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14- IS THERE A PROBLEM ?
PROBLEMSPOSSIBLE CAUSESSOLUTIONS

 

 

 

 

•Thethermostatlightandtheon/offswitch

•Theapplianceisnotswitchedon.

•Checkthatyourapplianceiscorrectly

arenotilluminated.

 

pluggedinandpresstheilluminatedon/off

 

 

switch(onthesideofthebase-unit).

 

 

 

•Waterrunsthroughtheholesinthe

•Youareusingthesteamcontrolbutton

•Decreasethesteamoutputwhileironingat

soleplate.

beforetheironishotenough.

lowtemperature(steamoutputcontroldial

 

 

onthecontrolpanel).

 

 

•Waterhascondensedinthepipesbecause

•Waitforthethermostatlighttogoout

 

youareusingsteamforthefirsttimeoryou

beforeactivatingthesteamcontrolbutton.

 

havenotuseditforsometime.

•Pressthesteamcontrolbuttonawayfrom

 

•Overuseoftheturbosteamfunction

yourironingboarduntiltheironproduces

 

(whichhascooleddowntheiron).

steam.

 

 

 

•Stopusingtheturbosteamfunctionand

 

 

allowthethermostatlighttocomeonandgo

 

 

offagainbeforeusingthisfunctionagain.

 

 

 

•Whitestreakscomethroughtheholesinthe

•Yourboilerhasabuild-upofscale

•Rinseouttheboilerafterevery10uses,

soleplate.

becauseithasnotbeen rinsedout

whentheorangeindicatorlightflashes(see

 

regularly.

chapter11).Ifyourwaterishard,increasethe

 

 

frequency.

 

 

 

 

•Brownstreakscomethroughtheholesin

•Youareusingchemicaldescalingagentsor

•Neveraddthistypeofproductinthe

thesoleplateandstainthelinen.

additivesinthewaterforironing.

removablewatertankorintheboiler(seeour

 

•Yourlinenisnotrinsedsufficientlyoryou

recommendationsregardingwatertobeused).

 

haveironedanewgarmentbeforewashingit.

•Ensurelinenisrinsedthoroughlytoremove

 

 

anysoapdepositsorchemicalsonnewgarments

 

 

whichhavebeensuckedupbytheiron.

 

 

 

•Thesoleplateisdirtyorbrownandmay

•Youareironingattoohighatemperature.

•Seeourrecommendationsregarding

stainthelinen.

•Youareusingstarch.

temperaturecontrolsetting.

 

 

•Alwaysspraystarchonthereversesideof

 

 

thefabrictobeironed.

 

 

 

 

•Thereislittleornosteam.

•Theremovablewatertankisempty

•Filltheremovablewatertankandpressthe

 

(red“watertankempty”lighton).

“Restart”buttonlocatedonthecontrolpanel.

 

•Thesteamoutputcontroldialisset

•Increasethesteamoutput(controldialon

 

atminimum.

thecontrolpanel).

 

 

 

 

•Youhavefilledthetankbutthereisno

•Thetankisnotproperlyinplace.

•Checkthatthewatertankispushedfirmly

steam.

 

intoplace(seesection3).

 

 

 

•Thered“removablewatertankempty”light

•Youhavenotpressedthe“Restart”button.

•Pressthe“Restart”buttononthecontrol

ison.

 

panel.

 

 

 

 

•Steamescapesfromtherinseplug.

•Therinseplughasnotbeentightened

•Tightentherinseplugcorrectly.

 

correctly.

•ContactanApprovedServiceCentreto

 

•Therinseplugsealisdamaged.

orderanewrinseplugseal.

 

 

 

•Steamescapesundertheappliance.

•Thegeneratorisfaulty.

•Stopusingthegeneratorandcontactan

 

 

ApprovedServiceCentre.

 

 

 

•Thepowercorddoesnotfullyretract.

•Thepowercordhaslosttensionduring

•Pullthepowercordoutcompletely.

 

retraction.

Pressthebutton

andguidethecord

 

 

 

 

 

withyourfreehand.

 

 

 

•Waterstreaksappearonthelinen.

• Yourironingtableissaturatedwithwater

•Checkthatyourironingtableissuitable

 

becauseitissuitedforthepowerofa

(griddedboardwhichpreventscondensing).

 

generator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neverdismantleyouriron:alwaystakeittoanApprovedServiceCentreHELPLINE

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