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7 • If there is a problem

PROBLEMPOSSIBLE CAUSESOLUTION

 

 

 

 

 

Waterdripsfromthe

Thechosentemperatureistoo

Positionthethermostatinthesteam

 

holesinthesoleplate.

lowanddoesnotallowforthe

range(from••toMAX).

 

 

formationofsteam.

 

 

 

Youareusingsteamwhilethe

Waituntilthethermostatlightgoesout.

 

 

ironisnothotenough.

 

 

 

YouareusingtheShotof

Waitafewsecondsbetweeneachuseof

 

 

Steambuttontoooften.

thebutton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thesteamflowistoohigh

Reducethesteamflow

 

 

 

 

 

 

Youhavestoredtheironhori-

Seethesection"Storingyouriron".

 

 

zontally,withoutemptyingit

 

 

 

andwithoutsettingittoDRY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brownstreakscome

Youareusingchemicaldesca-

Donotaddanydescalingagentstothe

 

throughtheholesin

lingagents.

waterinthewatertank.

 

 

 

 

 

thesoleplateand

Youarenotusingtheright

Performaself-cleaningoperationand

 

stainthelinen.

typeofwater.

consultthesection"Whatwatertouse?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fabricfibreshaveaccumulated

Performtheself-cleaningoperationand

 

 

intheholesofthesoleplate

cleanthesoleplatewithadampsponge.

 

 

andareburning.

Vacuumtheholesofthesoleplatefrom

 

 

 

timetotime.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yourlinenhasnotbeenrinsed

Makesurethatyourlaundryisrinsed

 

 

sufficientlyoryouhaveironed

sufficientlysoastoremoveanydeposits

 

 

anewgarmentbeforewashing

ofsoaporchemicalproductsonnew

 

 

it.

clothes.

 

 

 

 

 

Thesoleplateisdirty

Yourareironingwithaninap-

Cleanthesoleplateasindicatedabove.

 

orbrownandcan

propriatesetting(temperature

Selecttheappropriatesetting.

 

stainthelinen.

toohigh).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Youareusingstarch.

Cleanthesoleplateasindicatedabove.

 

 

 

Alwaysspraystarchontothereverse

 

 

 

sideofthefabrictobeironed.

 

 

 

 

 

Thereislittleorno

Thewatertankisempty.

Fillit.

 

 

 

 

 

steam.

Theanti-calcvalveisdirty.

Cleantheanti-calcvalve.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yourironhasabuild-upof

Cleantheanti-calcvalveandcarryouta

 

 

scale.

self-clean.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yourironhasbeenuseddryfor

Carryoutaself-clean.

 

 

toolong.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thesoleplateisscrat-

Youhaveplacedyourironflat

Alwayssetyourirononitsheel.

 

chedordamaged.

onametallicrest-plateoriro-

Donotironoverzipsandrivets.

 

 

nedoverazip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steamorwatercome

Thesteamcontrolisnotsetto

Checkthatthesteamcontrolissetto

 

fromtheironasyou

theDRYposition.

the DRYposition.

 

 

 

 

 

finishfillingthetank.

Youhavenotclosedthetank

Makesurethatthestopperisproperly

 

 

stopperproperly

closedandthatthearrowpointstothe

 

 

 

“closedpadlock”symbole

 

 

 

 

 

Thespraydoesnot

Thereisnotenoughwaterin

Fillupthewatertank.

 

spray

thewatertank.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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