59659640 02/13
VC 6100
Operating Instructions
Before first use of the unit
read these operating instructions
and act in accordance with them.
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English 5
Dear Customer,
Please read and comply with
these original instructions prior
to the initial operation of your appliance and
store them for later use or subsequent own-
ers.
This vacuum cleaner is meant for use in
private households and not for commercial
purposes.
The manufacturer is not responsible for any
damages that may occur on account of im-
proper use or wrong operations.
Use the vacuum cleaner only with:
Original filter bags.
Original spare parts, accessories and
special accessories.
The vacuum cleaner is not suitable for:
Sucking in human beings or animals.
Suction of:
Small living creatures (for e.g. flies, spi-
ders, etc.).
Substances that are harmful for health,
have sharp edges, are hot or burning.
Moist or fluid substances.
Mildly inflammable or explosive materi-
als and gases.
The packaging material can be recy-
cled. Please do not place the packag-
ing into the ordinary refuse for disposal, but
arrange for the proper recycling.
Notes about the ingredients
(REACH)
You will find current information about the
ingredients at:
www.kaercher.com/REACH
Old appliances contain valuable materials
that can be recycled. Please arrange for the
proper recycling of old appliances. Please
dispose your old appliances using appro-
priate collection systems.
Filters and filter bags are made from envi-
ronment-friendly materials.
They can therefore be disposed off through
the normal household garbage provided
you have not sucked in substances that are
not permitted to be thrown into household
garbage.
The terms of the guarantee applicable in
each country have been published by our
respective national distributors. We will re-
pair possible faults on your unit free of
charge within the warranty period, insofar
as the faults are caused by material defects
or defective workmanship. Guarantee
claims should be addressed to your dealer
or the nearest authorized customer service
centre, and supported by documentary evi-
dence of purchase.
Our KÄRCHER branch will be pleased to
help you further in the case of questions or
faults. See address on the reverse.
Contents
General notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Safety instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Maintenance and care . . . . . . . . . . .9
Customer Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Technical specifications . . . . . . . . .10
Special accessories . . . . . . . . . . . .11
General notes
Proper use
Environmental protection
Disposing the filters and filter bags
Warranty
Customer Service
6 English
At the end of the operating instructions you
will find a selected list of spare parts that
are often required.
You can procure the spare parts and the at-
tachments from your dealer or your
KÄRCHER branch office.
– This appliance is not intended for use
by persons with limited physical, sen-
soric or mental capacities or lack of ex-
perience and/or skills, unless such
persons are accompanied and super-
vised by a person in charge of their
safety or if they received precise in-
structions on the use of this appliance.
– Children must only use this appliance if
they are older than 8 and if they are su-
pervised by a person responsible for
their safety or if they are instructed on
the use of the appliance by such per-
son.
– Keep packaging film away from children
- risk of suffocation!
– Switch the appliance off after every use
and prior to every cleaning/mainte-
nance procedure.
– Risk of fire. Do not vacuum up any burn-
ing or glowing objects.
– The appliance may not be used in areas
where a risk of explosion is present.
– In case of extended downtimes, switch
the appliance off at the main switch / ap-
pliance switch or remove the mains
plug.
몇 Electrical connection
– The appliance may only be connected
to alternating current. The voltage must
correspond with the type plate on the
appliance.
Risk of electric shock
– Never touch the mains plug and the
socket with wet hands.
– Do not pull the plug from the socket by
pulling on the connecting cable.
– Check the power cord with mains plug
for damage before every use. If the
power cord is damaged, please arrange
immediately for the exchange by an au-
thorized customer service or a skilled
electrician.
– Do not use the power cord to carry/
transport the machine.
– Do not scrape the power cord across
sharp edges and ensure that it does not
get pressed.
– First pull out the plug from the mains be-
fore carrying out any tasks on the ma-
chine.
몇 Caution
Never vacuum clean without the filter
bag.
This can cause damage to the appli-
ance.
Avoid vacuum cleaning using nozzle or
suction tubes close to the head. There
is risk of injury!
Always pull out the power cord fully dur-
ing operation.
Protect the appliance against external
weather, humidity and heat sources.
Turn off the appliance while you do not
vacuum.
Ordering spare parts and special at-
tachments
Safety instructions
English 7
Illustrations on fold-out
pages!
1 Power cord with plug
2 Push button take-up cable
3 On/Off button
4 Suction control
5 Suction hose
6 Handle
7 Teleskopic suction pipe
8 Adjustable teleskopic suction pipe
9 Floor nozzle
10 Cover attachment housing
11 Attachment housing QuickClick:
includes upholstery nozzle, telescopic
gap nozzle and a furniture brush
12 Change filter indicator
13 Shutter lever, lid filter bag/ motor pro-
tection filter
14 Motor protection filter
15 Filter bag holder
16 Cover EPA filter
17 EPA-filter
18 Carrying handle
Illustration
Lock the suction hose neck in the suc-
tion opening.
To take off, push both lock devices to-
gether and pull the tube.
Illustration
Connect handle and suction tube and
insert.
Connect the floor nozzle and telescopic
suction pipe and insert.
Illustration
Use the adjustment in order to adjust
the telescopic suction pipe to the length
you wish.
Illustration
When you stop or you take a short
break, hang the floor nozzle into the
parking position on the back of the ap-
pliance, and push it into the resting po-
sition.
Illustration
To remove, press handle backwards in
the direction of the appliance. The floor
nozzle is thus unlocked from the parking
holder and can be removed upwards.
Illustration
Hold the power cord at the plug and pull
it out. Insert the mains plug into a socket.
Turn on/off the appliance.
Illustration
The power suction adjustment is at the
power suction control:
- Marking MAX, high power suction
- Marking MIN, low power suction
Note: the marking shows the current
suction power.
Adjust the suction power to suit the suc-
tion requirement:
Low suction power – for laced cur-
tains, textiles, upholstered furniture,
cushions
Medium suction power – for slightly
dirty carpets/ carpeted floors, precious
carpets, bridges and runners
Highest suction power – for hard
floors, very dirty carpets and carpeted
floors
Please take notice! Should, while turning
the appliance on, the mains furse tripper
shut off, possibly, other electrical applianc-
es are connected and are operating on the
same electric circuit. Should this be the
case, put the appliance in its lowest power
stage, before turning the appliance on. Af-
terwards you may select a higher power
stage. Refer to chapter "Technical data" for
power fuse protection.
Important notice! The appliance will shut-
down automatically, if there is danger of
overheating. Turn the appliance off and pull
the power plug. Make sure, that the nozzle,
the suction pipe or the tube is not clogged,
failing all the above the filter must be
changed. After the elimination of the inter-
ference let the appliance cool down for a
minimum of 1 hour, before using it again.
Operation
Description of the Appliance
Start up
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Upholstery nozzle: for cleaning uphol-
stered furniture, mattresses, laced cur-
tains, etc.
Furniture brush, rotating: for cleaning
furniture and delicate objects with care,
dusting books, air vents in the car, etc.
Joint nozzle, detachable: for edges,
joints and heaters
Hang in the floor nozzle in the park
holder on the rear side of the machine
and press it into locking position (see il-
lustration 4)
Illustration
Push the dead button at the handle and
remove the telescopic suction pipe.
Illustration
Open the attachment housing cover.
Illustration
Insert the handle in the desired acces-
sory until the stop. It then gets locked.
Then tilt it downwards and pull it out.
Illustration
To store, put the attachment using the
handle into the attachment housing and
click it up into place. Remove the han-
dle.
Notice: You also can remove the at-
tachment manually and put it on top of
the handle. In order to release the at-
tachment, push the dead button on the
handle.
Notice: All steps stated above can also
be done when the telescopic suction
pipe is connected. Hang the floor noz-
zle on the backside of the appliance into
the parking holder, and push into the
pause position. Pull the telescopic suc-
tion pipe straight up.
Illustration
Carpets and carpeted floors:
Select the following switch setting:
Illustration
Hard surfaces:
Select the following switch setting:
Turn off the appliance and disconnect
the mains plug.
Illustration
Push the take-up cable button. The ca-
ble will pull itself automatically into the
appliance.
Hang the floor nozzle on the backside
of the appliance into the parking holder,
and push into the pause position.
Hold the appliance at the carrying han-
dle when you want to transport it and
store it in dry rooms.
Note: It is recommended that you first
completely push in the telescopic suc-
tion pipe.
Suction using accessories
QuickClick attachment
QuickClick Using the attachments
Changing the attachments in the Quick-
Click attachment housing
ComfoGlide nozzle
Finish operation
Transport, storage
English 9
Risk of injury
Always switch off the appliance and pull out
the mains plug before care and mainte-
nance work.
몇 Caution
Do not use abrasives, glass or universal
cleaners! Never immerse the appliance in
water.
Clean the appliance and accessory
parts made of plastic with a commercial
plastic cleaner.
Clean the dust chamber with a dry wipe
cloth/ dust brush.
Order no. 6.904-329
Contents: 5 filter bags with cap and 1 en-
gine protection filter.
Note: Separate the telescopic suction pipe
from the handle to see the filter change in-
dicator.
Illustration
If the filter change indicator in the cover
glows red, then please change the filter
bag.
Use the closing lever and open the lid.
Illustration
Unlock the holder of the filter bags and
pull towards the outside.
Illustration
Close the filter bag using the closing
flap, remove the filter bag and dispose it
off.
Illustration
Push the new filter bag into the support
until the stop. First press the flap down-
wards; then push the holder into the cas-
ing and lock it at the appliance casing.
몇 Caution
Close the lid only, if there is a filter bag in-
serted. After picking up small dust particle
(as for example plaster, cement etc) clean
the motor protection filter, change if neces-
sary.
Motor protection filter: change before the
last filter bag is removed from the filter bag
package.
The motor protection filter is behind the
inserted filter bag. Change the motor
protection filter before you insert the fil-
ter bag.
Illustration
Unlock the frame and remove.
Remove the lower part of the frame,
take out old engine protection filter and
dispose it off. Insert the new engine pro-
tection filter in the frame and replace
the lower part of the frame.
Illustration
Insert and click the frame into its place.
Order no. 6.414-805
Filter for pure blower air.
EPA filter: Change once a year.
Illustration
Open cover.
Unlock the EPA filter and remove.
Illustration
Insert the new EPA filter and click it into
place.
Close the lid.
Maintenance and care
Cleaning the device
Replacing the filter bag
Change the motor protection filter
Change the EPA-filter
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The ComfoGlide nozzle must be cleaned
regularly!
Remove the nozzle from the suction
pipe.
Illustration
Clean the back steering roller:
The easiest way to do this, is to remove
the roller. Unscrew the axle and pull
out. Dust fluff, hair etc. can now be re-
moved easily. Fit the steering roller
back into place.
Illustration
Handle and suction tube can be discon-
nected in order to clean or if clogged.
Push the 2 interlocks and pull apart.
Connect handle and suction tube and
insert.
Australia
KÄRCHER Pty. Ltd.
40 Koornang Road
Scoresby, Victoria 3179
1800 675 714 (Free Call)
www.karcher.com.au
New Zealand
Karcher Ltd.
12 Ron Driver Place
East Tamaki, Aukland
(09) 274-4603
www.karcher.co.nz
Subject to technical modifications!
Cleaning of the ComfoGlide nozzle
Cleaning the accessories
Customer Service
Technical specifications
VC 6100
Voltage V 220 - 240
Current type Hz 50/60
Mains fuse
(slow-blow)
A16
Protective class II
Output P
nom
W 1600
Output P
max
W 1800
Weight (without
accessories)
kg 7,0
Action radius m 10
Dimensions mm ø 380 x 380
Nominal width,
accessories
mm 35
English 11
A Turbo nozzle for floors
(Order no. 4.130-177)
brush and vacuum in one work cycle.
Especially suitable in order to pick up
animal hair and to vacuum high floor
carpets. The brush roller is driven by air
steam.
There is not electrical outlet necessary.
B Turbo nozzle for upholstery
(Order no. 2.903-001)
Brushing and vacuum cleaning uphol-
stered furniture, mattresses, car seats,
etc. in one single step.
Especially suitable for absorbing animal
hair. The brush rollers are driven by the
air current.
No electrical connection required.
C Parquet nozzle
(Order no. 4.130-172)
Used to vacuum sensitive and smooth
floors (parquet, marble, terracotta etc.).
D Mattress nozzle
(Order no. 6.906-755)
For absorbing dust from mattresses
and upholstery.
E Filter bag
(Order no. 6.904-329)
Content: 5 filter bags with cover and 1
motor protection filter
F EPA-filter
(Order no. 6.414-805)
Additional filters for cleaner exhausting
air. Recommended for allergy sufferers
Special accessories
59659640 14.02.2013
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