PowerBoss Admiral 40D, Instruction Manual

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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Intended use . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Notes on warranty . . . . . . . . . 3
Acceptance of the machine . . 3
1 Safety Information . . . . . . . . 6
1.1 Safety and warning symbols . 6
1.2 General information . . . . . . . . 7
1.3 Operating information. . . . . . . 8
1.4 Maintenance information . . . 10
1.5 Particular risks . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.5.1 Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.5.2 Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.6 Environmental protection . . . 13
1.7 Labels on the vehicle . . . . . . 14
2 Starting Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1 Instruction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.2 Initial battery charge. . . . . . . 17
2.3 Prior to starting up
for the first time . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.3.1 Installing brushes and pads . 18
2.3.2 Installing and adjusting
the squeegee . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3.3 Adjusting the driver's seat . . 21
2.4
Before starting up daily . . . . 22
3 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.1 Method of operation . . . . . . . 23
3.1.1 Scrubbing unit . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.1.2 Squeegee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.1.3 Suction turbines (suction). . . 25
3.1.4 Pre-sweep/Vacuum
unit option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3.1.5 Fresh water tank . . . . . . . . . 26
3.1.6 Recovery tank . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.1.7 Traction drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.1.8 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1.9 Batteries and charger. . . . . . 29
3.1.10 Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.2 Operating and indicator
elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.2.1 Operating elements
in the driver's cab . . . . . . . . . 34
3.2.2 Left-hand
operating panel . . . . . . . . . . 37
3.2.3 Right-hand
operating panel . . . . . . . . . . 43
3.2.4 Operating elements
on the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.3 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
3.3.1 Switching the vehicle on. . . . 51
3.3.2 Accelerating . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
3.3.3 Stopping and parking . . . . . . 52
3.3.4 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
3.3.5 Switching the vehicle off. . . . 56
3.3.6 Loading and
transporting the vehicle . . . . 56
3.4 After finishing work. . . . . . . . 57
3.5 Function faults . . . . . . . . . . . 58
3.5.1 Error code table . . . . . . . . . . 58
3.5.2 Other function faults . . . . . . . 61
4 Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . 62