Electrolux ESI 6220 Adjusting the Water Softener, Water Hardness, Hardness Setting, Number of

Adjusting the Water Softener

To prevent the build up of scale on dishes and in the dishwasher, the dishes must be washed with soft, i.e. low lime content water. For this reason the dish- washer is fitted with a water softener in which tap water from a hardness of 4 °d (German degree) is softened with the aid of special salt.

3Your local water authority can advise you on the hardness of the water in the area where

you live.

The water softener can be set manually using the water hardness switch; it can also be set electroni- cally using the buttons on the control panel.

	Water Hardness			Hardness Setting		Number of
in °d1)		in inPPM2)	Range	Manual	Electronic	Flashes
41 - 50		730 - 900	IV	1	5	5
30 - 40		530 - 720	IV		4	4
19 - 29		330 - 520	III/IV		3*	3
4 - 18		70 - 320	I/II/III	0*	2	2
less than 4		less than 70	I		1	1
					no salt necessary

1)(°d) German degree, measure of the hardness of water 2)(PPM), Parts Per Million, international units of water hardness *factory setting

Adjust the water softener to the setting given in the table that corresponds to the hardness of the water in the area where you live.

1It is only possible to adjust the water hard- ness setting when there is no programme running. If you have inadvertently started a programme (an LED indicator is constantly illuminated), then the programme must be cancelled by pressing the appropriate button.

1.The dishwasher must be switched off.

2.Manual setting:

Open the door on the dishwasher.

3.Remove the lower basket from the dishwasher.

4.Turn the water hardness switch to 0 or 1.

5.Re-position the lower basket.

6.Electronic setting:

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

7.In addition press the ON/OFF button.

8.The LED indicator for the water-softener button flashes.

9.Press the water-softener button again.

–The LED indicator for the water-softener button will be illuminated continuously for an initial 5 seconds and then begin to flash.

–The number of flashes corresponds to the hardness setting.

–The sequence of flashes is repeated several times after a 5 second pause.

10.Each time you press the water-softener button the hardness setting will go up by 1.

(Exception: Hardness setting 1 follows hardness setting 5).

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