Baumatic BDWI460 manual Setting the water softener level, Water Hardness

oIt is perfectly normal for a small amount of water to come out of the water softener compartment.

oRefit and fully tighten the water softener cap.

oThe salt required warning light will go out approximately 2-6 hours after you have filled the water softener with salt. When the salt indicator neon lights on the control panel in the future, you should follow the filling with dishwasher salt procedure again.

oIMPORTANT: You do not need to pour additional water into the container when you subsequently fill the water softener with salt.

Setting the water softener level

It is possible to regulate the amount of salt that the water softener will release during a wash cycle. The water softener should be set to a level that is appropriate for the hardness of your water (please refer to the table below).

WATER HARDNESS
Clarke	dH°	°TH	Water	Grams of	Approximate
degrees	German	French	hardness	salt used	number of cycles
	degrees	degrees	selection	per cycle	per 1kg of salt
0-6	0-5	0-9	Rapid	0	/
7-14	6-11	10-20	1 Hour	20	60
15-21	12-17	21-30	Rapid + 1 Hour	30	50
22-28	18-22	31-40	Glass	40	40
29-42	23-34	41-60	Rapid + Glass	50	30
43-69	35-55	61-98	1 Hour + Glass	60	20

To alter the amount of salt that is released by the water softener, you should:-

oOpen the door and switch on the appliance.

oPress and hold the program button for more than 5 seconds to enter the water hardness selection mode. You must enter the water hardness selection mode within 60 seconds of turning on the appliance.

oThe salt and rinse aid neons will flash on the control panel

o Press the program button to scroll through the water harness selection options. Please see the table above for full details.

oWhen you have selected the correct water hardness level, you should press the power button to complete set up.

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