| 1 Preparing and using for the first time |
Determining the water | You can find out what the water hardness is by using the Aquadur® |
hardness | test strip supplied as standard. |
| T Hold the test strip briefly (for 1 second) under flowing water. |
| Shake off the water. |
| T Wait for about 1 minute. |
| T You will then be able to read the degree of water hardness |
| from the discoloration of the Aquadur® test strip and the |
| description on the packaging. |
Level | Display German Degrees of general | Parts per | Indicator Strip number | |
| Degree (°dH) | hardness (°dGH) | million (ppm) | of ‘reddish’ fields |
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Not active | – | – | – | – |
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Very soft water | <3 | <3 | < 53.4 | None |
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Soft water | > 4 | > 4 | > 71 | 1 |
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Hard water | > 8.4 | > 8.4 | > 150 | 2 |
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Very hard water | > 14 | > 14 | > 250 | 3 |
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Connecting milk | Your GIGA creates fine, | creamy, | ||
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| perfect consistency. The most important requirement for frothing | ||
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| milk is a milk temperature of | ||
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| recommend using a milk cooler or a vacuum milk container. |
TConnect the milk pipe to the dual spout. To do this, attach the end of the milk pipe (without the connector) to the con- nector on the
short pipe for a milk container and the long pipe for a milk carton.
T Connect the other end of the milk pipe to a milk container or immerse it in a milk carton.
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