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User guide

FILL IN AND RETAIN

The model and serial number are located on the bottom of the cleaner.

For your personal records, please enter the COMPLETE model and serial number in the spaces

provided and retain this information.

Your cleaner is model .................................................................................................................

and has serial number ................................................................................................................

It is suggested that you attach your sales receipt to this owner’s manual. Verification of date

of purchase may be required for warranty service of your JohnnyVac product.

Carton contents

Unpack cleaner from carton and

identify the parts shown. Remove

and dispose of cardboard packing.

A.  Canister cleaner with tools
B.  Power nozzle
C.  Paper bag
D.  Telescopic wand and hose
E.  Mini air nozzle*
F.  Hard Floor Tool

INDEX

1.  IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS  ......  3
2.  COMPONENTS & ACCESSORIES  .............  4
3.  ASSEMBLY  ............................................  5
4.  OPERATION

4.1.  ON/OFF switch  ..............................  6
4.2.  Check bag indicator  ........................ 6
4.3.  Variable suction control  .................  6
4.4.  Wand storage clip  .......................... 6
4.5.  Polarized plug  ................................ 6
4.6.  Thermal protector  ..........................  6

5. CLEANING

5.1.  Power nozzle handle position  .........  7
5.2.  Floor surface selector  ..................... 7
5.3.  Cleaning tools  ...............................  7

6. MAINTENANCE – How to replace

6.1. Filter bag ....................................... 8
6.2. Filters

- Secondary filter

............................. 9

- Exhaust filter

................................ 9

6.3. Power Nozzle

- Belt replacement ......................... 10

- Brushroll replacement ................. 11

6.4. Mini air nozzle ............................. 11

7. TROUBLESHOOTING ............................ 12
8. WARRANTY ......................................... 13

* Optional

User guide

READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING THIS APPLIANCE

GENERAL

• Use this appliance solely in accordance with these instructions.
• Use solely accessories recommended by the supplier. The use of other accessories may result in damage to the appli-

ance, thereby creating hazards for the user.

• This appliance is not intended for use by persons ( including children ) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capa-

bilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of

the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.

• Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
• Have any repair carried out solely by a qualified electrician. Never try to repair the appliance yourself.

ELECTRICITY AND HEAT

•  Verify that the mains voltage is the same as that indicated on the type plate on the appliance before use.
•  Always remove the plug from the socket when the appliance is not in use.
•  Always remove the plug from the wall socket by pulling on the plug, not the power cord.
•  Check the appliance’s power cord regularly to make sure it is not damaged. Do not use the appliance if the power cord

is damaged. Have a damaged power cord replaced by a qualified service department.

•  When using an extension lead always make sure that the entire cable is unwound from the reel.
•  Use solely approved extension leads.
•  Avoid stumbling over the extension lead or power cord.
•  Make sure the air vent is not covered or blocked.
•  Make sure that the appliance and the power cord do not come in contact with sources of heat, such as a hot hob or

naked flames.

• Make sure that the power cord and the plug do not come in contact with water.

DURING USE

•  Never use the appliance outdoors.
•  Never use the appliance in a humid room.
•  Make sure that your hands are dry before touching the appliance, power cord or plug.
•  The power cord has a yellow and a red mark. Pull out the power cord to the yellow mark. Never pull out the power cord

beyond the red mark.

• Guide the power cord whilst it rewinds onto the reel, since otherwise the cord could become tangled or the plug could

strike back of the appliance. Take hold of the power cord near the mark, and allow it to gently slide through your fingers

back into the appliance.

• Make sure that the dust bag does not become pinched between the cover and the motor unit. This could damage the

appliance and/or the dust bag.

• Do not use the appliance to suck up: flowing or burning objects; glass splinters or other sharp objects; residues of

plaster, cement, stone, soot and similar; liquids or moist dirt.

•  These objects could cause serious damage to the appliance and the filter system, and make it unsafe to use.
•  Do not use the vacuum cleaner on wet rugs and carpets.
•  Never insert objects in the air-exhaust vent.
•  Make sure that the suction and exhaust openings are opened, and that the filters are not blocked. Blockages will cause

the appliance to overheat. Switch off the vacuum cleaner immediately! Once you have remedied the problem, wait 20 to

30 minutes to allow the vacuum cleaner to cool down completely. The vacuum cleaner will then be ready for use again.

• Keep the nozzle and the tubes away from the body while the vacuum cleaner is running. This could cause serious injury,

for example to the eyes or ears.

• Never roll the appliance over the cord.
• Switch off the appliance and remove the plug from the wall socket in the event of a malfunction during use, and before

filing or emptying the appliance, cleaning the appliance, fitting or removing an accessory, or storing the appliance after

use.

• Do not pick up the appliance if it falls in to water. Remove the plug from the wall socket immediately. Do not use the

appliance anymore.

• Never immerse the appliance, the power cord or the plug in water or other liquid. After washing the filters, make sure

they are thoroughly dry before returning them to the appliance

1- IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

User guide

1. Intake
2.  Top Cover
3.  Variable Suction Control
4.  Bag Full Indicator
5.  Cordwinder Pedal
6.  Power Cord
7.  Power ON/OFF Pedal
8.  Carrying Handle
9.  Handle with Hose
10.  Telescopic Wand
11.  Wand Release Latch
12.  Carpet & Floor Power Nozzle
13.  Brushroll ON/OFF Switch
14. Headlight
15.  Disposable Filter Bag

16.  Bag Dock
17.  Motor Filter Grill
18.  Motor Filter
19.  Hepa Media Filter
20. Crevice Tool
21.  Combination Tool
22. Tool Lid Latch
23. Bag Lid Latch
24. Nozzle Release Latch
25. Overload Protector Reset
26. Carpet Height Indicator
27.  Dirt Sensor
28. Carpet Height Adjusment
29. Handle Position Release
30. Hard Floor Tool

2- COMPONENTS & ACCESSORIES

User guide

1. Connect hose by firmly inserting end of hose into

canister intake opening.
2. Firmly press handle nozzle into telescopic wand until

it locks in place.
3. Insert telescopic wand into power nozzle until button

locks.
4. Extend telescopic wand by holding telescopic wand

length adjustment and pulling power handle.

3- ASSEMBLY

Note : Accessory tools can be used with

the telescopic wand or handle alone.

User guide

ON/OFF switch

• After assembling vacuum, plug the

cord into an electrical outlet. Turn the

vacuum ON by pressing the ON/OFF

pedal ( A ). To turn vacuum OFF press

the pedal again.

Note : The Cord Winder Pedal ( B )

is on the other side.

Variable suction

control

• The variable suction control ( D ) is

located on the top rear of the canister.
• Push the ( – ) button to reduce suc-

tion and to clean lightly soiled areas

or delicate fabrics. Push the ( + ) but-

ton for maximum cleaning power in

heavily soiled areas.

Polarized plug

• To reduce the risk of electric shock,

this appliance has a polarized plug

( one blade is wider than the other ).

This plug will fit in a polarized outlet

only one way. If the plug does not fit

fully in the outlet, reverse the plug. If

it still does not fit, contact a qualified

electrician to install the proper outlet.
• DO NOT CHANGE THE PLUG IN ANY

WAY.

Wand storage clip

• To save storage space, stand the

cleaner on end and hook wand stor-

age clip on botlom ot cleaner.

The

nozzle must be positioned down as

show.

• Lift up on wand to remove storage

clip from cleaner.

Check bag indicator

• When the indicator light comes on

( C ), open the canister and check

the filter bag. See page 8 for details

and instructions on how to replace a

filter bag.

4.1

4.4

4.3

4.6

4.2

4.5

IMPORTANT :

4- OPERATION

Thermal protector

• An internal thermal protector has

been used in your cleaner to prevent

overheat ing if a large item or clog

gets caught in the nozzle or at the

opening of the bag.

• When the blockage is not

removed, the thermal protector will

trip and cleaner will stop run ning.

• If this happens, turn cleaner OFF

and

disconnect cleaner from elec-

trical outlet.

Then disconnect noz-

zle and remove obstruction. Within

30 minutes the thermal protector

will cool and auto matically reset

and cleaning may resume.
• If cleaner does not operate, allow

addi tional time for thermal protec-

tor to reset.

Note : The canister must remain

unplugged during the 30 minute

cooling period.

User guide

PN handle position

• The handle has two positions when

used with the power nozzle upright

and operating.
• To lower handle to operating po-

sition, place your foot firmly on the

power nozzle and pull handle back.

Floor surface selector

Carpet or rug cleaning

• When using the power nozzle for

carpet and rug cleaning, push the

floor surface selector button toward

” ON“.
• This setting provides the suction

and agitator action necessary to deep

clean carpets. The nozzle adjusts

automatically to various carpet pile

heights.

Note : Turn surface selector switch

to the ”OFF“ position before turn-

ing on canister.

Hard surface floor cleaning

• The power nozzle can be used for

cleaning hard surface floors such as

wood, linoleum, vinyl, asphalt and

rubber tile, sealed cork, concrete and

terrazzo, as well as carpet.
• To set the power nozzle for hard

surface floor cleaning, push the floor

surface selector button toward ”OFF“.

This setting provides suction and no

agitator action. If you prefer, you may

use the hard floor tool to clean bare

floors.
• You will find it particularly conve-

nient when cleaning lightweight area

rugs to set the floor surface selector

button on ”OFF“ and continue clean-

ing the surrounding floor surfaces.

Note : The headlight will be ON in

both the ”ON“ and ”OFF“ floor sur-

face modes.

5.1

5.2

5- CLEANING

Select the proper tool

Hard floor tool

may be used for

walls and very irregular hard surface

floors such as brick and slate.

Combination tool

may be used

for carved furniture, table tops,

books, lamps, lighting fixtures, vene-

tian blinds, baseboards, shutters and

registers. May also be used for uphol-

stered furniture, draperies, tapestries,

mattresses and clothing.

Powered hand tool

may be used

for upholstered furniture, carpeted

stairs, and hard to reach places.

Crevice tool

may be used in tight

spaces, corners, and along edges in

such places as dresser drawers, up-

holstered furniture, stairs and base-

boards.

Attaching tools

• Tools may be attached directly to

the hand grip or to the wand. Firmly

push tool into the hand grip or wand.

Twist tool slightly to tighten or loosen

connection.

• Slide combination tool apart to re-

veal second tool.

Cleaning tools

• The cleaning tools are conveniently

stored in the cleaner underneath the

tool lid ( A ). Push the tool lid release

latch to open ( B ).
• The cleaning tools have many uses.

Select the tool best suited for the

cleaning task from the following de-

scriptions.

5.3

* Optional

User guide

Filter bag

When to replace

• Check the filter bag when the full

bag indicator light shows red.
• When the filter bag is filled with

dirt. the cleaner will not operate ef-

ficiently.
• Discard the used filter bag and re-

place with a new one.

Familiarize yourself with these home maintenance tasks as proper use and care of your cleaner will

ensure continued cleaning effectiveness.

How to replace

• Disconnect cleaner from electrical

outlet.

• Rotate hose to the side. lift bag lid

latch and open bag lid.

• Carefully pull out used bag.

• Form new bag into a box-like shape.
• Slide bag collar

firmly

into holder.

• Push rear edge of bag into bag cavi-

ty below seal ( A ).
• Clear bag opening ( B ) by pushing

the pierced paper through opening

toward bag interior.
• Close bag lid.

Note : The canister bag lid will not

close without a filter bag in place.

6- MAINTENANCE

6.1

Caution

The full bag indicator light may

come on when picking up fine

materials, such as face pow-

der, flour, cornstarch, fireplace

ashes or fireplace soot. these

materials may seal the pores of

the filter bag and may cause the

filter bag to burst even though

the filter bag is partially full of

dirt. It is advised to change the

filter bag often when removing

material of this nature.

User guide

Filters

Secondary filter

How to clean or replace

•

Disconnect cleaner from elec-

trical outlet.

• The

secondary filter

, located behind

the grill in the bag compartment, pro-

tects the motor from dirt particles. If

filter becomes dirty, pull off grill and

lift out filter. Wash filter in warm wa-

ter or replace it with a new one. A

dry

ilter must be put back into cleaner.

• Do not operate cleaner without sec-

ondary filter in place.

Exhaust filter

How to replace

• The high efficiency exhaust filter

aids in the filtration process to return

clean air to the room.
• To remove this filter, open the grill

located at the back, unsnap the filter

latch and pull the filler out.
• Replace with a new filter.

Note : The filter should be re-

placed annually.

6- MAINTENANCE

( suite )

6.2

User guide

Power nozzle

• Lift up end of agitator brushroll. Re-

move old belt from agitator pulley ( F )

and replace with new belt. Lettering

on belt must be visible. Stretch belt

back and attach to motor pulley.

• Position hood on top of nozzle base.
• Turn nozzle over. Replace 2 short

screws at the back of nozzle and 2

long screws at the front.

•

Hold opposite end of agitator

brushroll in place. Push belt end for-

ward, rotating end plate ( G ) until it

slides into place. Turn agitator, mak-

ing sure it rotates freely.

• Replace brushroll cover ( C ) over

agitator brushroll. Replace 3 short

screws.

• Lift off brushroll cover ( D ).

• Remove brushroll cover ( C ) by re-

moving the 3 Phillips head screws.

• If belt is not broken but is stretched

or cut, pull it off the motor pulley ( E ).

6- MAINTENANCE

( suite )

6.3

• Return nozzle to original position

and lift off hood.

• Disconnect power nozzle from ex-

tension wand.

• To remove hood, turn nozzle over

and unscrew the recessed Phillips

head screws.

Belt replacement

• The belt in your power nozzle drives

the agitator. II has been designed

specifically for use in this cleaner and

is important for effective operation.

When to replace

• The belt should be checked from

time to time to be sure it is in good

condition. To check remove the hood

( see following section ).

How to replace

• Replace the bell if it is stretched,

cut, or broken.

User guide

Brushroll replacement

When to replace

• When the agitator brushroll brush-

es are worn, the brushroll should be

replaced.
• To check condition of brushes,

move edge of a card across bot-

tom plate while turning brushroll.

To maintain cleaning effectiveness,

replace brushroll if brushes do not

touch card.

• The mini air nozzle belt is designed

to last a long time and is not normal-

ly replaced. However, if the belt is

cracked, gouged or broken, it should

be replaced.

Inspecting the belt

• The belt can be seen through the

top of the nozzle or by removing the

bottom plate and belt guard.

Replacing the belt

1. Remove bottom plate, belt guard

and brushroll.
2. Grasp turbine

( 1 )

and pull firmly

to remove.
3. Remove belt from turbine pulley

( 2 )

. Replace with new belt.

4. With flat sides of turbine retainers

( 1 )

pointing down. slide retainers

into grooves

( 2 )

on both sides of

tool housing and snap into place.
5. Replace brushroll, belt guard, and

bottom plate.

6- MAINTENANCE

( suite )

How to replace

Disconnect cleaner from electri-

cal outlet.

1. Remove hood, duct cover, belt and

brushroll as shown in Figs.

2. Discard old brushroll.
3. Replace new brushroll and belt as

shown in Figs.

Mini air nozzle

( optional )

6.4

User guide

Problem

Check

Solution

Vacuum does

not turn ON

• Power cord

• Plug in power cord. Make sure it is firmly into the wall

outlet.

• Power source

• If no power to outlet, check power source, fuse or circuit

breaker.

• Hose connection

• Make sure the hose is securely connected.

• Thermal protector

• Allow vacuum to cool per instructions ( see page 6 ).

Vacuum has

little or no

suction

• Filter bag

• Filter bag may be clogged or full. Check and replace if

necessary ( see page 8 ).

• Motor filter

• May be dirty or clogged. Clean or replace if necessary

( see page 9 ).

• Hose, wand or

accessories may be
clogged

• Clear obstruction.

• Hose connection

• Make sure hose is properly connected.

Power nozzle

won’t turn ON

• Hose power cord

• May not be properly connected. Plug hose firmly into

receptacle on nozzle.

• Belt

• Belt may be worn or broken. Check and replace if

necessary ( see page 10 ).

• Switches

• Make sure surface selector switch and/or brushroll switch

are both on ( see page 4 ).

• Thermal protector

• Allow vacuum to cool per instructions ( see page 6 ).

Vacuum still

does not operate

properly

• Review all the above

• Contact your dealer for service.

CHECK THESE FIRST

Service problems that appear to be major can often be solved easily. You can be your own troubleshooter

by reviewing this guide.

7- TROUBLESHOOTING

User guide

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