Drying
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Cleaning the heat exchanger
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Important! When the HEAT EXCHANGER display illuminates, it is essen-
tial to clean the heat exchanger. Otherwise your dryer might suffer
damage. In addition energy consumption will be increased if the heat
exchanger unit is covered with fluff.
0Open the door.
0Press on the two tabs to unlatch and
take off the removable plinth.
0Turn the two securing disks through a
quarter turn each outwards.
0Pull the heat exchanger out of the base
by the handle.
0Clean the heat exchanger, best with a
brush or by rinsing with a hand-held
shower head. The water removal slits on
the rear of the heat exchanger must be
free too.
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Important! Do not use any sharply pointed objects to clean the heat
exchanger. They could make it leak.
0Reinsert and push in and turn each one of the two securing disks
through a quarter t urn inwards. The w ords "top – o ben – en hau t" must
be at the top.
0Re-mount the plinth.
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Important! The dryer must not be operated without heat exchanger.
Switch off the dryer
0Turn the programme selector to the OFF position.