Kaz V200 Owner's Manual

IMPORTANT! For the most effective and safe use of your vaporizer, please READ
AND SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS ... especially those regarding the addition of salt
to the water. In “soft water” areas, salt must be added to water to generate steam.
In “hard water” areas, the vaporizer may operate without the addition of salt.

WARNING: KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
We recognize that many of our customers use vaporizers in homes with young

children. Carefully supervise your children when using a vaporizer, especially
crawling infants and toddlers. Please be sure to take the time to instruct them

that a vaporizer is not a toy....it is a serious medical device that produces hot

steam and could cause severe burns and injuries if they do not stay away from it.

Vaporizer should always be placed on a firm, flat, waterproof surface at least four feet
away from bedside and out of reach of patient and children. Be sure the vaporizer is
in a stable position and power cord is out of the way to prevent vaporizer from being
upset or tipped over. Protect floor, rug or furniture by placing the vaporizer on a
non-metallic, waterproof, heat-resistant surface.

ADDING SALT FOR STEAM FLOW: Steam output depends directly
on the mineral content of the water and the amount of salt you
add. For the vaporizer to operate in areas of low or moderate
mineral-content water, 4 TO 5 PINCHES OF SALT (1/8 teaspoon)
MUST BE ADDED TO THE WATER AND MIXED THOROUGHLY.

If an adequate steam flow is not obtained after ten minutes, add
another PINCH or two as needed, mix thoroughly.

CAUTION:

Add salt only by the PINCH, since too much salt can cause
excessive boiling, a blown fuse or
tripped circuit breaker.

If you live in a “hard-water” area, the
vaporizer may operate well without
salt additive. The salt and other miner­als in your water remain inside the
vaporizer and do not affect the purity
of the steam.

USE FINGER GRIPS when handling
steam unit, grasping from the rear of
outer cap. See

Figure C on next page.

Do not move vaporizer while in use.

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If you have any questions about
the operation of your vaporizer, call our
toll-free Consumer Service Line:
1-800-477-0457.

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FINGER GRIPS

STEAM OUTLET

OUTER CAP

NIGHT LIGHT LENS

SAFETY VENTS

MEDICATION CUP

PROTECTIVE
HOUSING

OWNER’S MANUAL

1. UNRAVEL CORD BEFORE USE. Failure to do so could

cause overheating and possible fire hazard.
Always unplug cord from electrical outlet before

removing steam unit or when not in use. Allow
vaporizer to cool before handling.

2. FILL WATER CONTAINER. Remove steam unit.

Fill container with tap water to

WATER LEVEL

MARKING

on bowl. DO NOT OVERFILL. (Figure A)
Model V200 Vicks Vaporizer may also be filled
upright in large sink or bathtub. (Figure B)

3. ADD SALT. For tap water of low or moderate mineral

content, ADD 4 TO 5 PINCHES (1/8 teaspoon) of
ordinary table salt to the water and mix thoroughly.
Salt has no effect on the purity of the steam or
medication.

CAUTION: Too much salt can cause excessive
boiling or blown fuse.

4. REPLACE STEAM UNIT. Hold down steam unit for ten

seconds to allow water to enter the housing and
seat it properly in water container. If steam unit
floats, container is overfilled.

(Figure C)

5. PLACE VAPORIZER IN A SAFE POSITION. Vaporizer

should always be placed on a firm, flat surface at
least four feet away from bedside and out of the
reach of patient and children. Be sure the vaporizer
is in a stable position and power cord is out of the
way to prevent vaporizer from being upset or tipped
over.

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Protect floor, rug or furniture by placing the
vaporizer on a non-metallic, waterproof,
heat-resistant surface.

CAUTION: Do not direct steam flow directly at
patient, walls or furniture. You will still obtain desired
level of humidity. KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF
CHILDREN. STEAM CAN CAUSE BURNS.

6. VAPORIZER MEDICATIONS. For best results fill the

medication cup on the steam unit (located directly
below and in front of the steam outlet) with one
tablespoon of KAZ INHALANT. (Figure D)

If you use Vicks VapoSteam

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follow directions

on the VapoSteam

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package. Please pay
careful attention to the added cleaning
directions in the

Daily Maintenance and

Care and Cleaning

sections.

NOTE: Vicks VapoSteam®should be put
directly into the vaporizer water container
(see VapoSteam

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package directions); it

should

not be placed in the medication cup.

Instructions

Figure A

Figure C

Figure B

(V200 only)

Figure D

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Inhalant

VapoSteam