Minuteman E Ride 26 - Manual (Page 25)

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First Operation
4.5 Operation
1. Switch on the machine.
2. Select one of the five available
modes using the mode selector (Fig.
5/11).
3. Set the direction the machine will
travel by selecting forward or reverse
on the direction selector (Fig. 5/1).
4. Activating the accelerator pedal (Fig.
4/19) turns on the transport, brush-
es, water flow, vacuum, and lowers
the rear squeegee accordingly to the
mode selected.
If the accelerator pedal is acti-
vated before, or the key is
switched “ON” at the same
time, the machine will not
move as a safety precaution.
Remove your foot from the
pedal, turn the machine OFF
and ON, then activate the ped-
al to drive the machine.
When the direction switch is
set to reverse and the acceler-
ator is activated, the back up
alarm will sound and the rear
squeegee will automatically
raise. However, the scrub
brushes will continue to rotate
and solution will continue to
flow.
5. Start scrubbing by driving the ma-
chine forward in a straight line at 3/4
speed overlapping each path by 2 to
3 inches.
Start moving machine immedi-
ately after switching on the
brush deck, otherwise the
brushes leave traces on the
floor. Lift brush deck before
passing over steps and other
obstacles.
6. When scrubbing, check behind the
machine occasionally to see that all
of the dirty water is being picked up.
If streaking occurs, the recov-
ery tank may be full, the suc-
tion hose may be clogged, de-
bris may need to be removed
from the squeegee, or the rear
squeegee may require adjust-
ment. (Refer to “Maintenance”
section before making any ad-
justments.)
In cases where the floors are
extremely soiled or dirty, the
double scrub mode may be
needed. (Refer to “Operating
and Indicating Elements” sec-
tion.)
The recovery tank has a safe-
guard for overflow protection to
guard against water entering
the vacuum motor when the re-
covery tank is full. The Vacuum
will stay ON for 15 seconds
and then shut-off automatical-
ly. When this happens, imme-
diately empty the recovery
tank.
7. Drive the machine to a designated
dirty water disposal area and empty