Kirby Avalir, Owner'S Manual

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Important Safety Instructions
Overview of Safety Guidelines and Your Responsibilities:
• Your safety and the safety of others depend on you thoroughly reading and
understanding this manual. If you have questions or do not understand the
information presented in this manual, please contact The Kirby Company.
• Most vacuum-related incidents are caused by failure to observe basic safety
rules or precautions. You must be alert to potential hazards.
• The Kirby Company cannot anticipate every possible circumstance that
might involve a potential hazard. Therefore, the warnings in this manual
may not be all inclusive. If a tool, procedure, work method or operating
technique that is not specifically recommended by The Kirby Company is
used, you must ensure that the product will not be damaged or be made
unsafe by the operation, maintenance or repair procedures that you choose.
WARNING
– To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury:
• ALWAYS unplug before cleaning or servicing.
• NEVER leave appliance when plugged in.
• NEVER use outdoors or on wet surfaces.
• NEVER use with damaged cord or plug. If appliance is not working as it
should, has been dropped, damaged, left outdoors or dropped
into water, return it to a Kirby authorized service center.
• NEVER run appliance over cord, pull or carry by cord, use cord as a
handle, close a door on cord, or pull cord around sharp edges or corners.
• KEEP cord away from heated surfaces.
• NEVER unplug by pulling on cord. To unplug, grasp the plug, not the cord.
• NEVER handle plug or appliance with wet hands.
• Use only as described in this manual. Use only Kirby’s recommended
attachments.
• DO NOT put any object into openings. Do not use with any opening blocked;
keep openings free of dust, lint, hair or anything that may reduce airflow.
• Keep hair, loose clothing, fingers and all parts of body away from openings
and moving parts.