Hotpoint DC 28 manual How to look after and protect the dishes you hold dear, Loading the salt

Never without salt

Water in your home

Water hardness varies according to where you live. If the water in your home is hard, without water softening, incrustations would form on your dishes. Your dishwasher is fitted with a water softener which uses special salt to get rid of limescale in the water.

DISHWASHER

To prevent rust

from forming, load the salt just before beginning a wash cycle.

Loading the salt.

Always use salt which is intended fordishwasheruse.

The salt container is situated underneath the lower rack, fill it up as follows:

1.Pull out the lower rack completely, unscrew and remove the container cap

2.Is it the first time you load the salt? First fill the container up with water (you won't have to do this again next time)

3.Putthedishwasherfunnelonthe holeandpourinapproximately two kilos of salt. It is normal that some water comes out of the container.

4.Screw the cap back in place carefully.

When should I load the salt?

Thesaltcontainershouldbefilled upwhenthelowsaltindicatorlight "S"flashes.Onceyouhaveloaded thesaltforthefirsttime,itisnormal thatthelowsaltindicatorlightstays onorflashesforabout 5consecu- tivecycles.

Salt adjustment

Yourdishwashercanadjustitssalt consumptionaccordingtothehard- ness of the water in your home. This way, you can optimise and customise your dishwasher's salt consumption(nottoomuch,nortoo little).

To adjust salt consumption, do as follows:

1.Unscrew the salt container cap

2.There is an arrow on the neck of the container (see figure): if necessary, turn the arrow anti- clockwise from the "-" setting to the "+" setting.

Select the arrow position depending on the water hardness, referring to the table provided.

Water Hardness
				Salt	Autono-
				consu-
Clarke			Selector		my
	°fH	mmol/l		mption
degrees			position		(cycles\2-
				(grams/-
					kg)
				cycle)
0 - 14	0 - 17	0 -1,7	/	0	/
14 - 36	18 - 44	1,8 - 4,4	"-"	20	60
36 - 71	45 - 89	4,5 - 8,9	MED	40	40
>71	> 89	> 8,9	"+"	60	25

You don't know

how hard the water in your home is? Ask the company that supplies water in your area.

Suggestions and advice for you.

How to look after and protect the dishes you hold dear

Savings are easy

Using your electric household appliances wisely helps you make savings and is good for the environment.

■Almostallsilverwarecanbe cleanedinadishwasher. Therearetwoexceptions:old silverwareandsilverware decoratedwithanoxidising agent.Hotwatercanloosen thehandlesonoldsilverware adwearoffthedecorationson theother.

Neverletsilverwarecomeinto contactwithothermetals:you willthusavoidstainsand blackening

Apart from

making you save time and energy, your dishwasher disinfects your dishes, washing

them at a high

temperature.

■Silverplatesandservingdishes shouldbewashedimmediately afteruse,especiallyiftheyhave contained salt, eggs, olives, mustard, vinegar, fruit juices andcookedvegetables.

■Forparticularlydelicatedishes, we recommend you use the specificwashcycleofferedby yourdishwasher.

Maximum load.

To optimise consumption levels, try to use the dishwasher with a full load only. If it takes quite some time to fill up your dishwasher, use the soak cycle to avoid the formation of bad odours and caked-on food.

The right wash cycle.

Select the most suitable wash cycle for the type of load you have placed in the dishwasher. The choice of wash cycle depends on the type of dishes to wash and on how dirty they are. To select the right wash cycle, please consult the wash cycle table on page 6.

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