AEG 50800 manual Adjust the water softener

Operating Instructions

Adjust the water softener

	To avoid the scale deposits on the dishes and in the dishwasher, the
	dishes must be washed with soft, i.e. low lime content, water. The dish-
	washer therefore has a built-in water softener, in which tap water from
	a hardness of 4 °d (German degree) is softened with the aid of special
	salt.
3	You water supplier will be able to inform you on the hardness and
	hardness range of the water in your area.

0Adjust the water softener to the setting given in the table that corre- sponds to the hardness of the water in your area. The water softener can be adjusted in 10 steps.

	Water Hardness			Adjust	Indication on the
in °d1)		in mmol/l 2)	Range	to Hardness Setting	Multi-Display
41-50	7.3-9.0			9	H 9
35-40	6.3-7.2			8	H 8
31-34	5.5-6.2		IV	7	H 7
27-30	4.8-5.4			6	H 6
23-26	4.1-4.7			5	H 5
19-22		3.3-4.0	III	4	H 4
15-18		2.6-3.2		3*	H 3
11-14		1.9-2.5	II	2	H 2
4-10		0.7-1.8	I/II	1	H 1
under 4		under 0.7	I	0	H 0
				no salt necessary

1)(°d) German degree, measure of the hardness of water

2)(mmol/l) millimol per litre, international unit for the hardness of water *factory setting

0 1. The dishwasher must be switched off.

2.Press the function and water softener buttons simultaneously and keep them pressed

3.In addition press the ON/OFF switch.

The LED indicators for the function and water softener buttons flash.

4.Press the softener button again.

The multi-display indicates the hardness setting.

5.Pressing the water softener button increases the hardness setting by 1. (Exception: hardness setting 0 follows hardness setting 9).

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