BOSCH BGL 2 Vacuum Cleaner Instruction Manual

: June 5, 2024
: Bosch

Table of Contents

BOSCH BGL 2 Vacuum Cleaner
Safety information
Disposal information
Your vacuum cleaner
Replacement parts and special accessories
Vacuuming
Drill dust nozzle
- Changing the ﬁlter
Maintaining the exhaust filter
Care
References
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BOSCH BGL 2 Vacuum Cleaner

Please keep this instruction manual. When passing the vacuum cleaner on to a third party, please also pass on this instruction manual.

Intended use
This appliance is intended for domestic use only. This appliance is intended for use up to a maximum height of 2000 metres above sea level. Only use this vacuum cleaner in accordance with the instructions in this instruction manual.
In order to prevent injuries and damage, the vacuum cleaner must not be used for:

Vacuum-cleaning persons or animals
Vacuuming up:
- hazardous, sharp-edged, hot or glowing substances.
- damp or liquid substances.
- highly flammable or explosive substances and gases.
- ash, soot from tiled stoves and central heating systems.
- toner dust from printers and copiers.

Spare parts, accessories, dust bags
Our original spare parts, original (special) accessories and original dust bags are designed to work with the features and requirements of our vacuum cleaners. We, therefore, recommend that you only use our original spare parts, original (special) accessories and original dust bags. This will ensure that your vacuum cleaner has a long service life and that the quality of its cleaning performance will remain consistently high throughout.

Please note
Using unsuitable or inferior-quality spare parts,(special) accessories and dust bags can damage your vacuum cleaner. Damage caused by the use of such products is not covered by our guarantee.

Safety information

This vacuum cleaner complies with the recognized rules of technology and the relevant safety regulations.

The appliance may be used by children over the age of 8 years and by persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capacity or by persons with a lack of experience or knowledge if they are supervised or have been instructed on the safe use of the appliance and the have understood the potential dangers of using the appliance.
Children must never play with the appliance.
Cleaning and user maintenance must never be carried out by children without supervision.
Plastic bags and films must be kept out of the reach of children before disposal. => Risk of suffocation.
Proper use
Only connect and use the vacuum cleaner in accordance with the specifications on the rating plate.
Never vacuum without the dust bag or dust container, motor protection or exhaust filter.
=> This may damage the vacuum cleaner.
Always keep the vacuum cleaner away from your head when using nozzles and tubes.
=> This could cause injury!
When vacuuming stairs, the appliance must always be positioned below the user.
Do not use the power cord or the hose to carry or transport the vacuum cleaner.
For safety reasons, if this appliance’s mains power cable becomes damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, their after-sales service department or a similarly qualified person.
If using the appliance for longer than 30 minutes, pull out the power cord completely.
When disconnecting the appliance from the mains, pull on the plug itself to remove it; do not pull on the power cord.
Do not pull the power cord over sharp edges or allow it to be-come trapped.
When the cable is being automatically rewound, ensure that the mains plug is not thrown towards persons, body parts, animals or objects.
=> Use the mains plug to guide the power cord.
Pull out the mains plug before carrying out any work on the vacuum cleaner.
Do not operate the vacuum cleaner if it is damaged. Unplug the appliance from the mains if a fault is detected.
For safety reasons, only authorized after-sales service personnel are permitted to carry out repairs and fit replacement parts to the vacuum cleaner.
Protect the vacuum cleaner from the weather, moisture and sources of heat.
Do not pour flammable substances or substances containing alcohol onto the filters (dust bag, motor protection filter, exhaust filter, etc.).
The vacuum cleaner is not suitable for use on construction sites.
=> Vacuuming up building rubble could damage the appliance.
When not in use, switch off the appliance and pull out the mains plug.
At the end of its life, the appliance should immediately be rendered unusable, then disposed of in an appropriate manner.

Please note
The mains socket must be protected by at least a 16 amp circuit breaker.
If a circuit breaker is tripped when you switch on the vacuum cleaner, this may be because other electrical appliances which have a high current draw are connected to the same power circuit.
To prevent the circuit breaker from tripping, select the lowest power setting before switching the appliance on, and increase the power only once it is running.

Disposal information

Packaging
The packaging is designed to protect the vacuum cleaner from being damaged during transportation. It is made of environmentally friendly materials and can therefore be recycled. Dispose of packaging that is no longer required at an appropriate recycling point.

Old appliance
Old appliances still contain many valuable materials. Therefore, please take appliances that have reached the end of their service life to your retailer or recycling centre so that they can be recycled. For current disposal methods, please enquire at a retailer or your local council.

Disposal of filters and dust bags
Filters and dust bags are manufactured from environmentally friendly materials. Provided they do not contain substances that are not permitted in household waste, you can dispose of them with your normal household waste.

Notes on the energy label
This vacuum cleaner is a general-purpose vacuum cleaner with a primary hose.
To achieve the energy efficiency rating and cleaning effectiveness rating on carpets, please use the interchangeable universal nozzle.
To achieve the energy efficiency rating and cleaning effectiveness rating on hard floors with gaps and cracks, please use the supplied hard-floor nozzle without the clip-in edge cleaning bristles.
These calculations are based on the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 665/2013 of 3rd May 2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU.
Unless otherwise stated, all the procedures referred to in these instructions were carried out in accordance with the EN 60312-1:2017 standard.
As the motor service test is carried out with the dust collector empty, the stated motor service life must be increased by 10% for tests with the dust collector half filled.

Congratulations on your purchase of the Bosch BGLS2 vacuum cleaner.
This instruction manual describes various BGLS2 models, which means that some of the equipment features and functions described may not apply to your model. You should only use original Bosch accessories, which have been specially developed for your vacuum cleaner, in order to achieve the best possible vacuuming results.
Please keep this instruction manual. When passing the vacuum cleaner on to another person, please also hand over this instruction manual.

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Your vacuum cleaner

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Adjustable ﬂoor tool (with locking collar)*
Hard-ﬂoor brush (with locking collar)*
Hose hand grip
Flexible hose
Telescopic tube with sliding switch (and locking collar)*
Telescopic tube with adjusting sleeve (and locking collar)*
Power cord
Parking aid
Locking lever
Exhaust grille
Dust bag
Exhaust ﬁlter*
Motor protection ﬁlter, washable
Carrying handle
Dust bag compartment lid
Dust bag change indicator*
Storage aid (on the underside of the appliance)
On/off button and power controller
Accessories holder for multi-purpose nozzle*
Multi-purpose nozzle*
Drill dust nozzle*

Replacement parts and special accessories

A Replacement filter pack

To get the most out of your appliance, we recommend using G ALL genuine replacement bags. Contents: 4 dust bags with seal We, therefore, recommend that you only use our original dust bags.
Your appliance is a highly efﬁcient vacuum cleaner that achieves excellent cleaning results when used with high-quality dust bags. Only by using high- quali-ty dust bags (such as Bosch original dust bags) can you ensure that your vacuum cleaner is working at the energy efﬁciency class, dust pick-up rate and dust retention capacity listed on its EU energy label. The use of inferior- quality dust bags (e.g. paper bags) can have a negative effect on the service life and performance of your appliance. Using unsuitable or inferior-quality dust bags can also damage your vacuum cleaner. Such damage is not covered by our guarantee.
You can ﬁnd more information about this at www.bosch-home.com/dust- bag. You can order our original vacuum cleaner bags here.

Hard floor brush BBZ123HD
For vacuuming hard ﬂoors (parquet, tiles, terracotta, etc.)

Initial use

Figure 1
Push the hand grip onto the flexible hose and lock it in place.
Figure 2
- a) Push the flexible hose adapter into the air intake opening in the vacuum cleaner lid until it locks in place.
- b) To remove the flexible hose, press the two catches together and pull out the hose.
Figure 3
- a) Push the hand grip into the telescopic tube. To remove it, turn the hand grip slightly and pull it out of the tube.
- b) Push the hand grip into the telescopic tube until it engages.To release the connection, squeeze the collar sleeve and pull the handle out.
Figure 4
- a) Insert the telescopic tube into the connecting piece of the floor tool. To release the connection, turn the tube slightly and pull it out of the floor tool.
- b) Push the telescopic tube into the connecting piece of the floor tool until it locks in place. To release the connection, press on the locking collar and pull out the telescopic tube.
Figure 5
- Move the adjusting sleeve/slider button in the direction of the arrow to unlock the telescopic tube and adjust it to the length required.
Figure 6
- Attach the accessories holder to the multi-purpose nozzle and clip it onto the suction pipe/telescopic tube. 1
Figure 7
- Holding the power cord by the plug, pull out to the required length and insert the plug into the mains socket.
Figure 8
Switching on and off
- Press the ON/OFF button in the direction of the arrow to switch your vacuum cleaner on.
Figure 9
Controlling the suction level can be inﬁnitely adjusted to the level required by turning the control knob in the direction of the arrow.
- Low power range => For vacuuming delicate materials,e.g. upholstery, curtains, etc.
- Medium power range => For the daily vacuuming of light dirt deposits.
- High power range => For vacuuming durable ﬂoor coverings, hard ﬂoors and heavily soiled surfaces.

Vacuuming

Please note:
Floor tools are subject to a certain amount of wear, depending on the type of hard ﬂoor you have (e.g. rough, rustic tiles). Therefore, you must check the underside of the ﬂoor tool at regular intervals. Worn undersides of ﬂoor tools may have sharp edges that can damage sensitive hard ﬂoors, such as parquet or linoleum. The manufacturer does not accept any responsibility for damage caused by worn ﬂoor tools.

Figure 10
Set the adjustable ﬂoor tool:
- Rugs and carpets
- Hard ﬂoors
  If you are vacuuming up relatively large particles, make sure that you vacuum them up successively and carefully to ensure that the vacuum channel of the ﬂoor tool does not become blocked. If necessary, you should raise the nozzle in order to better vacuum up the dirt particles.
Figure 11
Vacuuming with accessories Attach the nozzles to the suction pipe or hand grip as required:
- a) Crevice nozzle for vacuuming crevices and corners, etc.
- b) Upholstery nozzle for vacuuming upholstered furniture, curtains, etc.
- c) Hard-ﬂoor nozzle*
- with clip-in edge cleaning bristles:
  For gentle but effective cleaning of hard ﬂoor coverings (tiles, parquet, etc.)
- without edge cleaning bristles:
  For cleaning dirt in gaps and cracks
- The edge cleaning bristles can be removed by pushing the two catches in the direction of the arrows.

Drill dust nozzle

Figure 12
- a) Secure the drill dust nozzle to the handle and then place against the wall, so that the nozzle drill hole opening sits directly over the hole to be drilled.
- b) Select the lowest power setting and then switch on the vacuum cleaner. Suction holds the drill dust nozzle in the required position.
- c) Depending on the surface of the wall to be drilled it may be necessary to readjust the power to a higher setting to ensure the drill dust nozzle is ﬁrmly attached. Any ﬁne particles are automatically vacuumed up.
Figure 13
You can use the parking aid on the back of the vacuum cleaner if you wish to stop vacuuming for a short time.
- Once you have switched off the appliance, slide the hook on the ﬂoor tool into the recess on the rear of the appliance.
Figure 14
To overcome obstacles, e.g. steps, the appliance can also be carried by the handle on the appliance body.
When the work is done
Figure 15
- a) Pull out the mains plug.
- b) Brieﬂy pull on the power cord and then release it (the power cord retracts automatically).
Figure 16
To store/transport the appliance, you can use the storage aid on the underside of the appliance.
- a) Stand the appliance upright on its end.
- b) Slide the hook on the ﬂoor tool into the recess on the underside of the appliance.

Changing the ﬁlter

Please note: Always switch off the appliance before changing the ﬁlter.

Replacing the dust bag

Figure 17
- If the dust bag change indicator in the lid is ﬁlled completely when the ﬂoor tool is lifted from the ﬂoor with the highest suction level selected, the dust bag must be changed, even though it may not yet be full. Even if the dust bag is not full, it may still need changing, due to the type of dust which has been vacuumed. First check that the nozzle, suction pipe and ﬂexible hose are not blocked, as this would also lead to the dust bag change indicator being triggered.
- The hand grip can easily be detached from the hose to remove blockages.
Figure 18
Opening the lid
- a) Unlock the lid by pulling on the locking lever in the direction of the arrow.
- b) Open the lid in the direction of the arrow.
Figure 19
- a) Close the dust bag by pulling on the locking tab.
- b) Take out the dust bag.
- c) Insert a new dust bag.
- d) Push the dust bag fully into the holder.
  Please note: the lid will only close if a dust bag has been inserted.
  Cleaning the motor protection filter
  The motor protection ﬁlter should be cleaned regularly by knocking out the dirt and rinsing.
Figure 20
- Open the dust bag compartment lid. Figure 18
- a) Release the motor protection ﬁlter from the catch by pulling it sideways, and pull it out in the direction of the arrow.
- b) Clean the motor protection ﬁlter by tapping out the dirt.
- c) If it is very dirty, the motor protection ﬁlter should be rinsed.
The ﬁlter must then be left to dry for at least 24 hours.
- d) After cleaning, reﬁt the motor protection ﬁlter into the appliance, lock it in place and close the dust bag compartment lid.

Maintaining the exhaust filter

Vacuum cleaner with micro-hygiene filter
The exhaust ﬁlter is designed so that it does not need to be replaced, provided the appliance is used as intended in the household.
To ensure that the vacuum cleaner is working at its optimum power level, the exhaust ﬁlter should be rinsed out after one year. The ﬁltering action of the ﬁlter remains intact, even if the ﬁlter surface becomes discoloured.

Figure 21
- Open the dust bag compartment lid. Figure
- a) Release the ﬁlter holder by moving the locking lever in the direction of the arrow.
- b) Remove the micro-hygiene ﬁlter.
- c) The micro-hygiene ﬁlter can be rinsed out.
- The ﬁlter must then be left to dry for at least 24 hours.
- d) Insert the ﬁlter holder into the appliance and lock it in place.
  Vacuum cleaner with HEPA filter
  If your vacuum cleaner is equipped with a HEPA ﬁlter, this must be replaced once a year.
Figure 22
Open the dust bag compartment lid. Figure 18
a) Unlock the HEPA ﬁlter by moving the locking lever in the direction of the arrow and remove the ﬁlter from the appliance.
b) Insert the new HEPA ﬁlter and lock it in place.

After vacuuming ﬁne dust particles, clean the motor protection ﬁlter and, if necessary, replace the macro hygiene ﬁlter or HEPA ﬁlter.

Care

Always switch off the vacuum cleaner and disconnect it from the mains before cleaning the vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner and plastic accessories can be cleaned with ordinary plastic cleaner.
Do not use abrasive materials, glass-cleaning agents or all-purpose cleaning products. Never immerse the vacuum cleaner in water.
If required, the dust compartment can be vacuumed out with a second vacuum cleaner or simply with a dry duster/ dusting brush.
Subject to technical modiﬁcations.