Ryobi VC180 manual Cleaning Your Hand VAC, To Remove Dust Bowl, To Remove and Clean Filter

OPERATION

CLEANING YOUR HAND VAC

See Figures 5, 6 and 7.

WARNING:

Never use your hand vac without the dust bowl, filter, and filter rack properly in place.

The dust bowl should be checked, emptied and cleaned periodically to obtain maximum dust collection.

TO REMOVE DUST BOWL

See Figure 5.

■Depress the release button located on top of hand vac. Pull dust bowl down and out as shown to sepa- rate from motor housing.

NOTE: Do not tilt or tip the hand vac back with liquids in the dust bowl.

PRESS RELEASE BUTTON

PULL DUST BOWL
DOWN AND OUT	Fig. 5
TO REMOVE

TO REMOVE AND CLEAN FILTER

■Remove the assembled filter rack and filter by pulling them out of the dust bowl. NOTE: The filter is locked in place in the filter rack. See Figure 6.

FILTER RACK

HAND VAC

DUST BOWL

FILTER

BATTERY PACK

Fig. 6

■Twist the filter to unlock from the filter rack tabs and remove the filter. See Figure 7.

TWIST FILTER	TWIST FILTER
TO REMOVE	TO INSTALL
ARROW	SLOTS
SHOULD BE
POINTED UP
	TABS

FILTER RACK WITH

FILTER ASSEMBLED

AND LOCKED IN

PLACE.

Fig. 7

■Shake or lightly brush any dust or dirt off filter.

■Empty the filter, filter rack, and dust bowl; wash if necessary. Before reattaching to the hand vac, make sure all pieces are completely dry.

TO REPLACE FILTER

■Place the filter in the filter rack ensuring the slots in the filter are aligned with the tabs on the filter rack. When assembled correctly, the arrow shown on the filter should be pointed up. Twist the filter to lock in place. See Figure 7.

■Place the assembled filter rack and filter into the dust bowl.

TO REATTACH DUST BOWL

See Figure 8.

■Position the two sections as shown. Align slots on bottom of dust bowl with tabs on bottom of motor housing then snap the two sections together.

TABS

SLOTS

Fig. 8

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