gun (C1) at a
separate piece of cloth until the steam
is emitted evenly.
Note: The heater of the steam cleaner
is turned on in regular intervals during
the operation of the appliance in order
to maintain the pressure in the boiler at
a constant level. When the heater is tur-
ned on, the orange indicator lamp (B3)
lights up.
Adjusting the Steam Quantity
The steam quantity is adjusted using the ro-
tary knob (C5) on the steam gun (C1).
If you turn the rotary knob forward:
a higher steam quantity is emitted,
If you turn the rotary knob backward:
a lower steam quantity is emitted.
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Refilling Water

The water reservoir may be refilled at any
time.
Note: If there is not enough water in the
steam boiler the pump automatically supp-
lies water from the water reservoir into the
steam boiler. If the water reservoir is empty,
the pump is not able to fill the steam boiler
and the steam tapping is blocked.
Indicator lamp (B1) - low-water blinks.
Fill the water reservoir.
Note: The pump tries to fill the steam
boiler in short intervals. If the filling is
successful, the steam tapping is re-
leased immediately, and the red indica-
tor lamp goes out.

Turning Off the Appliance

Press the switch (A3) to turn off the ap-
pliance.
Disconnect the mains plug from the sok-
ket.
Press the cover of the appliance con-
nector (A1) to the bottom and discon-
nect the steam plug (C7) from the
appliance connector.
Empty the residual water from the water
reservoir.

Storing the Appliance

See page 20, "Storing the Accesso-
ries".
Always make sure that the brushes are
cold before storing them to avoid a de-
formation of the bristles.