Miele dishwashers installation instructions Filling the salt reservoir

Before using for the first time

Filling the salt reservoir

If the water in your area is very soft and constantly lower than

0.7mmol/l (4 °d) you do not need to add dishwasher salt. The dish- washer must, however, still be pro- grammed to correspond to the water hardness level in your area. (The salt indicator light will still come on, but should be ignored).

Important: Before filling the salt res- ervoir with dishwasher salt for the first time, you must fill it with approx. 1 litre of water to enable the salt to dissolve. Once the dishwasher has been used, there is always sufficient water in the reservoir.

,Inadvertently filling the salt reser- voir with powder or liquid dish- washer detergent always leads to serious damage to the water soft- ener. Make sure you have picked up the correct packet of dishwasher salt before filling the salt reservoir!

,Only use special coarse grained dishwasher salt for reactivation. Do not use other salts such as cooking salt, agricultural grade or gritting salt. These may contain insoluble additives which can impair the func- tioning of the water softener.

^Remove the lower basket and un- screw the salt reservoir cap.

^Fill the reservoir with approx. 1 litre of water (first use).

^Place the funnel provided over the salt reservoir and carefully fill with salt until the reservoir is full. The salt res- ervoir holds approx. 1.2 kg of salt de- pending on the brand used.

As the salt reservoir is filled, displaced water will overflow.

^Clean any excess salt from around the reservoir opening and then screw the cap on again firmly.

^Run the "Pre-wash" programme im- mediately to remove any traces of salt water from the cabinet.

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