Hi catman all i can say is i have been cleaning acrepets for nearly 15 years i had a truckmount up until recently and downgraded cos our area is very rural and hense dont get as much businesss to justify running a mount although now i am kicking my self.
i trusted karl Nilchibar he seemed ok beleived the guy , did not really give the electrics much thought as you do .
especially these days with the law tight, used it once got an electric shock and burnt , the problem is yhe waste hose sits right above the electric cables and these cables are not insulated they have the three pronged plug for a 110 volt like in Europe but not here , you know when you go aroad you have to buy an adapter to plug in ya razor or hair dryer as my good lady would have .
this is way diff to ours , any way not happy bout it and they will not give me my money back!!!!!!!!! so what do i do??