Steam Cleaning - Dirt Devil Power Maid Mode D'emploi

5 Use

5.2 Steam cleaning

WARNING:
Danger of scalding when using the appli-
ance!
„
Never direct the steam jet at persons,
animals, plants.
„
Always point the steam jet downwards
towards the surface to be cleaned. Even
then, take care that parts of your body never
get into the steam jet.
„
Never use your hand to test whether
steam is coming out!
„
Never lay the appliance on its side dur-
ing operation.
ATTENTION:
Do not operate the appliance on one spot
for a prolonged time. Keep moving the
appliance back and forth to loosen dirt on a
larger area. Otherwise there is danger of
damaging the surface to be cleaned.
A B
C
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WARNING:
Danger of scalding when interrupting work!
„
When interrupting work, e.g. for chang-
ing attachments or to fill the water tank, pull
the plug from the power socket.
„
Wait at least 10 minutes before remov-
ing the fitted attachments.
1. Check that the water tank is full. If not, fill
it (ZChapter 4, "Filling the water tank").
2. Insert the mains plug into a socket with
ground/safety contact (Fig. 15/A).
- The operating light will be illuminated
red (Fig. 15/B).
- The appliance will now heat up.
3. Wait approx. 40 seconds for the operating
light to change from red to green.
NOTE:
The time until your appliance has built up
steam can vary according to the quantity of
water in the water tank.
4. Now, you can push the steam button
(Fig. 15/C).
- The pump will audibly switch on.
- A few drops of water will be ejected first.
Collect these if you want to avoid pud-
dles.
> 40 s
- After a short while, a steam jet will ap-
pear.
- When you release the steam button the
pump will stop delivering steam. Now
steam will no longer escape from the
nozzle.
- Die operating light can change from
green to red in operation. In this case
you can continue to work as the device
is continuously heating up. However if
water instead of steam escapes, you
should wait for a short time until the op-
erating light is again illuminated green.