Russell hobbs POWER CLEAN BAGGED UPRIGHT VACUUM 2000W 18194 User Manual

instructions,

troubleshooting guide,

and guarantee

Problems?

Don’t take it back

to the shop,

they won’t be able

to fix it.

Ring the helpline

0845 658 9700

it’s a local rate number

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Read the instructions before using your vacuum cleaner, and keep them safe. If you
pass the cleaner on, pass on the instructions too.

important safeguards

Follow basic safety precautions, including the ones below. It’s quite a list, but most of
them are simple common sense.

1 The cleaner must only be used by or under the supervision of a responsible adult.

Use and store it out of reach of children.

2 Don’t put the cleaner in any liquid, and don’t use it anywhere damp or wet.

3 Don’t use the cleaner near a gas, oil (including paraffin), or open fire. The

flame may be sucked towards the cleaner, causing a fire hazard.

4 Keep hair, clothing, fingers (and toes), away from the end of the tube, and from the

brush roller. It won’t drag you bodily into the bag, but it may give you a bit of a start.

5 Stuff you mustn’t pick up:

a) don’t pick up water or any other liquid – you’ll short the motor.
b) don’t pick up anything that may ignite spontaneously, like matches, or bits of

fire-lighter.

c) don’t pick up anything burning or smouldering, like cigarette ends, ashes, or

embers. Wait till they’re extinguished and cold.

d) don’t pick up spillage from toner cartridges – the fine carbon particles may pass

through the filter, short circuit the motor, and burn it out.

e) don’t pick up cement or plaster dust – they’ll combine with moisture in the air,

clog the filter, burst the bag, and maybe burn out the motor too.
f) don’t pick up anything sharp – you may puncture the bag and damage the motor.
g) don’t pick up anything biological – you’ll eventually have to clean it off the tubes,

and there’s always the possibility that viral particles may pass through the bag,

reach the air outlet, and enter your air supply.

6 If you use the cleaner outdoors (e.g. cleaning the car), connect it to the electricity

supply via a residual current device (RCD), with a rated residual operating current
not exceeding 30mA. Don’t let the cleaner get wet.

7 Don’t leave it unattended when plugged in.

8 Keep an eye on the cable, so it doesn’t catch on anything, or trip anyone up. Don’t

run the cleaner over the cable, you’ll damage it.

9 If you’re using the cleaner on stairs, sit it where it can’t topple, and keep it below you,

so if it does fall, it doesn’t land on you.

10 Don’t use the cleaner on people, animals, birds, or pets.
11 Unplug the cleaner and wind the cable round the cable hooks when not in use,

before moving and before cleaning.

12 Don’t use the cleaner if the bag is full – switch off, unplug, replace the bag.
13 Don’t use the cleaner for any purpose other than those described in this booklet.
14 Don’t use tools or attachments unless we supply them.
15 Don’t leave the cleaner in direct sunlight.
16 Don’t use the cleaner if it’s damaged or malfunctions.
17 If the cable or plug is damaged, return the cleaner, to avoid hazard (back page).

household use only

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before using for the first time

Remove the packaging, but keep it in case you ever need to return the cleaner.

filters

Keep the filters clean. If they’re blocked, you’ll lose suction rapidly – check them every
time you replace the bag.

count the bits

The box should contain the base (the bit with the wheels), the handle assembly, the

hose, the tube, the crevice tool, the small brush, and 2 spare bags. Check that you’ve
got them all before you dispose of the packaging.

assembling the cleaner

, You’ll need a cross-head screwdriver for this.

This is best done while you’re sitting in a comfortable chair. You can do it standing up,

but it’s a labour saving device, so why not start as you mean to go on, have all the bits
within reach (not forgetting the screwdriver), and sit down.

fit the handle

1 There are two screws mounted in the screw holes in the top of the base.
2 Remove these screws, and set them aside (you’ll need them in a minute).

3 Align the screw holes in the bottom of the handle assembly with those in the top of

the base.

4 Lower the handle assembly on top of the base.

5 It’s a bit fiddly – there are bits sticking up from the top of the base, and bits sticking

down from the bottom of the handle assembly, but if you keep the holes aligned,
you can’t go wrong.

6 When it’s aligned properly, you’ll have a gap of about half a centimetre all round,

between the handle assembly and the base.

7 Check the alignment of the holes again.

8 If you’re happy that they’re still aligned, then hold the handle assembly in place with

one hand, and give the top of the handle a sharp (but not brutal) slap downwards
with the other hand – don’t go over the top, you’re moving a fairly light bit of plastic
half a centimetre downwards, not drilling for oil.

9 Find the screws, screw them through the holes in the handle assembly, into the

holes in the top of the base, and tighten them –don’t strain, you don’t want to
over-tighten them.

10 Turn the front of the cleaner towards you.

fit the bag

11 There’s a cardboard square on the front of the bag, with a hole in its centre.
12 Push the hole over the short tube sticking out from the middle of the cleaner, till the

front of the cardboard square touches the wall of the cleaner.

shut the door

13 Check that the bag is tucked inside the cleaner, so it won’t become trapped when

you fit the door.

14 Fit the tab on the bottom of the door into the hole behind the height control.
15 Press the door against the front of the cleaner – you’ll hear it click into place.