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Re: I have been given a second hand avent steam...
You have not mentioned the capacity of the container but if it is the one litre type anything from half litre to a litre is good, the coils must be submerged and not to be heated dry beacuse it will blow off.
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I managed to fix mine after a little effort. It was blocked well up in the nozzle into a small pinhole where the steam comes out of the 'small kettle' in the steam mop.
To fix:
take the blue side bit off by unscrewing the two small screws
Undo the screws inside (there are about 11)
Once these were undone there was two screws holding the nozzle cover.
After unscrewing these pull the nozzle cover of and scrape limescale from inside the small hole where the steam comes out
Put it all back together and it should work much better
You should only really do this if you are competent as there are lots of wires etc. and if your steam mop is not covered under warranty as messing around with it will void this.
It doesn't really matter - the water is heated to the correct temperature inside the steam mop - so you can use either. It's recommended that you fill with clean cold water, but if you put warm water in, it will still work and will generate steam faster from startup.
Whichever you use, just make sure you don't overfill it past the MAX mark on the tank.
Most units of this type make steam by heating water that is placed in a canister. Other than the place you attach the "hose", there should be only one other place on the body of the unit that opens up... that's most probably where the water goes in. Put water into a measuring cup, graduated cylinder, filling to known point. Then pour water into unit until 1/2" below fill hole. Note on measuring cup how much you used. This is the unit's capacity. Put "lid" or "cap" back on, plug unit into wall and wait a little while. Voila! Steam.
The Hoover web site has all the owner's manuals posted for download, just go to this site and put the model number in, the next page will have a link to a pdf copy of the manual! http://www.hoover.com/CustomerService/Manuals/Default.aspx
do you not have instruction book opration guide?? to make steam you req water then a method of heating it thus produce of steam results and pressure which expels via a nozzle ? just like the electri kettle
OKay! I've figured it out! After making sure I had the cleaning solution container connected properly, the "lint filter" thingy clear, the attachment plug thingy unplugged, the filter in it's proper position, (about a cm down from the seal), and the seal on the filter was all good, etc etc etc, the brushes in properly...I was about to drive over this steam cleaner with my car!
After taking a break and going back to it, I discovered that I didn't have the lid to my dirty water tank (or air tank, as I was starting to call it) properly closed. There are two lips that you have to make sure the lid "hinges" from, and THEN snap the lid shut. This made a seal that allowed this steam cleaner to **** up all kinds of gooey gunk from my carpets! The brushes work, the suction works, it's a FABULOUS machine! It doesn't get any louder when it's sucking up water, either.
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