Water in your home, Never, Without salt, Savings are easy

Never

without salt

ISHWASHER

Water in your home

prevent

rust

Water hardness varies according to where you live. If the water in your home is

from

forming, load

hard, without water softening, incrustations would form on your dishes. Your

the salt just

before

dishwasher is fitted with a water softener which uses special salt to get rid of

beginning a

wash

limescale in the water.

cycle.

Loading the salt.

When should I load the

Always use salt which is intended

salt?

Water Hardness

for dishwasher use.

The salt container should be filled

The salt container is situated

up when the low salt indicator

Salt

underneath the lower rack, fill it

light"S"flashes.Yourappliancewill

Autono-

consu-

up as follows:

remindyoutodosofor5consecu-

Clarke

Selector

°fH

mmol/l

mption

1.Pull out the

lower

rack

tive wash cycles.

degrees

position

(cycles\2-

(grams/-

completely,

unscrew

and

kg)

Intelligent salt.

cycle)

remove the container cap

2. Is it the first time you load the

Your dishwasher can adjust its

0 - 14

0 - 17

0 -1,7

salt? First fill the container up

salt consumption according to

with water (you won't have to

the hardness of the water in your

14 - 36

18 - 44

1,8 - 4,4

"-"

do this again next time)

home. This way, you can optimise

3. Put the dishwasher funnel on

and customise your dishwasher's

the hole and pour in

salt consumption (not too much,

36 - 71

45 - 89

4,5 - 8,9

MED

approximately two kilos of

nor too little).

salt. It is normal that some

>71

>89

> 8,9

"+"

water comes out of the

To adjust salt consumption, do as

container.

follows:

4. Screw the cap back in place

1. Unscrew the salt container cap

carefully.

2. There is an arrow on the neck

of the container (see figure):

You

don't

know

if necessary, turn the arrow

how hard

the

anti-clockwise from the "-"

water

your

setting to the "+" setting.

home

is? Ask the

Select the arrow

position

company

that

depending on the water hardness,

supplies

water in

referring to the table provided.

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

■Almostallsilverwarecanbe cleanedinadishwasher. There are two exceptions: old silverware and silverware decorated with an oxidising agent. Hot water can loosen the handles on old silverware ad wear off the decorations on the other.

Never let silverware come into contact with other metals: you will thus avoid stains and 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 and cooked vegetables.

■Forparticularlydelicatedishes, we recommend you use the specificwashcycleofferedby yourdishwasher.

wisely helps you make savings and is good for the environment.

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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Ariston AFA 370 manual Water in your home, Never, without salt, Savings are easy, Ishwasher

Models: AFA 370