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•Shakethebaseunitforafewmomentsandthenemptyitcompletelyintoyoursink-fig.20.Toobtainthebestresult,werecommendthatthisoperationisdonetwice. •Screwbackandtightenuptheboilerrinsecapwithacoin. •Puttheboilerrinsecapcoverbackinplace.

•The next time you use the generator, hold down the “restart” button to turn off the orange light - fig.11.

Storing your generator

•Presstheilluminatedon/offswitchandunplugthegenerator. Storetheelectricalcordin itsstorageplace - fig.21. •Raisetheretaininghoopovertheironuntilitlocksintoplace(audibleclick) - fig.2. •Yourironisthensafelyretainedonitsbase. Warning: do not touch the soleplate

while still hot.

•Slottheextensioncordoutletinthenotch(dependingonmodel). Taketheendofthe cordsupportandpresstoreturntheflexiblepartintothebase. •Storethesteamcordinitsslidestorageplace. Takeit,folditintwosoastomakealoop. Puttheendofthisloopintheslidestorageplacethenpushgentlyuntilyouseetheend ontheothersideoftheslidestorageplace - fig.22. •Leavetheiron(andtheironrest)tocooldownfor30minutes. •Youcanthenputyoursteamgeneratoraway,carryingitbythehandle - fig.1.

A problem with your generator

PROBLEMS

CAUSES

SOLUTIONS

Thegeneratordoesnotcomeonand

Theapplianceisnotswitchedon.

Checkthatyourapplianceiscorrectly

thethermostatlightandtheon/off

 

pluggedinandpresstheilluminated

switcharenotilluminated.

 

on/offswitch.

 

 

 

Waterrunsoutoftheholesinthe

Waterhascondensedinthepipes

Pressonthesteamcontrolbuttonaway

soleplate.

becauseyouareusingsteamforthefirst

fromyourironingboarduntiltheiron

 

timeoryouhavenotuseditforsome

producessteam.

 

time.

 

 

 

 

 

Thesoleplateisnothotenough.

Decreasethesteamoutputwhileironing

 

 

atlowtemperature(steamoutput

 

 

controldialonthecontrolpanel).Waitfor

 

 

thethermostatlighttogooutbefore

 

 

activatingthesteamcontrolbutton.

 

 

 

 

Yourthermostatisfaulty:theironisnot

ContactanApprovedServiceCentre.

 

hotenough.

 

 

 

 

Waterstreaksappearonthelinen.

Yourironingboardissaturatedwith

Checkthatyourironingboardissuitable

 

waterbecauseitisnotsuitableforuse

(seepage5).

 

withasteamgenerator.

 

 

 

 

Whitestreakscomethroughtheholesin

Yourboilerhasabuild-upofscale

Rinseouttheboiler.

thesoleplate.

becauseithasnotbeenrinsedout

 

 

regularly.

 

 

 

 

Brownstreakscomethroughtheholesin

Youareusingchemicaldescalingagents

Neveraddthistypeofproductinthe

thesoleplateandstainthelinen.

oradditivesinthewaterforironing.

watertankorintheboiler(seepage5for

 

 

whatwatermaybeused).Contactan

 

 

ApprovedServiceCentre.

 

 

 

 

Fabricfibreshaveaccumulatedinthe

Cleanthesoleplatewithanon-metallic

 

holesofthesoleplateandareburning.

sponge.

 

 

 

 

Yourlinenisnotrinsedsufficientlyoryou

Ensurelinenisrinsedthoroughlytoremove

 

haveironedanewgarmentbefore

anysoapdepositsorchemicalsonnew

 

washingit.

garmentswhichmaybesuckedupbythe

 

 

iron.

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