Care and cleaning, External cleaning

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14 electrolux care and cleaning

Care and cleaning

You must DISCONNECT the appliance from the electricity supply, before you can carry out any cleaning or maintenance work.

External cleaning

Use only soap and water and then dry thoroughly.

Important: do not use methylated spirit, diluents or similar products.

Cleaning the door

Clean periodically the interior part of the door to remove any fluff from the seals around the filter. Accurate clean- ing ensures correct drying.

P1109

Cleaning the filters

Your dryer will only function well if the fil- ters are clean.

The filters collect all the fluff which accumulates during drying and they must therefore be cleaned at the end of each programme, before removing the laundry, with a damp cloth.

P1110

The filter in the inner door must be

removed for cleaning.

P1111

Donotbealarmedbytheamountoffluff.Itisnot duetoexcessivewearcausedbythedryer.

All fabric loses fluff when drying but it goes un-noticed in the air. In a tumble dryer it sim- ply collects in the filter. After a while, a withish patina due to detergent residue on laundry forms on the filters. When this occurs, clean the filters with warm water using a brush. Remove the filter in the door opening as per picture (it can be positioned with the tooth facing to the left or to the right).

P1112

Do not use the appliance without filters.

Cleaning the drum

When your laundry does not reach the desired degree of dryness, in other words, when it turns out either too dry or too damp, we advise you to clean the inside of the drum with a cloth soaked with vinegar.

This will eliminate the slight patina that has formed in the drum (due to residues of detergent and softeners used in the wash- ing, and to the lime contained in the water), which prevents the probes from detecting the correct degree of dryness.